Job: Accounting Manager - Columbia, MD

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Jobing Description

In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. As a finance professional, you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited, to the following::

- Lead a team of accountants
- Develop, implement and maintain processes and procedures for accurate and timely analysis of financial data, ensuring best practices;
- Develop and maintain internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting;
- Resolve high level financial reporting issues;
- Manage the audit process and work with outside auditors regarding accounting and reporting issues;
- Oversee the preparation and analysis of internal and external reporting ensuring the quality, reliability and timeliness of the reports;
- Provide operational and technical accounting expertise to ensure compliance with GAAP, Company policies, rules, regulation and laws;
- Summarize findings on the monthly, quarterly or annual reports to senior management, auditors and regulators;
- Support various special projects as required.
- Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports.
- Perform account reconciliations and analyses, prepares journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles.
- Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues providing explanations and interpretation
- Analyze and prepare financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position.
- Develop innovative approaches for continued improvement in efficiency and effectiveness.
- Sought out as expert.
- Will review the work of others
- Performs work in a self-directed manner and works with less structured, more complex issues.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree with concentration in Accounting or finance.
- 5+ years of Accounting experience.
- Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
- Anticipates customer needs and proactively develops solutions to meet them.
- Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements
- Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements.
- Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems.
- Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses.

Preferred experience:

- CPA, CIA or MBA
- Healthcare or insurance industry experience
- Accounting experience handling regulated entities

Skills / Requirements

Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree with concentration in Accounting or finance.
- 5+ years of Accounting experience.
- Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
- Anticipates customer needs and proactively develops solutions to meet them.
- Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements
- Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements.
- Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems.
- Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses.

Preferred experience:

- CPA, CIA or MBA
- Healthcare or insurance industry experience
- Accounting experience handling regulated entities


UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

When you work with UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, what you do matters. It's that simple...and it's that challenging.

In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.