Senior Manager – People & Change, Manukau

KPMG Manukau, Auckland, NZ

Published 2025-11-15

Description

KPMG is one of the most trusted and respected global professional services firms. Through depth of expertise, clarity of insight and strength of purpose we help our clients solve complex problems, steer change, strengthen, transition and grow. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people and our communities. The consulting environment at KPMG is dynamic and fast-paced, offering diverse opportunities to work on challenging projects with leading organisations across various industries. As a consultant at KPMG, you will be part of a collaborative team that provides strategic insights and innovative solutions to help clients address complex business issues and drive growth. You will work with experienced professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality services and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.


The opportunity: Our growing People and Change practice helps our clients deliver not only human centric transformation but to their people promise, through focusing on their employee experience and value propositions. In a time of rapid transformational change, we’re continuing to build our team to deliver tailored solutionsto our clients to meet their needs for today and prepare them for the future.
If you’re passionate about helping deliver innovative people solutions for clients, including but not limited to HR, optimisation (process/ operating model redesign and system implementation), change management, strategic workforce design, digital employee experience and employee value propositions, we’d love to hear from you.


Day to day you will: Provide clients with advice on the people aspects of their business HR Function Optimisation, Strategic workforce design, employee experience and value propositions.
Support clients with people due diligence advice as part of broader merger and acquisition, integrations and separation programmes of work.
Provide clients with change management expertise to allow them to achieve their strategic or project goals.
Lead teams to deliver engagements 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.
Proactively lean into business development, lead generation and managing client relationships.
Develop and lead proposals and pitches for new work.
Apply an awareness and understanding of the general business and economic environments in undertaking engagements.
Support the performance and development of junior team members and provide on the job coaching.


What you'll bring to the team: At least 7 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. Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Location

Manukau
Auckland
New Zealand
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Attributes

Job type Full time
Contract type Permanent
Salary type Monthly
Occupation Senior manager – people & change
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KPMG
KPMG
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Registered 2023-06-01
New Zealand

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have 227,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 146 countries and territories. With a worldwide presence, KPMG continues to build on our successes thanks to clear vision, defined values and, above all, our people. Our industry focus helps KPMG firms' professionals develop a rich understanding of clients'€‹ businesses and the insight, skills and resources required to address industry-specific issues and opportunities. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ( KPMG International€), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.
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