Accounting Consultant - Controllership

Requisition Number: 2343772
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.
Accounting Manager will be responsible for day-to-day Finance & Accounting work, including Controllership- SG&A, and Revenue accounting for the OGA business. The role requires solid accounting expertise, ownership of month-end close activities, and collaboration with cross-functional teams including Analytics, Audit, and Controllership. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and an effective leader capable of ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely financial reporting.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Controllership Activities: Responsible for SG&A and Revenue controllership activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting
• Core Accounting Operations: Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end close processes, and financial reporting activities
• Ensure Quality & Compliance: Collaborate closely with team members to maintain the highest standards of accuracy, compliance, and client satisfaction; demonstrate solid analytical and detail-oriented capabilities
• Variance Investigation: Research and analyze financial variances, provide clear and accurate explanations, and manage client interactions and escalations effectively
• General Ledger Expertise: Apply solid knowledge of GL and sub-GL data sources, including chart of accounts, revenue/expense classification, Intercompany accoutning, and related accounting structures
• Systems & Reporting Tools: Retrieve and analyze financial data using enterprise tools such as Blackline, Hyperion SmartView, PeopleSoft, SQL, and Power BI to support reporting and analytics activities
• Analytics & Reconciliation: Perform detailed variance analysis, including root-cause identification of discrepancies between Subledger and PSGL, ensuring accuracy and resolution of accounting differences
• Oversees/coaches/trains team in how to analyze financial results, trends, performance metrics, variances, and root cause analyses
• Stakeholders for the role
  • Revenue and Expense Analytics team, Consolidation team, Directors & Controller's
• 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, equivalent experience ( 10+ years) - CA's (7+ Years Post Qualification)
• 10+ years of professional accounting experience
• Should possess execellent Leadership and interpersonal skills as well as solid understanding of accounting and management principles.
• Effectively balances quality, customer service and productivity standards. Ability to coach and develop accounting team
• Comes with good experience working with reporting tools like Blackline, Concur, Ariba, Hyperion smartview and PeopleSoft General ledger
• Advance proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office Suite applications (Advanced Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
• Past experience working with general ledger / sub-ledger accounting applications
• Analytical skills and an eye for detail. Hands on exposure to:
  • Variance analysis & commentary writing
  • Balance Sheet reconciliations, investigate and resolve reconciling items
  • Responding to internal and external auditor requests
  • Proposing solutions to noted problems
  • Documenting methodology, analysis and conclusions
• Proven excellent Written and verbal communication skills
• Proven excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills
• Ability work independently in self-directed manner and able to handle multiple tasks
• Ability anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them

Preferred Qualifications:

• Finance experience in any insurance industry. (health insurance industry preferred).

Work Hours: Regular shift hours : 1.30 PM to 11PM IST
Monthend/quarter/year end: Should be flexible to work in shift timings
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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