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You know how to get ahead. Every day, you push a little farther. You ask a little more of yourself and those around you. So do we. That's how UnitedHealth Group has grown to be a leader in pricing strategies, product quality and every other aspect of health services performance. Work here and you'll be surrounded by an elite team of professionals who are helping to create historic results and an exceptional future while they help you advance your knowledge and skills. You'll work with innovative tools and the largest database of health care information in the world. You'll have every opportunity to advance along our accelerated actuarial development path as we support your continuing post-graduate education and certification. If you're out to do more, join us and help us build a better health care system.

As an Actuarial Analyst, you will be empowered, supported, and encouraged to develop your skills as part of a healthcare economics analytics team. You’ll also find an actuarial study program to support you in your continuing post-graduate education and certification.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leverage detailed datasets to produce cadenced medical expense trend reporting and analyses

• Support studies and analyses of emerging healthcare utilization and cost patterns

• Support studies to evaluate historical and projected financial performance of risk-bearing entities

Are you ready to use your creativity to problem solve? You will be challenged with ensuring data makes sense and knowing when to dig deeper. You will be tasked with communicating the results of your work in a meaningful way to a broader audience.

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 or equivalent work experience

• On the actuarial exam track, having passed 1+ actuarial exams

• Expertise in MS Excel working with formulas, calculations, charts, graphs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in finance or health care industry

• Experience in a corporate environment

• Familiarity with databases and programming for statistical/analytical applications

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $58,300 to $114,300 annually. 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.