Finance Enablement VBA Modeling Advisor

The job profile for this position is Actuarial Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.Excited to grow your career?We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.The Medicare Advantage (MA) Finance Enablement VBA Modeling Advisor will manage FP&A models for provider groups engaged via a professional capitation, risk/surplus sharing, or other value-based arrangement (VBA). This includes development and coding of enhancements to current models (whether added functionality/complexity or greater efficiency). The Advisor will need to understand existing models, help maintain and provide education to users on current models, understand national and market level needs regarding reporting and analysis for these arrangements, and consider implications to a variety of stakeholders for proposed updates (such as Accounting, Network Operations, Analytics, Medical Economics, etc.).Responsibilities• Act as model steward for segment-wide value-based arrangement accrual and settlement models (manage maintenance and updates; add to documentation and user education).• Consider and implement ways to improve accuracy, completeness, granularity, or efficiency in calculating liabilities or settlement expectations in accordance with a variety of contract types and stipulations.• Help ensure that all reporting and results are provided in a timely and well-structured manner to stakeholders including the Enterprise FP&A team and Accounting team.• Advise and collaborate with Contracting/Operations/Strategy teams on the financial implications of new proposed arrangements or modifications to existing programs.Qualifications and Competencies• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Health Information Management, Management Information Systems, Finance, Economics or related field.• 3+ years of experience with complex model / data governance (primarily in Excel / SQL). Familiarity with R / Python a plus.• Experience with financial analysis and/or financial processes• Experience with various standard methodologies for calculating accruals, short duration financial reserves, and financial projections as well as experience with claims analytics, clinical data, and financial data.• Experience organizing best practices for automated workflow development, ensuring consistency in documentation and coding styles across a team to help enable portability of models among analysts.• Proven ability to work collaboratively in complex matrix organizations, driving outstanding results.• Strong verbal/written communication skills to work with various matrix partners such as Actuaries, Data Scientists, Clinical Leaders, and Information Technology teams.• Willingness to learn and apply new skills to improve processes.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.For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 104,300 - 173,800 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.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.Please note that you must meet our posting guidelines to be eligible for consideration. Policy can be reviewed at this link.