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AmeriChoice Market CFO - New Mexico-315500
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Description
AmeriChoice 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 help make health care work better for more people, you can make a historic impact on the future of health care at AmeriChoice. We contract with states and other government agencies to provide care for over two million individuals. Working with physicians and other care providers, we ensure that our members obtain the care they need with a coordinated approach. This enables us to break down barriers, which makes health care easier for our customers to manage. That takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of good ideas. Most of all - it takes an entire team of talent. Individuals with the tenacity and the dedication to make things work better for millions of people all over our country. You can be a part of this team. You can put your skills and talents to work in an effort that is seriously shaping the way health care services are delivered.
Summary of Responsibilities:
The Market CFO will work collaboratively with the Regional Executive Director and the Corporate Finance team to establish a disciplined approach to financial performance management across the region. The Market CFOs across the country will work together and with Corporate Finance to achieve best practice financial operations throughout the organization including standardization of items to measure and related tools and processes for analysis and reporting. Specific elements of this work will include:
- Partnering with various regional operating areas; for example:
- Sales: to establish good business process around sales cycle transactions and visibility into sales forecasts and results;
- Clinical: to establish analysis and visibility to medical cost drivers (such as service utilization) and revenue results (such as achieving appropriate risk adjustment factor results). Assess results against plans and collaborate with others on initiatives to improve results.
- Network: work with others to resolve network planning/operational issues.
- The Market CFO will have a strong relationship with the Corporate Finance team and work on a number of financial planning, reporting and analysis activities, including:
- An integral role in the bid/forecast/budget process for the region and its sites.
- Regular and in-depth analysis of business results to understand operational performance and work with site leaders to address performance issues and to assist corporate finance with understanding results and action plans.
- FTE and cost management.
- Revenue expertise: enrollment; risk adjustment; CMS/state payments.
- Medical cost expertise: assist with trend analysis and forecasting and assist with development and operationalizing medical cost reporting.
- Engagement in the assessment and analysis of the monthly close process.
- Reporting (financial and operational) to Region/Site leaders.
- Support for implementation of company standard processes.
- Input/involvement in State Medicaid program regulatory requirements (e.g., quarterly/annual filings) and other program operational areas (rate changes, fee-schedule changes, revenue reconciliation, reporting, etc.).
Qualifications
- Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 7-10 years of finance related experience.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or a related field; CPA or MBA candidates preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of the healthcare industry; public accounting and prior Medicaid experience strongly preferred.
Required capabilities include:
- Experience developing and implementing financial operations improvements including process and reporting.
- Expert analytical and problem skills including the ability to gain relevant information, apply creative thinking to complex issues, identify viable alternatives, and reach conclusions and action plans through collaboration with appropriate others.
- Experience with financial systems and data management practices.
- Advanced PC skills including Excel and Access.
- Strong communication skills including the ability to comfortably interact with senior regional and corporate leaders.
- Ability to work proactively both at a hands-on detailed level in various planning and analysis activities and at a higher level as the finance leader for the region.
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.
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. |
