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The Director, Actuarial Services is primarily responsible for providing analytic capacity and insight in support of E&I's medical claims expense reserving process. In this role the individual will analyze medical cost data to identify and interpret relevant emerging cost patterns/trends and coordinate with the reserving team to ensure appropriate consideration in monthly claim reserves, and to design/build/maintain analytic tools and capabilities in support of those efforts. This role requires solid technical data management and data analysis skills, solid problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

This role is located in Minnetonka, MN. However, if you are located outside of Minnetonka, MN, you will enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design/develop/maintain medical cost tools and reporting to monitor and identify relevant monthly medical cost changes, anomalies, impacts of claims operational changes, etc. that might impact the appropriate setting of medical claim reserves; including the analysis of both adjudicated and pre-adjudicated claim data
• Provide medical claim data, interpretation and guidance to claim reserving team in regards to appropriate considerations in setting claims reserves
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, Claims Operations) as necessary to understand how operational changes impact and/or materialize in emerging claims data used for reserving analysis
• Related medical cost analytics work as needed

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a healthcare economics, actuarial, or similar role
• Proficiency in programming languages SQL, R, and/or Python
• Experience with establishing and managing on-premises and cloud database connections (i.e. Teradata, Snowflake) supporting big data processing
• Ability to manage work and deliverables with strict adherence to the timelines associated with the monthly financial close process
• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, concisely, and persuasively; establish credibility and ability to build effective cross-functional relationships
• Ability to think strategically, and effectively drive results in a dynamic organization
• Ability to maintain solid analytic data controls to ensure alignment with medical claims data used for claims reserving

Preferred Qualifications:

• Actuarial credentials (ASA or FSA), or active pursuit toward credentials
• 2+ years of medical claims reserving experience, or familiarity with basic medical claims reserving methodologies
• Proficiency in business intelligence software (i.e. Tableau, Power BI) for data visualization, dashboard creation, and generating actionable insights
• Experience with integrated development environments (i.e. VSCode, RStudio) and analytics platforms (i.e. Databricks, Jupyter Notebooks) for coding, debugging, data analysis, and big data processing

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

The salary range for this role is $124,500 to $239,400 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.