Financial Consultant - Hybrid in MN

Primary Responsibilities

• Aid in preparing and delivering accurate financial reports to support decision-making processes.
• Support forecasting efforts, including gathering data, analyzing trends, and developing projections.
• Work with senior leadership and finance leadership to develop plans to achieve financial and business goals.
• Act as the Capital Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) owner, managing and tracking CBA performance in accordance with capital governance standards and senior management guidelines.
• Partner with business and project stakeholders to develop, validate, and monitor Capital Cost Benefit Analyses (CBAs), including benefit assumptions, financial impacts, and ongoing performance tracking in alignment with Optum Capital policy.
• Analyze financial data to identify variances, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain and update financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect, validate, and synthesize financial information.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and company policies in all reporting and analysis activities.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial operations.

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in financial planning, accounting, financial analysis, or internal controls.
• Demonstrated experience supporting leaders or teams in financial planning, forecasting, cost management, and business case development.
• Demonstrated experience in financial modeling, including capital cost/benefit analysis, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to support investment decisions and forecasting.
• Experience contributing to change initiatives, process improvements, or automation efforts that improve reporting, forecasting, or decision support.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and experience working with financial systems (e.g., Essbase, PeopleSoft, or similar tools).
• Proficiency in MS Office - Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proven effective communication and stakeholder partnership skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Hyperion Essbase and PeopleSoft Financials.
• Experience building and maintaining financial models and business cases (e.g., capital cost/benefit analysis) to support investment decisions and governance.

Competencies

• Demonstrates solid personal agency by proactively identifying issues, taking ownership of outcomes, and driving work forward without waiting for direction.
• Seeks ways to improve job and operational efficiency.
• Ability to prioritize & manage workloads with concurrent deadlines.
• Uses proper discretion when dealing with confidential information exhibiting a high level of integrity.
• Comfort working in a collaborative and matrixed organization.
• Self-starter who can take direction and develop solutions to requests.
• Assertive, self-starting personality with a customer service attitude.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and change.

Pay

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.