Many of our clients were already facing challenges around regulatory changes, disruptive technology, changing customer needs and expectations, and business impact on the environment before the pandemic and coming out of it the need for KPMG to support has only increased. With our ‘Trusted’, ‘Connected’ and ‘Powered’ values, we support our clients by revolutionising the way people are led, managed and developed, to ensure organisations of all shapes and sizes are “future-ready”.

Across our capabilities we support our clients around: digitally enabled employee engagement; skills and capabilities; agile organisation and workforce; shaping the future of the workforce; people change and leadership capability; value-driving efficient and cost effective HR powered by tech; predictive insightful people consulting.

The Role

As a Director in our rapidly expanding practice you will be central to the development of our growth strategy, focussing specifically on the changing nature of HR as they develop and grow in GBS based organisations. Working with the client you will help HR to identifying opportunities for KPMG to make an even greater impact, originating new work, and managing sustainable growth. We are looking for a practise lead who will continue the growth trajectory the team has had over the last 4-5 years.

As part of this you will lead the design and implementation of large-scale HR transformation programmes within GBS clients working with the broader GBS team in KPMG Advisory teams

As an experienced leader of HR Transformation, you will bring expertise and experience of both HR functional and technology transformation within a GBS, and operational delivery to design and oversee overarching GBS transformation programmes.

You will also lead, manage and develop KPMG teams, capabilities and propositions (specific to GBS) based upon our overarching Powered HR methodology, and will be accountable for developing our ability to deliver high quality work for clients as we continue to grow..

You will have the opportunity to:

•    Lead our focus for our HR Transformation practice, on our GBS clients with the opportunity to leverage our leading practice methodologies and continue our growth.
•    Work closely with FTSE 100 clients across a broad range of industries including Energy, Telecoms, Retail, Life Sciences and Aerospace & Defence.
•    Lead complex projects and HR transformation workstreams in GBS clients with a team of consultants, to improve the way clients deliver HR Transformation.
•    Build and shape relationships with clients daily.
•    Generate new client opportunities by leveraging your GBS HR Transformation expertise and network.
•    Lead the development of our HR Transformation GBS proposition and assets.
•    Take a lead in knowledge sharing and developing HR Transformation skills internally across our team.
•    Identify Business Development opportunities and turn these opportunities into sales.

The Person

You will have proven experience of originating and delivering consulting services in HR Transformation:
You will have:

•    The credibility and experience to lead KPMG and client teams to assess, design, plan and deliver complex programmes of work
•    Significant people leadership and performance management experience, including experience of coaching or managing a wide range of staff.
•    In-depth knowledge, skills and experience with HR transformation enablers within GBS  and their applications, including HR strategy, HR Technology, HR policies, HR processes and controls, target operating model design, service delivery, cultural change, communications and engagement strategies.
•    In-depth understanding of the strategic challenges and opportunities facing HR leaders and how GBS can support their evolution paired with the ability to analyse and synthesise industry and client challenges into implications and transformation programmes for the HR function.
•    In-depth understanding and experience of various HR operating models (centralised, decentralised etc.), capability to define and implement organisational design / redesign initiatives and the Business Case for Change.
•    In-depth understanding of HRSS strategy and the GBS offering (including location, language etc.); comprehensive understanding of advisory and transactional services provided and full spectrum of service levels and KPIs.
•    Experience in leading and managing HR transformation programmes in GBS to meet client needs, either as part of a wider programme or standalone. Could include:
o    HR Operating model strategy, redesign and implementation (HRBP / HRSS / COE).
o    Service delivery model design including design and implementation of roles, responsibilities, within the GBS function etc.
o    HR process efficiency assessment and process re-design.
o    Constructively challenging and conveying key messages to HRLT, HRD and Project Sponsor level stakeholders.
o    Managing a team through organising, running and summarising outputs from client workshops.
•    Understanding of key HR technology (ideally ServiceNow, Workday, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
• Possess knowledge and experience in wider People Consulting capabilities including change management, organisation design and behavioural change, as well as key human capital systems, and an understanding of workforce transformation tools available in the market.

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