UnitedHealth Group Hiring for Accountant at Hyderabad, India Full Time

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life’s best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform assigned work in a self-directed manner

• Prepare and analyze general ledger account reconciliations, including intercompany accounts

• Prepare and analyze sub-ledger vs main GL ledger reconciliation and investigate open items etc.

• Identify and analyze clinical cash reconciliation and report unusual transactions

• Perform monthly quality assurance review of select operations/accounting documents for internal control compliance

• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis

• Resolve reconciling items in a timely manner

• Complete special projects as assigned by supervisor

• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

• 6+ minimum years of professional accounting experience

• Prior Transition Experience

• Hands-on experience performing the following:

• Correctly applying US GAAP and company practices to assigned work

• Running queries in a general ledger system

• Responding to internal and external auditor requests

• Proposing solutions to noted problems

• Documenting methodology, analysis and conclusions

• Good understanding of general accounting concepts

• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word

• Ability to connect with SME onsite and do remote knowledge transfer

• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization

• History of progressively increasing responsibility in prior positions

• Solid communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Internal control compliance experience

• Prior experience with PeopleSoft General Ledger/Essbase or similar general ledger/reporting tools

• Prior experience with Blackline

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel

• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Access

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.