Healthcare Consultant

KPMG Global Services (KGS) India is a strategic global delivery organization that works with more than 50 KPMG firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements.

The KGS India journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of c.21,000, operating from eight locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Noida, Pune and Kolkata. — and providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to KPMG firms around the world.

Roles and responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the implementation of healthcare transformation initiatives and core healthcare operations engagements for clients from global markets.
• with clients to gather project requirements and ensure deliverables meet their needs.
• participate in client presentations, workshops, and meetings to communicate project progress and recommendations.
• data analysis techniques to analyze large volumes of healthcare data and generate insights using tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, and Power BI.
• strong stakeholder relationships through regular communication and proactive problem-solving.
• support in proposal creation and assist in the development and finalization of market-leading bids.
• to the development of new solution offerings, thought leadership and POVs in the healthcare domain by developing a deep understanding of emerging healthcare topics.
• familiarity & proficiency in the usage/understanding of generative AI, including knowledge of application of AI in healthcare.
• updated on healthcare industry, regulations, and developments to provide expert insights and high-quality consultation to clients.

Education / professional qualifications

Bachelor's or advanced degree in a field related to healthcare. Master’s degree in management preferred.

Prior Experience:

The candidate must have 4-10 years of relevant experience in a similar role, If possible in a professional services firm / consulting / Big 4 / Healthcare Industry.

Experience & Background

• Experience in transformation projects across the payer/provider value chain, with focus on Gap Assessment, Business Process Mapping, Patient Access Transformation, Data Analysis & Modeling, Financial Analytics, Regulatory Analysis, Benchmarking, Revenue Cycle Management, Workforce Management, EMR/EHR (Epic), Target Operating Model Design, Care Optimization, Healthcare IT.
• Helpful to have worked on pre/post hospitalization processes, understanding of patient workflow in a care set up, understanding of physician-patient, physician-pharma, or payer-provider interactions.
• Extensive market research capability to support consulting projects.
• High proficiency in tools such as PowerPoint, Aris/Visio, Excel (data modeling skills – intermediate to advanced excel skills with macros/VBA knowledge).
• Good knowledge of data visualization and analysis tools e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Azure (to assist in scaling up analytics solutions for handling large datasets), Alteryx etc.
• Prior Business analysis or consulting experience strongly preferred
• Good communication – listening, speaking, and writing
• Good interpersonal skills. Should be able to work as part of a team.
• Exposure to global healthcare (US/UK/Middle East) is a must .