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The Team:


People Consulting is an integral part of KPMG’s Management Consultancy practice and a growing part of our business. This team help to transform the performance of organisations by changing the way people are led, managed and developed. We do this by focusing on two key areas – delivering the people agenda on large scale, complex, transformational change programmes and transforming the HR function.

We have 4 key capabilities:
• Organisational Transformation
• Workforce Transformation
• Learning Solutions
• HR Transformation

The Role:


We are seeking talented individuals with experience of Employee Experience (EX) and/or Workforce Transformation to join our growing Corporates team, working closely with clients across Energy, Industrial Manufacturing, Life Sciences and the Aerospace & Defence.

You will have experience and proficiency relevant to a number of our Workforce Transformation areas;
Employee Experience
Future of Work
Strategic Workforce Planning
Workforce Analytics
Workforce Optimisation

The Person:


The successful candidate will:

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with colleagues from other areas of Management Consulting
• Manage a small team of consultants and/or facilitate client teams
• Have Knowledge and application of Design Thinking is preferable
• Work closely with the client leads and team members to successfully deliver project outcomes
• Manage quality/risk issues and suggest solutions.
• Contribute to People Consulting business development, including working with key account teams to scope opportunities or developing compelling and winning proposals.
• Contribute to the development of methodologies, tools, thought leadership papers and to the People Consulting practice more generally
• Formal and informal coaching and development of team members to ensure excellent client delivery whilst also enabling their career development.

At KPMG, our values define who we are and the way we do business. As a leading professional services firm, we know that our strength and capability come from our people – their different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. From our inclusive leadership strategy to our diversity and inclusion targets – we’re making bold changes to who we are and what we do. Be part of it.

People & Change Overview:

People and Change is an integral part of KPMG’s Management Consultancy practice and a growing part of our business. This team help to transform the performance of organisations by changing the way people are led, managed and developed. We do this by focusing on two key areas – delivering the people agenda on large scale, complex, transformational change programmes and transforming the HR function.

We have 6 key capabilities that work across the sectors:
• Behavioural Change Management
• Human Resources Optimisation
• RC / Learning
• Organisation Design for Performance
• Talent Management
• Workforce Intelligence

Role Description:

We are seeking a skilled individual with experience in delivering system change management programmes in the Banking sector, including client engagements ranging from small organisational changes to large scale transformational programmes, specifically:

• Make it Known – including: case for change, culture assessment, stakeholder analysis, change risk assessment, comms and engagement strategy
• Make it Real – including: change impact assessment, training needs analysis, change leadership, change approach and plan
• Make it Happen – including: business readiness assessment, drive change interventions and organisational alignment, measure change
• Make it Stick – including: sustain change, align Talent and HR policies and measure outcomes against vision

The successful candidate will be expected to:


• Project manage client work and/or manage a single workstream within a more complex change programme
• Lead a small team of consultants, likely to include a mix of onshore and offshore team members
• Work closely with the client project manager and team members to successfully deliver project outcomes
• Provide specialist and technical input and review of others’ inputs in the design and development of change management project deliverables
• Contribute behavioural change management initiatives in P&C/Banking sector. This may include working with key account teams to scope opportunities or help to develop proposals to meet client requirements

Required Skills:

• Communications – experience and expertise in stakeholder management, engagement and communication skills, both in writing and orally
• Cultural change – experience in cultural diagnostic, design and implementation of cultural change programmes (understanding and articulating the key drivers of cultural change)
• Organisational performance management - helped organisations to minimise underperformance during the change through the design and delivery of a variety of interventions
• Sector knowledge – in depth knowledge of the Banking sector and the challenges faced by these institutions / organisations and demonstrate strong commercial acumen
• Technical applications – have experience and expertise in working with Workday, Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Ivalua, Coupa and/or Servicenow applications
• Project management – supported the delivery of a work stream or discrete set of deliverables
• Impact and influence – proven relationship-building and influencing skills and be a self-starter with the ability to work well with ambiguity



Qualifications and Skills
- Degree educated or equivalent
- Qualifications such as CIPD, CIMA, Occupational Psychology, MBA and Prince2
- Familiarity and proficiency with Microsoft Office packages (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

The Team:


Our HR Transformation team has been named ‘Vanguard Leader in HRT’. The prestigious ranking reflects KPMG’s global leadership in the HR Transformation consulting space. KPMG was one of only two providers worldwide found to be ‘advancing service breadth or depth’ of its HR transformation services.
At its core, our team’s primary objective is to seamlessly build HR capabilities which drive scalable and sustainable business value working across the breadth of the HR landscape. Our team has a mix of skills through both design and implementation which provide coverage of the following key components:


• HR Assessments: Running HR Assessments which review the current operating environment with the objective to identify the issues and opportunities for improvement
• HR Strategy Alignment & Planning: Leading engagements, setting expectations for project scope, timing, resources, and outcomes in line with defining the HR strategy
• Service Delivery Model: Implementing a Service Delivery Model which includes roles, responsibilities, span of control within HR, governance structures, HRBP, CoE andHR Shared Services strategy, development and set up
• Business Case and Roadmap: Building the business case to demonstrate a value proposition for senior management to make a decision to move forward projects

The Role:


Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with colleagues from other areas of Management Consulting
• Manage a small team of consultants and/or facilitate client teams
• Provide specialist HR Transformation advice and work closely with the client leads and team members to successfully deliver project outcomes
• Manage quality/risk issues and suggest solutions
• Contribute to People Consulting business development, including working with key account teams to scope opportunities or developing compelling and winning proposals
• Contribute to the development of methodologies, tools, thought leadership papers and to the People Consulting practice more generally
• Formal and informal coaching and development of team members to ensure excellent client delivery whilst also enabling their career development



The Person:


The following experience, skills and qualifications are desirable for this role (however you will not be asked to demonstrate all elements listed):

Essential
• Recent delivery experience within a consulting environment or transformational change experience from industry
• Hunger to learn and develop and be able to thrive in a really fast paced working environment
• Building new relationships with key stakeholders, demonstrating confidence and diplomacy
• Supporting in business development initiatives including bid, proposal and contract and commercial negotiation

Desirable
• Qualifications such as CIPD, Occupational psychology, MBA, Prince2 and coaching would be beneficial but not essential

The Team


People Consulting is an integral part of KPMG’s Consultancy practice and a growing part of our business. This team help to transform the performance of organisations by changing the way people are led, managed and developed. We do this by focusing on two key areas – delivering the people agenda on large scale, complex, transformational change programmes and transforming the HR function.

In particular, the HR Transformation (HRT) team is focused on the operational effectiveness of the HR function for our clients. This includes: HR Strategy, HR Operating Models, Process Design, Governance, and Technology.

The Role


We are seeking a talented individual with experience leading the delivery of HR Transformation. This includes: HR Strategy, HR Operating Models, Process Design, Governance, and Technology. We are looking for a new Senior Manager who can help drive our continued growth and focus on public and private sector clients in the aerospace and defence industry.

The successful candidate must have experience across all of the following areas:

• HR Assessments: Running HR Assessments which review the current operating environment with the objective to identify issues and opportunities for improvement
• HR Strategy Alignment & Planning: Leading engagements, setting expectations for project scope, timing, resources, and outcomes in line with defining the HR strategy
• Service Delivery Model: Implementing a Service Delivery Model which includes definition, design and implementation of roles, responsibilities, span of control within HR, governance structures, HR Shared Services strategy, development and set up
• HR Technology and Strategy: awareness of HR technology and how it supports and impacts HR service delivery
• HR service delivery model. Experience of leading an HR cloud system implementation is desirable but not essential
• Business Case and Roadmap: Building the business case to demonstrate a value proposition for senior management to make a decision to move forward projects

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Lead the delivery of high quality client project work for HR Transformation assignments, working closely with colleagues from other services within People Consulting
• Provide specialist HR Transformation advice and work closely with the client leads and team members to successfully deliver project outcomes
• Work closely with the leadership in People Consulting to: drive business growth; deliver outstanding client work; and be the face of People & Change to the external market
• Contribute to the business development and sales initiatives including bid, proposal and contract / commercial negotiations with our clients
• Take a role in the growth of the team and wider practice, sharing knowledge, developing thought leadership and supporting the career aspirations of team members

The Person


We are looking for someone who is a natural team player with a strong focus and flair for people development and team leadership.

We are looking for someone who either holds, or has held UK government security clearance in the recent past to work within the aerospace and defence sector, in order to start work with these clients on their sites as soon as possible.

Candidates should have established themselves in the market place as credible HR Transformation delivery leads.

Qualifications such as CIPD, Occupational psychology, MBA, or Prince2 would be beneficial but not essential