Senior Associate – HR Business Advisor at KPMG

Key roles and responsibilities

• Provide support, guidance and strategic advice to the business units on all HR matters.
• Participate in setting the HR strategy within the People, Performance and Culture (PPC) team as well as strategy setting, implementation and monitoring of the same within the assigned Business Unit (BU). 
• Accountable for the strategic execution of the people strategies such as manpower planning, current and planned organization designs, attraction and retention strategies and creating a high performance culture within the function.
• Building strong working relationships and interactions with clients to ensure continuous efficient information flow from the client to the audit team. ▪ Guide proper Business decision making through accurate, timely and relevant HR Dashboard preparation, specifically monitoring and advising on Headcount, productivity and team engagement matters.
• In liaison with HR Specialists within Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Operations, Rewards and Benefits, educate BU leaders on key HR practices such as Job Evaluation, Recruitment, Reward, Employee Relations, Talent Management, Learning and Development, and Succession Planning.
• Facilitate consistent and well-coordinated recruitment efforts to identify new hires and conduct a comprehensive onboarding program for staff. 
  
  Actively and quickly develop technical skills through on the job learning and through formal training. This includes taking ownership of own professional and career development, demonstrating learning agility and challenging oneself and others to improve.
• Implement the KPMG performance development process which will entail training the people on OpenPD, facilitating goal-setting, interim and year-end performance reviews, Talent management and career coaching.
• Manage the exit process of employees and use exit information accordingly to enhance staff motivation and retention.
• Providing regular project status updates against key performance indicators.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with professional HR associations and keep abreast of developments in HR.
• Participate in the development of HR polices and guidelines.
• Participate in Special Projects within HR and represent the HR Director in external committees where HR participation is required.
• Maintain compliance with all firm policies and procedures. 

Skills, Qualification and Experience:

• A degree from a recognised university.
• MBA in Human Resources/Organizational Development Studies/Business Studies will be an added advantage. 
• Certified HR Professional.
• Minimum of 5 years generalist working experience in HR. 
• Knowledge of Labour laws and/ legislation and Labour Conventions. 

Personal attributes:

• Good communication (written and verbal), numeracy, presentation and analytical skills.
• IT proficiency, especially Microsoft Office
• An eye for detail 
• Team player with leadership capability 
• Excellent coordination and planning skills 

We offer: 

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa. 
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative. 
• Opportunity for international travel.