Accounting Manager or Team Lead - Lexington, KY - Partially Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities, and removing barriers to quality care.

The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable, and equitable.

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This is for you if you have at least two years of accounting management as a Team Lead, Lead, or Manager.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Lead a team of accountants - Two Accountants
• Develop, implement, and maintain processes and procedures for accurate and timely analysis of financial statements, ensuring best practices
• Maintain internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting
• Resolve high level financial issues
• Manage the audit process and work with outside auditors regarding accounting and reporting issues
• Oversee the preparation and analysis of external financial reporting ensuring the quality, reliability and timeliness of the reports
• Provide operational and technical accounting expertise to ensure compliance with GAAP, Company policies, rules, regulation, and laws
• Summarize findings on the monthly, quarterly or annual reports to management
• Coordinate and support the Company's strategic and operational planning
• Support various special projects as required
• Collaborate with other functional areas to provide superior customer service
• Special project ownership
• Implement new groups and be a subject matter expert in the accounting software.
• Review and approve daily cash transactions for multiple accounts

This position supports Taft Hartley and Association Trust funds

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 or Finance
• 2+ years of supervisory experience
• Experience successfully managing multiple requests, assessing priorities, and achieving solutions under deadlines.
• Intermediate level of working knowledge of GAAP; ability to effectively use accounting knowledge to collaborate with varying levels of employees and senior management to drive sound business decisions
• Expert level of proficiency with Excel, Word, and other financial reporting tool
• Proven ability to go into the office in Lexington, KY 2-3 days a week.

Preferred Qualifications :

• CPA / CMA or other equivalent licensure or certification; Active status
• 2+ years demonstrated progression in financial reporting
• Experience with daily cash transactions for multiple accounts and intermediate knowledge of trust fund accounting
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven advanced analytical and information gathering skills; Proven ability to evaluate and prioritize extensive detailed data

Careers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine.

Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives.

You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go.

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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.