Robert W.

About Robert W.

Aspiring healthcare executive working towards my Masters in Business and Healthcare Administration. Prior to attending the University of Pittsburgh, I had the opportunity to work for ProHealth Care (part of Optum), where I worked my way from Finance Intern to Senior Financial Operations Analyst over the course of my tenure. I have a proven track record of delivering positive results and meeting tight deadlines. Responsibilities and accomplishments included, but weren\'t limited to:• Secured $150M+ in capital funding from parent company through financial analysis, presented to executive leadership of both Optum and UnitedHealth Group; created eight multi-specialty medical clinics across Long Island and a two ASCs• Implemented productivity-based compensation models for healthcare providers across all business service lines; reviewed provider contracts, collaborated with legal team to draft new agreements, responsible for adjusting compensation for 500+ physicians in the payroll system• Conducted value analyses on specialty drugs to seek true profitability, pricing errors, and rebate opportunities; saved organization $1.9M in oncology drugs and instituted biosimilar standardization and GPO standardization company-wide, leading to an additional $1.7M in savings• Enabled company-wide inventory count for the first time ever; tasked to organize large sums of inventory data, placed a valuation on the inventory stock of every practice• Responsible for maintaining annual capital budget ~$100M; collaborated with directors of Real Estate, Information Technology, and Medical Equipment to gather project information; calculated financial metrics (NPV/IRR) for every project to determine desirability, reviewed with executive leadership• Created a monthly spend per patient visit dashboard; gave executive leadership easy visibility into expense and patient volume trends; utilized for key operational and business improvements• Partnered with service line managers to “deep dive” into specific practices to increase efficiencies, cut excess costs, and increase productivity/revenue• Directly reported to CFO; responsible for fulfilling ad-hoc financial requests of executive leadership and providing recommendations based on findingsCore Competencies: Financial Planning and Analysis, Healthcare Operations, Corporate Development, Capital Management & Planning, Financial Modeling and Forecasting, Investment Analysis, Project Management, Data Manipulation & Presentation, System Negotiation, Writing and Interpersonal Communication, Supportive Colleague and Business Partner

Experience

1. Associate Director, Uhg Leadership Experience (Ule)

   UnitedHealth Group

   Jul 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  Graduate, Business and Healthcare Administration

• The George Washington University

  Organizational Sciences, Public Health

  2014 — 2018

Skills

• Spss
• Powerpoint
• Peoplesoft
• Peoplesoft Financial
• Data Management
• Microsoft Office