Senior Data Analyst, Financial Modelling – Dublin & Letterkenny

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 diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

About the Role:

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will support the modernization of Optum Rx’s core underwriting tools and serve as a subject matter expert in these tools. These tools are critical for bid pricing and rebate forecasting and are currently Excel-based. You will translate actuarial and underwriting logic into scalable, cloud-based applications with user-friendly front ends, working closely with underwriters, actuaries, technology, and analytics partners to ensure accuracy, transparency, and usability.

As our Senior Data Analyst, you will join an established team within OptumRx responsible for managing our network pharmacy pricing guarantees. You will provide financial modelling and analytics related to the performance of effective rate pricing guarantees, specific to the Commercial business. You will work with internal stakeholders to drive to best outcomes and ensure alignment with our pharmacy contractual obligations.

Within the role, you will build relationships with our partners and stakeholders across many functions, including Network Contracting, Client Contract Management, Finance, Legal and more. We’re looking for someone with a quantitative mindset, a strong aptitude for complex problem solving, industry experience, and well-developed communication and technical skills.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities Senior Data Analyst – Financial Modelling:

• Responsible for managing the performance of effective rate pricing guarantees, within network pharmacies, for Optum’s Commercial book of business

• Ownership of the relevant financial modeling and ensuring ongoing iteration as required, to maintain highest level of efficacy in projections

• Efficiently develop analysis and scenario modelling and iterate upon this analysis to drive key business decisions

• Lead the collaboration with internal teams to incorporate all relevant insights to modelling and subsequent pricing decisions. Leverage analytics and business information to provide solutions to complex problems

• Actively communicate to leadership and relevant stakeholders on emerging risks or trends

• Actively consult with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure appropriate application of contractual and regulatory obligations

• Lead regular cadence update meetings with key stakeholders

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications and Skills for the Senior Data Analyst, Financial Modelling:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in financial modelling
• Experience in SQL and/or Python, with the ability to perform effective and efficient querying involving multiple tables and subqueries

• Advanced MS Excel skills

Preferred Qualifications and Skills for the Senior Data Analyst, Financial Modelling:

• Experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience in Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) or Pharmaceutical Industry

• Ability to understand complex scenarios and quickly provide effective decisions

  Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills, able to work with stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines
  

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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