Job Description

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• Gather business requirements from Client Services Personnel.
• Direct communication with Clients and Client Service Personnel, US time-based communication opportunity required
• 70% of this position is SAS Programming.
• Provide internal users, sales staff, and external clients support for proprietary software, Internet hosted solutions/services, and ad-hoc statistical reporting.
• Act as the primary channel for the communication of routine and emergency questions, issues, and requests.
• Collect and interpret data for purposes of defining customer business specifications and Build client market data sets and databases on a monthly schedule.
• Foster and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external business partners.
• Investigate, analyze, and develop creative solutions to client specific problems related to any aspect of delivery through active cross-functional team participation.
• Work with functional teams to provide effective consultation for plan revisions, managed strategies, product development, policy and procedure changes, legislative changes, and cost control.
• Provide analytic, technical, and functional support to licensed users of decision support tool, escalating questions/issues to appropriate areas of expertise within organization, as needed.
• Contribute to developing and improving Existing Process, Tools, and Staff.
• Provide ad hoc support to internal and external customers and team.

Required Qualifications:

• 3 - 7 years of SAS / python programming experience .
• Health care claims data experience.
• Experience with complex SQL statements and familiarity with relational databases.
• Familiarity with processing large data sets.
• Able to work independently.
• Superior customer service skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects at any given time.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work within a strong team structure.
• General software development knowledge (.NET, Java, Oracle, Teradata, HTML, etc.).
• Ability to travel to meet with internal / external customers.
• Proficient with Microsoft operating systems and Internet browsers.
  

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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.