Data Analyst - Healthcare Decision Support, Cost Accounting

Optum Insight is partnering with payers, providers, governments, and life sciences companies to simplify and enhance clinical, administrative, and financial processes through software-enabled services and analytics, while advancing value-based care as part of Optum's broader mission to help millions of people live healthier lives. Through this work, teams contribute to better health outcomes by improving how care, data, and services connect across the health system. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Insight is seeking a highly analytical and service-oriented Advanced Data Analyst, Decision Support & Cost Accounting to join our Decision Support and Cost Accounting team. In this role, you will partner directly with client health system leaders, finance executives, and operational teams to deliver strategic financial insights, optimize cost allocation models, and drive data-informed decision-making. By leveraging healthcare analytics platforms—such as Strata—and business intelligence tools, you will transform complex operational and financial data into actionable strategies that improve hospital margins, service line profitability, budgeting, and performance management.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and enhance financial, cost accounting, and decision support analytical models, dashboards, and executive scorecards to drive operational efficiency and profitability

Perform detailed analyses on hospital productivity, service line profitability, reimbursement methodologies, budgeting, forecasting, and operational improvement opportunities

Partner with healthcare operational and financial leaders to translate complex clinical and financial data into strategic recommendations and executive summaries

Maintain and validate healthcare cost accounting methodologies, including cost allocation development, reclassifications, margin analysis, and reconciliation with source systems

Manage and support decision support assets, including statistical reporting methodologies, volume planning, and service line performance structures

Collaborate with cross-functional data integration and governance teams to ensure high data quality, reconcile data loads, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation

Provide subject matter expertise, end-user support, and technical training on analytics platforms (such as Strata) and reporting solutions for internal and client stakeholders

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

3+ years of experience in healthcare data analytics, decision support, cost accounting, budgeting, or financial modeling within a health system or healthcare consulting environment

3+ years of experience utilizing Microsoft Excel (including Power Query, advanced formulas, and pivot tables) and business intelligence tools for data manipulation and visualization

2+ years of experience working with healthcare decision support and cost accounting platforms (e.g., Strata Decision Technology, EPSi, Syntellis, or similar DSS platforms)

2+ years of experience conducting service line profitability, cost allocation, reimbursement methodology, or hospital margin analyses

2+ years of experience preparing and presenting analytical findings and executive-level reports to cross-functional stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Finance, Business Analytics, Health Informatics, or a related quantitative field

• Hands-on experience with the Strata Analytics Platform (StrataJazz)
• Experience with advanced visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Proficiency with SQL for data extraction, querying, and data validation

In-depth knowledge of hospital financial accounting, general ledger structures, billing, and clinical coding systems (e.g., ICD-10, CPT, DRG)

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 - $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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