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Eden Prairie , Mn, Us

• Directs, trains, and leads a team of 50 financial professionals across 2 business lines (behavioral managed care organization and behavioral care delivery organization).• Supports and creates intra-entity, multi-disciplinary initiatives to improve performance and align brand management across 3 new acquisitions.• Oversees $8B in spend across ~50M members, with 15% topline revenue growth year over year.• Negotiates cost savings and new vendor terms reducing operating costs by $134M year over year.• Builds and nurtures relationships with stakeholders to improve operating discipline and financial performance.• Develops metric-based risk sensitivity models associated with the current and future business drivers leveraged to inform leadership insights into business performance and mitigation opportunities.

Eden Prairie , Mn, Us

• Managed and trained a team of 25 finance professionals, establishing KPIs in alignment with company strategic growth plans.• Oversaw integration of 3 legacy business (Specialty Benefit Management, Population Health Management, and Prevention and Wellness) into one integrated operating model driving ~$200M in operating efficiencies.• Supported creation and implementation of strategic partnership platform delivering ~$100M+ in operating earnings over 18 months.• Partnered with leadership team on revised business strategy to optimize short-term performance and long-term growth.• Developed strategy to expand condition specific risk-based models (Oncology, Kidney, MSK) for Medicare and Commercial health plan clients resulting in $150M+ topline growth.

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• Directed and led a team of 10 finance professionals, driving professional development and business growth in alignment with company goals.• Oversaw Medical Benefit Management business segment with revenues of $1.3B and IOI of $300M, driving long range strategic planning process to ensure strategies are aligned with growth objectives.• Implemented improved process around managing segment SG&A to drive improved efficiencies and productivity with focus on operational metrics resulting in $80M in SG&A efficiencies.• Collaborated with leadership team, creating annual planning process, and improved quarterly financial forecast with additional insights for leadership on key business drivers and improvement opportunities.

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• Acted as trusted partner to OptumHealth CFO and management team in support of key strategic growth opportunities.• Performed ad hoc and trending analysis, executing consultative financial and strategic support to high-priority initiatives.• Drove long range strategic planning process for OptumHealth segment improving leadership insights into key business drivers and risk sensitivity.• Supported M&A initiatives, developing strategies, building synergies and diligence Models, and supporting integration activities resulting in optimized financial performance.• Supported new product development activity through market opportunity assessment and developing pricing and costing models resulting in implementation of comprehensive end-to-end diabetes management solution.

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• Managed, mentored, and led a team of 5 finance professionals, establishing KPIs in alignment with company growth plans.• Provided capital oversight for ~$400M in planned investment for Optum business.• Collaborated with strategy teams and key stakeholders within the businesses, driving cross-functional enterprise investment strategies.• Assessed new business opportunities, providing qualitative and quantitative input to executive leadership to inform company strategic decisions.• Ensured consistent financial treatment and valuation across investment portfolio resulting in more informed business decisions.

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• Oversaw capital process from a finance perspective, including development of business cases, assisting with prioritization, presentation to Sr. Management, reporting, and tracking.• Conducted extensive variance analysis to control costs and improve profitability.• Managed budgeting, forecasting, and reporting on IT Development, Operational Maintenance, and Overhead expenses, identifying cost savings opportunities of 15%.• Vetted and tracked projected project benefits for Quality Continuous Improvement program enabling annual productivity improvement of 12%.

Minnetonka, Minnesota, Us

• Supported business financial planning and analysis through managing budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting of operating expenses for enterprise corporate functions.• Supported P&L management by monitoring and analyzing business operations, creating reports to drive decision making for senior leadership.• Participated in analysis around divestiture, both feasibility and disintegration to support business strategy.• Analyzed competitor data and developed strategic market segmentation schemes based on internal customer and prospect information, capturing an increased market share.

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• Supported business financial planning and analysis by ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.• Oversaw revenue forecasting, cost of sales, and operating expenses in support of business growth objectives.• Prepared annual budgets for Engineering Computer Group business unit.• Prepared, reviewed, and analyzed cost and profitability reports for new potential products.

New York, Ny, Us

Mba, Finance

Ba, Business Administration