Internal Audit Lead, Optum Bank

Company: UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Location: Minnetonka
Posted on: June 4, 2021

Job Description:

UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Our finance professionals at UnitedHealth Group are engaged in the important work of making health care more affordable, simpler and easier for people to access. And you can join us in achieving these goals as an Internal Audit Lead. You will collaborate with an elite team of accounting and finance professionals who are writing the history of our organization and guiding our success as a global industry leader. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever.

This position is responsible for managing all internal audit and risk management consulting activity within Optum Bank and Optum Financial. Responsible for leading the performance of the financial, business process and information systems audits and special projects to assess the existence, effectiveness and efficiency of the business controls, financial information, and compliance with laws and regulations. The ideal candidate will have treasury experience including but not limited to interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and investment portfolio, BSA/AML, Payment/cash management systems, NACHA, FDICIA/SOX, vendor management, experience reviewing FDIC regulations/guidelines, bank regulatory reporting, commercial and consumer loans.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead in the development and execution of internal audits including audit planning, detailed audit procedures and related testing and reporting in accordance with professional and departmental standards, including financial (Sarbanes-Oxley testing) and operational
• Prepare clear, accurate and complete workpapers in accordance with department quality standards; meet project timelines and deliverable due dates
• Review work performed by others, provide recommendations for improvement and ensure resources are allocated to meet project deadlines
• Identify audit issues and perform root cause analysis with practical corrective solutions; act a key resource on complex issues while motivating and leading project teams
• As necessary, perform follow-up on assigned audit report action plans to ensure that the business partners have completed agreed upon action
• Participate on special projects undertaken by the department and/or the Company

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, technology or related discipline
• 3+ years of relevant business experience
• General understanding of auditing concepts and principles and how to apply them
• You will be asked to perform this role in an office setting or other company location, however, may be required to work from home temporarily due to space limitations
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pursue audit, assurance or risk related certification
• 4+ years of relevant business experience including some audit experience
• Sarbanes-Oxley internal control experience
• Banking, Healthcare or Public Accounting experience
• Experience in banking and/or health insurance systems
• Understanding of internal control concepts and their practical application
• Solid interpersonal skills while working effectively with a team
• Proven oral and written communication skills
• Desire to make a positive impact with the ability to manage multiple tasks and shift priorities

Careers at UnitedHealth Group. We have modest goals: Improve the lives of others. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations tend to attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Compassionate. Driven. To these select few, we offer the global reach, resources and can-do culture of a Fortune 7 company. We provide an environment where you're empowered to be your best. We encourage you to take risks. And we offer a world of rewards and benefits for performance. We believe the most important is the opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

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.

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