Associate Director, HR Business Advisor

Responsibilities

• Operate the performance and salary review processes for the client base, applying respective salary and variable compensation guidelines for groups and offering consultative advice on how to spend allocated budgets.
• Represent the needs of the Advisory Strategy & Markets organization throughout HR’s COEs to ensure they receive the support and outcomes needed for their business.
• Lead HR business advisor activities for the Advisory Strategy & Markets organization, serving as a strategic and operational partner to the Strategy & Markets leadership team, supporting them as they plan and execute functional and workforce change.
• Develop and execute a people agenda for the Advisory Strategy & Markets organization, focusing on talent development, inclusive culture, and workforce readiness.
• Manage the business and its workforce, enabling strategic and analytical discussions with the leadership team about organizational and workforce effectiveness.
• Collaborate with People Relations Group peers to solve immediate employee issues, and with partners as they lead confidential investigations.

Qualifications

• A minimum of six years of recent experience as an HR Business Partner, with a comprehensive knowledge of HR-related laws and regulations.
• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in human resource management, organizational development, or business administration, or the equivalent work experience; a Master's degree from an accredited college/university in an HR-related field, or PHR/SPHR certification is preferred.
• Demonstrated HR experience in a sales-driven environment and professional services, with a strong understanding of sales incentive structures, formulaic compensation plans, and the key motivational and performance drivers unique to a high-performance sales culture.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with the firm's partners and employees, and experience supporting significant workforce changes, for example, acquisition, divestiture, transformation, and so on; ability to effectively negotiate and influence clients along with proficiency in platform and facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

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