Senior Talent Strategy Advisor

PwC New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth program

Wellbeing benefits

Reputation of PwC

Flexible working

Paid time off

Parental leave & volunteering

Job summary

PwC New Zealand is seeking a Senior Talent Strategy Advisor for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Auckland. You will coordinate resourcing for Advisory engagements, connecting projects with the right talent, including offshore resources and contractors.

Working with Advisory Partners and the Workforce Solutions team, you will monitor utilisation, deliver insights on capacity, and support talent deployment. The role requires 2–4 years in resourcing or workforce planning and strong analytical,

Qualifications

• 2-4 years' experience in resourcing, workforce planning, talent acquisition, or similar operational role.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience reporting on data and using complex systems.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and stakeholder management.
• High attention to detail and discretion with confidential information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft reporting tools.
• Interest in AI and automation to boost productivity and resourcing outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engagement Managers and Partners to understand current and future resourcing requirements.
• Coordinate allocation of people across Advisory engagements and respond to resource requests.
• Provide reporting and insights on utilisation, trends, and opportunities to improve operations.
• Champion the use of resourcing systems and support PwC's skills-based platform rollout.
• Support design and implementation of contractor and offshore workforce processes.
• Build strong knowledge of Advisory's people, capabilities, clients, and service offerings.
• Promote accuracy and use of skills data to match the right people to opportunities.
• Foster flexibility and a coaching culture within the team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Attention to detail

Excel skills

Tools

Excel

Reporting tools

Job description

At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems. This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.

People are what make us the leading professional services firm in New Zealand, and we are a firm full of energy, challenge, innovation and opportunities. We live our values of care, working together, acting with integrity, reimagining the possible, and making a difference, and pride ourselves on the vision and expertise we provide for our clients, which include many of the world’s top-tier companies and leading government organisations.

Join PwC as a Senior Talent Strategy Advisor on a 12-month fixed-term contract in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. You'll play a key role in ensuring Advisory engagements are effectively resourced by connecting projects with the right talent and workforce solutions, including offshore resources, contractors, and secondments.

Working closely with Advisory Partners, Engagement Managers, Resourcing Champions, and the wider Workforce Solutions team, you'll provide strategic resourcing support, monitor utilisation, and deliver insights into capacity, demand trends, and workforce planning opportunities.

This role offers regular engagement with senior stakeholders, requiring you to balance competing priorities, anticipate future resourcing needs, and support the optimal deployment of talent across the business. You'll also contribute to the development and implementation of processes that improve the management of contractors and offshore resources.

Your day-to-day could include:

• Partnering with Engagement Managers and Partners to understand current and future resourcing requirements.
• Coordinating the allocation of people across Advisory engagements and responding to resource requests from the business.
• Providing reporting and insights on utilisation, resourcing trends, and opportunities to improve operational effectiveness.
• Championing the use of resourcing systems and supporting the rollout of PwC's skills-based resourcing platform.
• Supporting the design and implementation of contractor and offshore workforce processes.
• Building a strong understanding of Advisory's people, capabilities, clients, and service offerings to inform resourcing decisions.
• Promoting the accuracy and use of skills data to ensure the right people are matched to the right opportunities.
• 2-4 years' experience in a resourcing, workforce planning, talent acquisition, or similar operational role, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience producing reports and working with data and complex systems.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential information with discretion.
• Proficiency across the Microsoft suite, particularly Excel and reporting tools.
• An interest in emerging technologies, including AI and automation, and how they can enhance productivity and resourcing outcomes.
• Growth - Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways
• Wellbeing - $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days’ paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies)
• Reputation - PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you’ll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
• Flexibility - Flexible working; supportive coaching culture
• Time off - Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks’ annual leave
• Whānau & community - Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave

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