Thursday, 5 May 2011

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Senior Accountant Analyst/ CPA - San Francisco, CA-347846

Description


Position 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.
This position will serve as Accounting's Subject Matter Expert (SME) on revenue and membership, working with business owners (such as Intersegment team and FP&A ) in order to obtain an understanding of each group's business processes, underlying systems and data sources that support revenue and membership. 
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Ensures accurate timely reporting and recording of monthly close entries related to revenues and membership data
  • Perform account reconciliations and analyses, prepares journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles
  • Prepares monthly and quarterly analytics of changes in revenue for the production of reliable financial statements and reports
  • Reviews contracts for potential revenue recognition issues and prepares technical accounting memoranda to substantiate the company's revenue recognition positions for internal and external auditor review
  • Manages intercompany transactions and elimination entries related to intercompany revenues
  • Develops innovative approaches for continued improvement in efficiency and effectiveness
  • Represents the Accounting group on cross-functional projects, serving as the key Accounting contact for revenues and membership
  • Prepares documentation in support of external and internal audits
  • Performs and supports various special projects as required from time to time 
OptumHealth 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.

If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - think of OptumHealth as your calling.

By providing 58 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.

At OptumHealth, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.

Qualifications


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
  • 5+ years Experience with corporate accounting and/or financial reporting with emphasis in revenue recognition required
  • Experience with General Acceptable Accounting Principles required
  • Hyperion Essbase experience required
  • CPA Certification or equivalent license or certification required
  • Advanced level of skill with MS Excel and intermediate level of skill with MS Access required
Assets:
  • Healthcare and/or managed care experience
  • PeopleSoft GL experience
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.

Job

 Accounting

Primary Location

US-CA-San Francisco

Organization

 Behavioral Solutions

Schedule

 Full-time

Number of Openings

 1

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