Senior Specialist, Deal Advisory & Strategy, Healthcare

Business Title: Senior Specialist, Deal Advisory & Strategy, HealthcareRequisition Number: 119280 - 18Function: AdvisoryArea of Interest:State: COCity: DenverDescription:The KPMG Advisory practice is currently our fastest growing practice. We are seeing tremendous client demand, and looking forward we don't anticipate that slowing down. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility and leading market tools, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Specialist in Deal Advisory and Strategy Analytics for our Deal Advisory (https://advisory.kpmg.us/) practice.Responsibilities:

Analyze incoming data sets from the clients to profile them for data quality and for completeness,

Combine the client data sets with KPMG's broad range of general purpose data and healthcare data assets to be able to provide client a 360 degree view of their business environment

Apply analytic techniques at the direction of KPMG and client leaders. Techniques include statistical analysis, visualization, exploratory data analysis using open source and proprietary software

Research and study the business for a given project; critically dissect the strategy and lead the development of insightful analysis leading to preparing and deliver marketing and training materials for all professional levels using technologies like Tableau and PowerBI

Collaborate with Deal Advisory and Strategy teams owning and participation in every component of a client deliverable, from identifying client needs to producing the final presentation and reports

Work hands on with our client teams to deliver key strategic insights

Qualifications:

Minimum of 3 years experience with a provider, payor or healthcare consulting firm for the healthcare sector with a heavy focus a data analytics, including working experience as an employee or a consultant in clinical and healthcare settings analyzing healthcare RCM data (accounts receivables, payments and cash collections, denials, adjustments and write-offs), physician productivity, reimbursement rate analysis, patient service mix utilization, Patient Risk Based Cohort Analysis

Bachelor's degree with a master's degree strongly preferred in a related field

Experience with SQL query languages are required, along with experience profiling, querying, extracting data within relational data model structures; Proven self-sufficiency in performing SQL operations and data procedures on SQL databases and to work seamlessly with data models and data relationships, performing data cleansing and blending (e.g. data filtering, sorting, cleansing, summarizing, grouping, normalizing and scaling) to make it ready for analytics

An understanding of data modeling, data processing and ETL (extraction, transformation, and loading) processes using either of the listed technology tools e.g. Alteryx, SQL, Python/R, SSIS or similar technologies, and proficiency with visualization tools such as Power BI, QlikView and/or Tableau

Must be permanently authorized to work in the United States with no need for sponsorship, now or in the future

Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts and analytics-driven findings to clients including explaining business processes, concepts, challenges and issues to technical resources, as well as the ability to travel as needed to serve client needs

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