Management Consultant – People & Change

KPMG is one of the most trusted and respected global professional services firms. We help our clients solve complex challenges, steer change, strengthen, transition and grow through our depth of expertise, clarity of insight and strength of purpose. Our purpose is to fuel New Zealand’s prosperity and we’re looking for talented people who want to inspire confidence and empower change for our clients, our people and our communities.KPMG's Consulting teams partner with leading domestic and international organisations to deliver tangible benefits that fuel New Zealand’s prosperity. We draw on KPMG’s broad industry experience across large and small scale transformation, analytics and optimisation, process excellence, and operating model design.  

The opportunity:

• Our dynamic People and Change practice helps our clients grow through improving their people strategy, systems and processes. In a time of rapid transformational change and growth, we’re continuing to build our team with some exciting and unique opportunities available.
• If you’re passionate about helping deliver innovative client solutions centred around organisation design, pre deal people due diligence, post deal integration or separation support, people process redesign or assurance, strategic workforce planning, Behavioural Change Management and HR optimisation, we would love to hear from you!
• As we’re looking to grow our practice, you’ll get to work across all areas within People and Change and different sectors and play a part in growing the business.

Day to day you will:

• Provide clients with advice on the people aspects of their business e.g. Organisation design, HR Function Optimisation, Strategic workforce planning.
• Provide clients with people due diligence advice as part of a broader deal team for merger and acquisition programmes or work on the integration or separation team
• Help clients make their future operating model work effectively.
• Provide clients with change management expertise to allow them to achieve their strategic or project aims
• Negotiate and deliver on client expectations
• Ensure customer and stakeholder satisfaction, enabling the development of change management and people advisory capability across a wide range of industries
• Develop and monitor project plans, plan overall work requirements of an engagement, develop terms of reference for clients that outline objectives and key risks
• Lead teams to deliver assignments in a manner that meets client timelines, budget and outcome requirements
• Identify and proactively respond to new business opportunities to provide added value to clients
• Apply an awareness and understanding of the general business and economic environments in undertaking engagements
• Provide staff supervision, review and on the job coaching of staff on individual engagements
• Contribute to the development and marketing of new products and services
• Develop and build trusted relationships with our clients
• Actively seek feedback from clients to ensure our service quality is maintained

What you'll bring to the team:

• At least 4-6 years of relevant people advisory/consulting or human resources experience within dynamic and complex environments/organisations
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Driven and enthusiastic with a 'can-do' attitude and a strong sense of ownership to get the job done in a practical and pragmatic fashion 
• Excellent problem solving and project management abilities
• Demonstrated ability in business development or advisory
• Experience in leading teams and staff supervision/coaching to deliver project outcomes
• Strong relationship building skills with clients and with members of the project team 
• An ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team, client-facing team
• Proven ability to work through ambiguity and changing priorities and demands
• A relevant tertiary qualification

Life at KPMG We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstance. As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:—   An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu jabs, subsidised sporting events, access to EAP, additional leave to support you if you are diagnosed with COVID-19, access to e-bikes and other facilities. You will also have access to our Wellbeing@KPMG portal which has an extensive array of health and wellness advice.   —   Hybrid Working – a mix of working in the office and at home to enhance your work/life balance—   Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave—   Access to ‘Whanau@KPMG’ – 18 weeks’ paid flexible leave for all new parents - primary and secondary carers—   Unlimited access to digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees.—   Corporate discounts on a range of lifestyle goods and services.—   Opportunity to join any of our Inclusion, Diversity and Equity networks as a participant and ally.—   Opportunity to join our Social club and enjoy activities such as cooking classes, painting, quiz nights and more.—   Time off for volunteering. —   Eligibility to our annual bonus plan. —   Opportunities for local and international secondments.  We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.