Global Tax Talent Consultant (Associate Director) - Maternity Cover | London, UK

EY; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Global Tax Talent Consultant to drive strategic Talent initiatives and influence business strategy. This role requires a dynamic individual with extensive experience in talent management and the ability to provide credible advice to senior leaders. You'll work closely with diverse teams, championing change and ensuring that Talent solutions align with business objectives. If you're passionate about shaping workforce strategies and want to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a closely related role as a business partner or strategic advisor in Talent.
• Significant experience of interpreting business strategy and championing the successful execution of strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner and strategic Talent advisor to business stakeholder groups.
• Provide advice on strategic Talent workforce matters including retention and skills development.

Skills

Business and commercial acumen

Relationship management skills

Consulting skills

Project management

Change management

Cultural awareness

Education

Degree level education

Higher professional or master's qualification

Job description

Global Tax Talent Consultant (Associate Director) - Maternity Cover

Global Tax Talent Consultant (Associate Director) - Maternity Cover

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The opportunity

This role is an Associate Director Talent advisor and business partner responsible for one or more business stakeholder groups (e.g. Global or SSL) as directed by Tax Talent leadership. The role will understand and influence business strategy and workforce requirements, provide advice on strategic Talent matters including workforce planning, strategic business-led change (e.g. M&A, new SSL practices) and will translate business needs into Talent function priorities, working with Talent Functions to ensure that Talent services/solutions deliver business value. Where necessary, the role will provide insight and requirements to support effective design of Talent solutions to benefit Global Tax and champion Talent initiatives. The role will build & nurture proactive relationships with Global and Region Tax Talent Leaders and their teams ensuring Global Tax Talent strategy and priorities are executed effectively.

Your key responsibilities

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Reporting to the Global Tax Talent Leader and Directors in the Global Tax Talent team, work as trusted partner and strategic Talent advisor to one or more business stakeholder groups.
• Interact with senior business leaders, and provide advice on all talent matters that contribute to achievement of Tax strategy and objectives
• Understand and influence business strategy and drive the Talent agenda. Provide advice on strategic Talent workforce matters including workforce planning, retention, skills/competency development and business changes (including integration, M&A, new practice creation, workforce growth/reduction)
• Identify and assess business needs, and communicate business issues and opportunities to the appropriate Talent functions to consider new or changes to Talent services/solutions
• Respond to complex and urgent Talent queries from assigned stakeholder group, leverage experience across Talent ecosystem to provide guidance and address talent matters. Where required, prepare presentations and reports as requested by business leadership to support strategic priorities
• Lead the Talent workstream of business-led projects. Act as change agent ensuring that Talent priorities are implemented in a way that provides solutions to business needs & issues
• Oversee and monitor the effective delivery of Talent processes across Regions in an Area (e.g. Talent acquisition, development and management) working closely with Talent functions to address issues where required
• Champion Talent change priorities/projects and (where necessary) provide expert input to design, test and implement changes to Talent services of benefit to the SL
• As required, work to manage effective relationships and communications with Global and Region Tax Talent teams. Lead or participate in networks to communicate SL business and Talent strategy, share best practices, identify needs/opportunities for Talent change and to collaborate to resolve problems that will enhance Global and Region Tax Talent delivery
• Where required, handle complex employee relation matters, consulting with the key stakeholders to resolve issues
• Due to global nature of the role travel and willingness to work alternative hours will be required

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Ability to interact with and provide credible advice to senior business leaders. Capable of working independently to advise business leaders on Talent matters
• Understand business strategy and performance trends and consider implications for Talent/workforce. Work with Global Tax Talent leaders to help determine SL priorities
• Leverage internal workforce data and models to consider strategic workforce planning issues globally. Ensure data and analytics can be presented effectively to leadership
• Analyze the Talent implications of complex business changes and ensure Talent requirements are managed effectively
• Analyze business issues/opportunities as they relate to Talent/workforce. Assess root causes and propose solutions. Partner with Talent functions to ensure the development of business cases to raise requests for investment and project resources to enable change

Supervision Responsibilities:

• As required, work with business and Talent colleagues to ensure the stakeholder group receives effective, data-driven advice. Leverage colleagues as required to ensure work is managed effectively
• Where required, lead the Talent workstream of business change initiatives, helping Talent deliver the required outcomes effectively
• Where required, work as an SMR for the Service Line and contribute to the design, development and deployment of Talent change projects and solutions
• Manage networks to enable the Global Tax Talent leaders/teams to communicate effectively with Global and Region Tax Talent consultants and teams
• Effectively work across the talent eco-system and wider firm to enable execution of Global Tax talent priorities
• Independently maintain and leverage (when appropriate) an internal network, including effective partnerships with senior stakeholders, across EY practices/departments that will enable personal effectiveness in the position

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have

• Business and commercial acumen - ability to understand business imperatives and consider the implications for Talent
• Significant relationship management skills - ability to work with, challenge and advise a business partner
• Consulting skills - ability to understand business challenges, assess issues/ opportunities and propose solutions
• Project/Change - sound knowledge of project management and change management methods and application
• Strong cultural awareness - ability work in globally dispersed teams and with networks across diverse geographies and apply a global mindset to working effectively with others

Ideally, you'll also have

• Talent management services, associated processes and best practices, including employee relations
• Teaming skills - partner effectively across talent ecosystem and wider EY firm
• Communication skills - ability to convey complex issues succinctly and clearly in a timely way
• Organizational skills - the ability to set priorities, operate within budget and effective time frames
• Cope with ambiguity - to drive change and performance outcomes in a complex and agile environment
• Diversity & Inclusion - demonstrate inclusive leadership skills in the broadest context
• Due to global nature of the role; English language skills - excellent written and verbal communication will be required
• Educated to degree level. Higher professional or master's qualification in a related discipline is preferred, not required
• Active membership in related professional bodies or industry groups is preferred, not required

What we look for

• Extensive experience in a closely related role as a business partner or strategic advisor in Talent
• Significant experience of interpreting business strategy and championing the successful execution of strategic priorities
• Significant experience of operating and influencing across multiple levels of an organization
• Credible trusted advice to senior business leaders to address challenges, diagnose root causes of performance gaps and recommend options
• Experience of influencing and communicating challenging messages between the business and talent teams where necessary
• Significant experience of leading global virtual teams/networks
• Experience of leading change working effectively with project resources to deliver required outcomes
• Significant experience of coaching leaders through the embedding of change initiatives in global, matrix organizations (such as EY)
• Strong experience of sponsoring or acting as subject matter representative on projects
• Significant experience of working in fast-paced, ambiguous, stressful environments to deliver required results

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