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The Cigna Group Application Developer (VBA) - Hybrid in St. Louis, Missouri
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT & ROLE:
If your niche is in financial reporting and analysis, underwriting, cash management or audit, our Finance department may be a perfect fit for you. Our teams within Finance work together to ensure that spending stays on track and that we remain a profitable industry leader. We’re always on the lookout for innovative people who will bring outside-the-box thinking to our team. This role supports various areas of Express Scripts by developing, maintaining, and enhancing models used in the underwriting process. These models are primarily Excel-based tools that interact with a number of other applications (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop, Python).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Work on enhancement requests and complete all stages of the life cycle (e.g. design, development, testing, release)
Work with Underwriting, Supply Chain, Budget, and other Finance departments to identify opportunities for model enhancements in an effort to improve the accuracy of Express Scripts’ profitability forecasting and user experience
Perform extensive testing prior to releasing new functionality into production. This testing includes code review, UAT, and Regression testing
Provide support to our end-users by resolving their issues, responding to queries, and helping them analyze/interpret the results from the models
Develop an expert knowledge of the primary tools & applications used within the FMA team
Provide training to the pricing group around SOPs and best-practices for using the FMA’s tools and applications
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and VBA development
SQL and experience with relational databases (Oracle, TD, PostgreSQL and Hadoop preferred)
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience
4+ years of relevant experience; Finance, Underwriting, Pricing, Analytics, or similar field preferred
Ability to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
Ensure that solutions are innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives
Possess a strong customer service focus
Communicate issues clearly in writing or verbally
Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload to meet project deadlines
Possess a willingness to learn new tools and applications
Work well independently as well as in a dynamic, collaborative environment
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 98,200 - 163,600 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 Group .
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. 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.