Associate Director Internal Audit - Risk Surveillance - Minnetonka - Hybrid

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that's dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This Associate Director Internal Audit - Risk Surveillance / Risk Oversight supports the ongoing digital transformation and modernization of internal audit's risk assessment, audit planning, and risk monitoring practices through the implementation of a Key Risk Indicators (KRI) program. This role is integral to our strategy to enable risk management teams with data driven insights and a risk management framework, increasing the scope and depth of risk monitoring across the enterprise and bring value to our business partners.

Beyond implementation, ongoing maintenance, iteration, continuous enhancement of our reporting, and Internal Audit's Risk Response and Monitoring processes are essential to the success of this position.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage audit and risk surveillance activities in accordance with IIA audit standards and the Internal Audit & Advisory Services Charter
• Execute Internal Audit's risk monitoring strategy by determining top risks for key business areas and coordinating with business leaders to identify Key Risk Indicators (KRI) and design risk monitoring criteria
• Partner Internal Audit's Data Analytics and Digital Transformation team on various data driven activities for assigned business areas, including implementation of data acquisition automation, metric and monitoring logic, visualizations and monitoring workflow
• Manage Internal Audit's Risk Response and Monitoring processes for a large portfolio of KRIs by understanding the business implications of identified risks and documenting associated root causes and business impacts
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems with data acquisition, analysis, and reporting
• Lead efforts to improve risk identification and monitoring through design and implementation of programmatic process and analysis enhancements
• Foster an environment of trust and collaboration among risk management leaders to support and promote the KRI procedures and maintain effective communication with all levels of management that foster a collaborative atmosphere
• Support segment risk strategy in partnership with other Internal Audit team members and Director(s), including providing risk subject matter knowledge as part of risk assessment, audit planning and audit execution activities
• Support execution of special projects as directed by Internal Audit leadership

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 business administration, accounting, finance, technology, or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, internal audit, compliance, fraud management, or consulting
• 2+ years of experience designing data analytics and data visualizations to represent business outcomes
• Proven excellent strategic skills and proven ability to lead operational change management
• Proven management, planning, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated solid interpersonal and analytical skills while working effectively with a matrixed team
• Demonstrated solid oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certification (e.g., CPA, CRMP, CIA, CRMA, CISA, CFE)
• 1+ years of experience utilizing BI visualization tools such as DOMO, Tableau, or MS Power BI
• Healthcare Industry experience
• Experience using statistical analysis, machine learning or artificial intelligence to assess business performance
• Experience performing data analysis and automation using technologies such as SQL, R, Visual Basic, Python and Power Automate
• Experience working in a complex IT/IS environment

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 $112,700 to $193,200 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.