Manage the Accounting area for a major health insurance provider. Responsible for the accuracy of the $300 million Administrative budget. • Reconcile new and non-routine transactions related to healthcare reform • Manage financial audits of Medica including the financial regulatory reporting• Coordinate journal entries through United Health Group • Perform ad hoc analysis and analysis related to capital planning• Analyze, reconcile, compile and present month end and year end statements to Senior Management• Develop audit schedules and meet with auditors and respond to their question• Supervise and mentor Accounting Department staff

• Coordinated monthly administrative expense close process• Prepared and presented expense variance analysis schedules to management• Reviewed account reconciliations• Provided work direction to expense accountants• Interpreted financial results for cost center managers• Prepared special reports for all levels of management and Board of Directors• Calculated accruals and prepared journal entries and entered them into Lawson G/L system• Created financial models to accurately forecast financial results• Prepared regulatory filing schedules and assist in the completion of audits

• Calculated accruals and prepared journal entries and entered them into Lawson G/L system• Prepared reconciliations of balance sheet and bank accounts, analyzed and corrected discrepancies• Analyzed monthly budget variances and presented findings to management• Compared Lawson and PeopleSoft account balances and resolved discrepancies• Uploaded payroll interface and reconciled to printed payroll reports and cash disbursements• Performed all accounting functions for the Medica Foundation• Calculated and insured timely payment of UGH administrative fees that exceeded $70 Million annually• Created and modified general ledger reports using Lawson Report Writer

• Calculated accruals and prepared journal entries for entry into Lawson G/L system• Prepared reconciliations of balance sheet and bank accounts, analyzed and corrected discrepancies• Created PeopleSoft journal entries to transfer administrative expense by product to the PeopleSoft ledger at UHG• Worked with HRIS to ensure accurate, updated payroll interface tables• Assisted in the completion of annual external audits and regulatory audits• Interpreted Payroll and Benefit accounting results for Human Resources staff• Prepared PeopleSoft financial statement for Monthly Report

• Recorded and paid all property taxes and prepared related journal entries and account reconciliations• Prepared and paid Sales and Use tax returns and related journal entries and account reconciliations• Maintained detailed records of archived material in a database• Balanced all internal reports for the financial system• Prepared weekly and monthly financial reports and related journal entries and account reconciliations• Assisted in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual close statements• Conducted monthly audits of selected account reconciliations