Senior Manager, IP Validation
Posted Sep 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you found a data quality problem that changed a financial estimate.
What they are checking: Whether they question their data and know how bad data leads to wrong reserves.
Tell me about a recommendation you made to senior management based on your analysis.
What they are checking: Whether their analysis leads to action and they can stand behind their advice.
How do you manage a team doing detailed financial work while working remotely?
What they are checking: Whether they can keep quality high and deadlines met with a distributed team.
What would you do
What would a recurring validation process with the Utilization Management team look like?
What they are checking: Whether they can design a repeatable check that makes authorization data complete and reliable.
Inpatient spend is running well over budget. How do you figure out the key drivers?
What they are checking: Whether they can break variance into admits, length of stay, unit cost and mix.
How do you explain an IBNR change to leaders who are not actuaries or accountants?
What they are checking: Whether they can make technical reserve changes clear to decision makers.
About the work
Walk me through how you estimate inpatient IBNR each month.
What they are checking: Whether they understand completion factors, authorization data and judgment in estimating unpaid inpatient claims.
How would you use inpatient authorization data to improve the IBNR estimate?
What they are checking: Whether they see how authorizations can signal costs before claims arrive and the limits of that data.
What legislative or policy changes could affect inpatient costs, and how would you track them?
What they are checking: Whether they connect outside changes like rate updates or coverage rules to the forecast.
How do you build standardized reporting for inpatient spend that others can rely on?
What they are checking: Whether they create consistent, documented reports instead of one-off analyses.
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