Manager - Record To Report

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. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This position (Supervisor, Accounting) supports the Optum Technology Accounting team and requires solid accounting fundamentals with experience in month‑end and quarter‑end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations. The role is responsible for consolidating, analyzing, and validating financial and non‑financial data from multiple systems and teams, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and solid internal controls.

The Supervisor supports business segments during the close process by preparing and posting journal entries, analyzing reports from various financial systems, and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. This role partners closely with business and finance stakeholders to develop and implement strategies and processes that improve profitability, enhance cost efficiency, and strengthen financial transparency.

This position also includes people management responsibilities. The Supervisor leads a team of approximately eight accountants, providing daily guidance, coaching, and technical support. Responsibilities include performance management, employee development, training, engagement, workload management, and ensuring adherence to close timelines and quality standards. The Supervisor is expected to foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture with a solid focus on accountability and continuous improvement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited, to the following:
  • Lead and manage a team of approximately eight accountants by providing daily guidance, coaching, and technical support, while fostering a collaborative and high‑performance work environment
  • Oversee performance management, employee development, training, engagement, and succession planning to build capability and sustain team effectiveness
  • Manage workloads and resources to ensure balanced coverage, timely completion of deliverables, and adherence to month‑ and quarter‑end close timelines and quality standards
  • Promote accountability and continuous improvement by reinforcing process discipline, quality standards, and operational excellence
  • Own primary responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of deliverables assigned
  • The prime focus of this role is to collaborate with our internal business partners on Infrastruture Chargebacks and perform general accounting on timely manner
  • Perform ad hoc reporting  and analysis and investigate issues along with well documented commentary and action plan
  • Prepare and analyze general ledger account reconciliations. Resolve reconciling items in a timely manner
  • Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports
  • Reconcile, analyze and review general ledger accounts in preparation for month end close cycles
  • Prepare journal entries and review accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles
  • Assist with or lead the month-end and quarter-end close process
  • Prepares monthly balance sheet reconciliations (Blackline) and identifies and researches reconciling items
  • Own primary responsibility for the fulfillment of audit (internal and external) requests, as needed
  • Support the organization's sound internal control structure around U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley and Model Audit Rule compliance (as applicable)
  • Liaise with core business partners within the organization, including but not limited to Regulatory Reporting, FP&A, Legal, Compliance
  • Collaborate with management with the identification and documentation of financial risks and opportunities impacting assigned accounting responsibilities
  • Work toward being subject matter experts on various Optum Technology contract provisions
  • Collaborate with management to adapt to and manage through contract amendments / renewals and the resulting accounting impacts
  • Perform work in a both team-oriented and self-directed work environments and demonstrate ability to work with less structured, more complex issues
  • Collaborate with team members & cross functional teams on special projects, as needed
    Advanced/Intermediate level of  proficiency in MS Office tools, DB Tools (MS Access etc.).Power BI would be an added advantage
  • Drive process improvements wherever possible in collaboration with US business partners
  • Analytical skills & an inquisitive mind, strong communication skills and documentation ability, self-motivated and ability to proactively work toward a goal without significant structure or rules
• 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 regard 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:

• B.Com / M.Com, MBA (Finance), CA Inter, CA, or equivalent experience (10+ years)
• 10+ years of professional experience in accounting, financial reporting, and analysis
• Experience working with general ledger and sub‑ledger accounting applications
• Solid analytical skills with attention to detail, including hands‑on experience in variance analysis and financial commentary writing
• Experience performing ad hoc reporting and analysis, investigating issues, and providing clear explanations and interpretations
• Proven experience using reporting tools such as Hyperion and PeopleSoft General Ledger
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Basic understanding and practical usage of AI tools to support data analysis, reporting, process efficiency, and decision‑making
• Proven ecellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a self‑directed manner and manage multiple priorities effectively
• Proven self‑motivated with the ability to proactively work toward goals with minimal supervision

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.

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