Senior Consultant - People and Change

Job Description

KPMG Lower Gulf is seeking to expand their People & Change (P&C) team. Our practice has seen tremendous client demand to support projects across key aspects of the HR value chain, specifically in HR Transformation, Organisation Design, Workforce Shaping, Total Rewards, Talent X and more. We are currently seeking an exceptional candidate with proven track records in delivery of large scale engagements across public and private sector entities in the Middle East.

If you have prior experience in workforce planning and are looking for an exciting opportunity to work with large public sector clients in the Middle East on challenging workforce planning and shaping assignments, consider a career with KPMG's P&C team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project work under the guidance of Project Manager.
• Support the delivery of large scale consulting projects as per commitments to client, technical quality of deliverables, meeting time project timelines and managing client expectations.
• Leverage data and models to develop strategic plans to tackle client specific challenges.
• Support the completion of gap analyses and current state assessments to identify operational efficiency, processes, systems, policies, and standards.
• Help develop implementation plans for clients.
• Record project progress against key milestones, assess continuous improvement opportunities and adjust plan while highlighting potential risks.
• Assist in developing leadership tools (e.g., dashboards, presentations) to measure progress and highlight key insights.
• Support research effort for external benchmarking and internal focus group discussions as required.
• Apply core consulting skills such as strategic problem solving, data analysis and report writing.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks, achieving high quality and timely results.
• Conduct structured research assignments based on project needs.
• Mentor junior team members during project delivery.
• Support in Business Development through proposal writing, presentations, research, etc.
• Engage in practice and solution development through contributions to methodologies, intellectual capital, thought leadership, etc.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Management (Professional HR accreditation is a plus).
• 5 years of people advisory experience as a management consultant or internal consultant position in a large organization. Candidates with experience outside consulting should demonstrate the flair and skills to fit into a consulting environment.
• Experience working with senior management in project/scope management, reporting on project status, issue escalation and risk management.
• Resilient and adaptable to accomplish engagement activities throughout dynamic and challenging environments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong capability in working and managing multiple stakeholders (cross culture) in large and complex projects.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (including comfort in engaging with executive level clients).
• Passion in solving people related issues.
• Demonstrate good mentoring and coaching experience.
• Sound analytical and problem solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Self motivated individual who enjoys working in strong, collaborative team environments.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic.
• High proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Willingness to travel for extended periods within the GCC region based on project requirements.

Seniority Level

Mid Senior level

Employment Type

Full time

Job Function

Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales