Talent Acquisition Manager at KPMG

Position Summary

We are currently looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our People, Performance and Culture (PPC) team.

This is a full-time role, and the successful candidate will be responsible for leading efforts of finding talent across the firm, support in building a strong employment brand and ensure great relationships with stakeholders. 

Key roles and responsibilities 

• Support the Business Units in developing workforce plans; determining current staffing needs and producing forecasts, including preparation of talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans.
• Manage the Talent Acquisition team ensuring appropriate resources to deliver on recruiting needs; ensuring coverage and balanced workload allocation.
• Oversee the adoption and consistent usage of the recruiting process and contribute to the continuous improvement of recruiting practices; own and managing the full life cycle including sourcing, screening, reference checking, hiring and onboarding.
• Provide an exceptional level of customer experience to all stakeholders and candidates.
• Ensure a high level of operational excellence through technology adoption e.g., ATS activity and data being up to date.
• Build talent pools and candidate pipelines through market mapping, head hunting and networking.
• Maintain thought leadership in recruiting practices and associated tools. Use market insights and data to advise stakeholders and inform recruitment/go to market strategies.
• As a working Manager, serve as recruiter for certain roles, including providing coverage for recruiters’ absences.
• Coordinate capacity building for the recruitment team in the areas of networking, sourcing, interviewing and assessing talent, and onboarding. Support, coach and mentor hiring managers through the recruitment process.
• Lead and manage Talent Acquisition related projects, such as, employer branding (including career fairs, talent forums and other events aimed at increasing employer brand visibility and expanding talent reach).
• Promote KPMG’s diversity, equity and inclusion plans and work with all KPMG leaders and HR colleagues to actualize these plans.
• Develop and drive adherence to recruiting guidelines and best practices and update recruitment policies, operational processes and documentation, and training material.
• Provide technical guidance on recruitment assignments including preparation of reports and ensure projects are processed within set timelines; use metrics to create reports on recruitment effectiveness and identify areas of improvement; continuously review performance against pre-set objectives and milestones to identify and addressing key challenges/lessons learnt.
• Provide oversight and monitor team performance. Provide feedback, guidance, and mentorship during regular meetings with each team member.
• Adhere to and achieve Talent Acquisition SLAs and KPIs..

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Upper 2nd Class Honors or equivalent.
• Certified Human Resources Professional
• Member of IHRM
• Minimum of 8 years in talent sourcing and recruitment.

Personal attributes:

• Good communication (written and verbal), numeracy, presentation and analytical skills
• IT proficiency, especially Microsoft Office and recruitment software
• 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.