Accounting Consultant - Legacy Dental & Vision

About the role

Specialty Benefits, part of UnitedHealthcare, is hiring an Accounting Consultant to support the Legacy Dental and Vision business, which has nearly $5B in annual revenue. The role combines month-end close support with analytics to ensure financial accuracy and compliance. It is office-based, with four days a week in the office at either the Minnetonka, Minnesota or Columbia, Maryland location.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the legacy vision block of business and work with the team to develop monthly revenue estimates, communicating results to leadership and addressing material variances
• Analyze commercial, private label, Medicaid and Medicare premium and administrative service revenues so they are correctly reflected in the general ledger
• Support MLR reporting by compiling financials in state-specified formats
• Prepare and present financial summaries and analytics to leadership and regulatory teams, and handle ad-hoc reporting requests
• Support the month-end close process for the assigned area, ensuring timely and accurate revenue reporting
• Work with accounting teams, account managers, underwriters and billing analysts to understand dental and vision product offerings
• Keep revenues, claims and membership aligned on a customer-by-customer basis
• Prepare or approve assigned GL account reconciliations
• Interpret customer needs, solve moderately complex problems and coach and guide colleagues

Required profile

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance or a business-related field
• 3+ years of work experience in accounting, finance or reporting
• Solid understanding and practical application of U.S. GAAP
• Ability to work an office-based schedule in Minnetonka, MN or Columbia, MD

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Preferred: public accounting experience
• Preferred: Hyperion Smartview/Essbase, PeopleSoft, Blackline; SQL and/or SAS with large databases

What we offer

• Salary of $72,800 to $130,000 annually for full-time employment
• Comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (subject to eligibility)