Healthcare Economics Consultant - Remote

Overview

This role serves as a bridge between technology and business (non-technology) teams. The position supports an end-to-end shared savings process, including financial performance evaluation, reconciliation, variance analysis, and reporting across multiple risk arrangements. The analyst will partner with actuarial, finance, and local market leadership and care delivery teams to ensure accurate tracking, validation, and communication of shared savings outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Gather and define business requirements

  • Analyze large amounts of data and business processes to identify root causes and propose effective solutions
  • Ensure business rules are clearly defined, consistently applied, and aligned with organizational goals
  • Standardize the collection and documentation of requirements
  • Ensure requirements are:
    • Non-contradictory and non-redundant
    • Clear and easy to interpret
    • Logically grouped and structured to support modifiability and traceability
    • Testable with defined methods to verify requirement completion

• Solution delivery and operational readiness

  • Evaluate and refine output formats to ensure usability and clarity for end-users
  • Support development and validation of shared savings outputs, including financial reports, dashboards, and reconciliation summaries
  • Ensure outputs align with contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations

• Data understanding & source analysis

  • Research and gain an understanding of data elements, sources, and business relevance
  • Define the source of data, including type of ingestion, relationships, tables, variables, and transformations
  • Become a subject matter expert (SME) on how data is used and how it functions within the business
  • Conduct data profiling on source data for analysis and testing

• Data troubleshooting and issue management

  • Identify, analyze, and resolve data inconsistencies, errors, and discrepancies in databases and reporting systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve data issues
  • Develop and implement data quality control procedures and perform regular audits to maintain data accuracy and integrity
  • Document data troubleshooting processes, solutions, and resolutions for future reference and knowledge sharing
  • Write efficient SQL code to solve complex data challenges
  • Determine credibility and usability of data prior to delivery of analytic results
  • Investigate variances in shared savings results, including drivers of performance differences across markets, populations, and contracts

Required Qualifications

• 3 years of Business Analyst experience
• 3 years of data-related problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Intermediate or advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, lookups, graphs, pivots, etc.)
• Demonstrated solid attention to detail, with a proven ability to identify inconsistencies, ensure data accuracy, and deliver high-quality deliverables
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to write and understand complex SQL queries involving advanced unions, joins, aggregations, and grouping

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of data visualization experience, including Tableau or Power BI (Preferred but not required)
• Progress toward actuarial certification (e.g., SOA or CAS exams) or equivalent experience in actuarial or healthcare financial modeling
• Ability to work from Cypress, CA office
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $72,800 - $130,000 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.
• Benefits include a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401k contribution (benefits subject to eligibility requirements)

Location & Work Schedule

• Remote work is available from anywhere within the U.S.
• For hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area: work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
• Application deadline: posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected (may come down early due to volume of applicants).

Additional Requirements

• Drug-free workplace; candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.