Medco is the nation's leading pharmacy benefit manager, employing more than 13,000 people nationwide, including approximately 2,000 pharmacists. On behalf of health plan and employer clients throughout the country, we provide pharmaceutical care for millions of Americans.

Medco is a dynamic, fast-paced organization requiring talented individuals to share and implement its vision of being "the most influential force in controlling healthcare costs and supporting improved patient care through the appropriate use of pharmaceuticals."

If you're seeking an environment that encourages growth, utilizes your training and education and lets you improve the lives of patients in an unrivaled practice setting, look closely at Medco.

We are currently looking for talented and creative individuals to contribute at all levels of the organization.

Medco is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to its personnel policies and practices.

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. is a leading health care company serving the needs of more than 60 million people.

Medco, the world’s most advanced pharmacy®, provides clinically driven pharmacy services designed to improve the quality of care and lower total health care costs for private and public employers, health plans, labor unions, and government agencies of all sizes, and for individuals served by Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. About one-third of the companies on the Fortune 500 list are Medco clients.

In 2009, Medco captured the No. 1 position in Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services sector on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies list for the second consecutive year. Of all companies surveyed globally, Medco ranked No. 5 in innovation and No.10 in people management. In the health care sector, Medco ranked No. 1 in seven attributes: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, quality of management, financial soundness, quality of products/services and global competitiveness. It also ranked No. 2 in the categories of long-term investment and social responsibility.

Responsibilities:
• Mentor and provide direction to the Business Planning and Purchasing team to meet the roles and responsibilities below:
• Analyze trends and relationships among performance metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement in Customer Service Call Center field.
• Resolve discrepancies between locally generated payroll reports and those created by Corporate Finance.
• Provide site-level performance reports to Corporate Business Planning on a daily and weekly basis.
• Analyze cost trends and performance metrics in a call center environment.
• Attrition tracking and reconciliation.
• Ability to analyze capacity levels and forecast changes in trends.
• Tracking and reporting of labor and non-labor expenses.
• Tracking and processing quarterly and monthly bonus programs.
• Performance reporting and identifying / researching variances to operating plan.
• Involvement in developing labor and non-labor budgets and forecasts.
• Work with line management and ancillary areas to review trends, explain variances and drive operational effectiveness
• Manage vendor relationship as needed to ensure cost effectiveness for the company
• Provide Senior Management with financial and performance data for decision-making purposes.
• Support Departmental Director on special projects or requests as needed.
• Flow charting current processes to identify risk points and opportunities for streamlining.
• Provide ROI analysis or Cost justification analysis as needed.
• Create ad hoc reports as required and all other responsibilities as assigned.
• Set and plan performance objective for the team
• Address any coaching opportunities as appropriately


Come make a difference at Medco-at the head of the industry and at the heart of health. www.medco.com.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and Access. Excel to include the creation of formulas, pivot tables, charts/graphs, etc.
• Familiarity with Hyperion software and Essbase add-in functions preferred.
• Familiarity with SPC XL and Control Chart functions preferred.
• Problem solving abilities, strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and multi-task.
• Ability to work in fast paced environment with critical deadlines and to interact with all levels of Management.
• Must be a self-starter and problem solver with the ability to function in both an autonomous and team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software applications.
§ Exceeds Expectations rating or above on most recent [2008] Performance Review preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance/Statistics or related field preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in finance-related field preferred.
• Excellent attendance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Web-based and project team experiences are pluses.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V