Senior Advisor Financial Operations - EVERNORTH (Finance)

This is a HYBRID role that requires on-site presence.

Only local candidates will be considered.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides expert content/professional leadership on complex Financial Analysis assignments/projects. The successful candidate will become a subject matter expert in the setup, payment, tracking and reporting of financial and rebate guarantees in accordance with Express Script's PBM client contracts. Additionally, this individual will coordinate and maintain workload management and lead development of the team to ensure that production targets are achieved and effective processing controls are in place.This individual will be responsible for leading calls with cross-functional partners and clients. Responsible for processing business transaction including the identification of system issues, enhancements and required testing of financial system for reconciliation of rebate and pricing guarantees. Requires regular communication with management and cross functional areas in order to meet deadlines, requests, results and resolve issues effectively. Recognized internally as "the go-to person" for the most complex assignments in financial areas. This individual will be key in providing new hire feedback to accelerate new hire effectiveness. This individual will be asked to participate in special projects, assist with escalations, meetings and complete ad hoc reporting and analysis.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Create and review client's financial pricing and rebate guarantee setups, payments, and reconciliation reports.
• Coordinate and maintain workload management and lead development of the team.
• Work closely with IT partners on system and reporting requirements.
• Works on enhancements and required testing of financial system for reconciliation of rebate and pricing guarantees.
• Identify deficiencies and propose corrective actions as needed.
• Special projects and process improvements.
• Mentor, training, and team development.
• On-going review of policies and procedures.
• Other duties as deemed essential by business to support pricing and rebates optimization process.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or related field.
• 5+ years relevant experience with Bachelor's Degree.
• Related work experience in PBM, Pharmaceutical, or Healthcare industry preferred.
• Control oriented and excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical, planning, problem identification and resolution skills required.
• Advanced SQL skills; writing, analyzing and speaking to complex SQL.
• Subject Matter Expert with Excel (pivot tables/VLOOKUP/MACROS).
• Effective communication with internal and external individuals in various functional areas and at all levels of management.
• Knowledge and experience with business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software's and solutions.
• Experience working with cross functional departments to research and resolve issues.
• Experience with quality and process improvement concepts, methodologies.
• Requires experience in business analysis and production testing.
• Proven ability to plan for and integrate multiple tasks concurrently as well as work independently.
• Ability to coordinate workload and lead team to accomplish competing deadlines and goals.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.