KPMGI People & Culture Business Partner (3 Year Contract)

Overview
At KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

The KPMGI P&C BP is a primary liaison on all People matters impacting relevant global colleagues, across multiple global locations and global groups. This role works closely with the global leaders of a designated global group (including the Global Leader and respective leadership team, Chief of Staff (CoS), Senior People Leader (SPL), where applicable), in-country P&C Advisors supporting Global and other P&C BPs within the KPMGI P&C team, delivering Strategic Business Partnering support and enabling key HR calendar activities. This role has a challenging remit of managing various global stakeholders and appropriately responding to their needs.

What you will do

• Collaborate with the Global Leaders in aligned Global group on various people activities in support of the people strategy, including talent management, workforce shaping and planning, leadership capability, performance development, change management and IDE, compensation/reward planning and learning and development.
• Foster a high-performing culture by identifying and addressing performance differentiation, including partnering with the business on performance management cycle, facilitating performance calibration and addressing underperformance.
• Collaborate with the business to support the annual salary and bonus cycles, offering input and oversight on benchmarking, total rewards, and IDE principles.
• Oversee recruitment activity and collaborate with Talent Attraction team to ensure diverse talent acquisition within aligned global group, including reviewing job descriptions, role levelling, package structure and working with Global Mobility, as required.
• Offer guidance to the Global leaders on informal employee relations matters and proactively address and resolve employee concerns and questions, collaborating with the Head of KPMGI P&C, P&C Advisors and IOGC as necessary.
• Manage the roll out of the Global Pulse Survey (GPS) to the Global group and work closely with Engagement Leads on deliverables, including addressing and following-up on identified areas for improvement to enhance our employee engagement and strengthen the employee lifecycle experience at KPMGI.

What you bring to the role

• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience as an HR business partner in a professional services organization, preferably with global experience.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration/HR or related field from an accredited college/university
• Deep and broad generalist HR knowledge with ability to operate and interact in a complex matrixed organization and deal with ambiguity and rapid change.
• Demonstrable commercial acumen, understanding of the business, and strategic thinker with ability to translate business needs and work autonomously to deliver people initiatives and plans.
• Strong client relationships and influencing skills to establish credibility and ability to interact strategically with senior levels of leadership.
• Data orientation with proven ability to use data to influence client initiatives and actions.

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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Our Values, The KPMG Way
Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here .

Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process
At KPMG, we strive for an inclusive recruitment process that allows all candidates to Come As You Are and Thrive with Us. We aim to provide a positive experience and are ready to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best. Adjustments (an informal request), i.e. extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (a formal request), i.e. accessible communication supports or technology aids are tailored to individual needs and role requirements.

To begin a confidential conversation about adjustments or accommodations at any point throughout the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact KPMG's Employee Relations Service team for support by emailing cdnersteam@kpmg.ca or by calling 1-888-466-4778, Option 3.

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