Senior Accountant

Prescription Solutions 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're ready to talk about groundbreaking interactions, let's talk about what happens when a firm that touches millions of lives decides to gather results from millions of prescriptions every month and analyze their impact. Let's talk about smart, motivated pharmacy teams. Let's talk about more effective and affordable health care solutions. This is caring. This is great chemistry. This is the way to make a difference.

Prescription Solutions is an empowering place for people with the flexibility to help create change. Innovation is part of the job description. New ideas are welcome. And passion for improving the lives of our customers is a motivating factor in everything that happens.

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.

Responsibilities in this role include:

• 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.
• Prepare journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles.
• Prepare documentation in support of external and internal audits.
• 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.
• Assist with or lead the month end quarterly end close process for assigned businesses or groups
• Performs work in a self-directed manner and works with less structured, more complex issues.
• Serve as a resource to others.
  

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent
• 4 years of professional accounting experience.
• 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.
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  
  
  

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.