Senior Talent Strategy Advisor

PwC; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing allowance

Life & income protection

Headspace / EAP

Sick leave

Group-rate health insurance

Flexible working

Paid recognition days

Additional annual leave

Job summary

PwC New Zealand in Auckland is seeking a Senior Talent Strategy Advisor for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will help unlock resourcing for the Advisory practice and ensure engagements are appropriately staffed.

You will work with Workforce Solutions, Advisory Partners, and Engagement Managers to allocate resources, produce reports, and provide insights into capacity and demand trends. The role involves partnering with offshore and contractor resources, designing contingent workforce

Qualifications

• 2-4 years' experience in a detail-driven resourcing or talent acquisition role, preferably in a large organisation.
• Experience producing high quality reports and working with complex systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both written and verbal, able to build rapport with the wider team and business.
• Proficient with Microsoft suites and comfortable with AI applications to enhance productivity.

Responsibilities

• Gather information to understand client engagement resourcing requirements with Engagement managers and Partners.
• Train Advisory staff on upcoming skills-based resourcing system and produce leadership reports on metrics and trends.
• Design and implement a contingent workforce deployment process for contractors and offshore resources.
• Coordinate resource allocation for current and future engagements across Consulting.
• Maintain knowledge of the Advisory practice, clients, capabilities and people.
• Champion the use and accuracy of skills data to place the right people on engagements.

Skills

Resourcing

Talent acquisition

Interpersonal skills

Reporting

AI / automation tools

Stakeholder engagement

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems.This is a place to keep growing.You’lllearn 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,innovationand 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 andexpertisewe 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 TāmakiMakaurau / Auckland, where you will play a pivotal role in unlocking resourcing support for the Advisory practice. Reporting into the National Workforce Solutions Manager, you will ensure current and future engagements are appropriately resourced by deploying local talent and leveraging broader workforce solutions (such as offshore, contractors or secondments).

Your key responsibilities include working closely with the Workforce Solutions team, Advisory Partners, Engagement Managers, and Resourcing Champions to provide solutions to resource requests and optimize utilisation across the Advisory practice by providing insights into areas of capacity, constraints and demand trends.

The position will require daily interaction with senior PwC stakeholders to gain visibility of upcoming engagements, identify required capabilities and strategically allocate and re-allocate resources to meet evolving business needs. This position deals with confidential information on a regular basis.

You will also support the design and implementation of a contingent workforce deployment process that enables efficient and streamlined management of contractors and offshore resources.

Your day-to-day could include:

Work with Engagement managers and Partners to gather information to understand client engagement resourcing requirements.

Champion the use of existing resourcing systems while playing a key role in training Advisory staff on the upcoming skills-based resourcing system, as well as producing reports for leadership that highlight resourcing metrics, key trends, and opportunities to uplift operational excellence

Support the design and implementation of a contingent workforce deployment process that enables efficient and streamlined management of contractors and offshore resources

Coordinate and plan the allocation of resources for current and future engagements in Consulting and respond to requests from Engagement Managers and the wider business.

Maintain a thorough understanding of the Advisory practice, our clients, our capabilities, service offerings, prioritysectors and our people.

Champion the use and accuracy of skills data to ensure the best people are allocated to the right engagements.

2-4 years' experience working in a detail-driven resourcing or talent acquisition role, preferably in a large organisation, ideally in professional services or human resources

Experience producing high quality reports and working with complex systems.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both written and verbal, approachable and able to build rapport with the wider team and business.

Proficiency working with Microsoft suites.

A strong understanding of AI applications and the ability to leverage automation tools to enhance productivity and streamline resourcing processes.

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

Mōteahatāuetatariana? / What are you waiting for?

Belong to a community of problem solvers where differences are embraced. We’ll empower you with technology, coaching, flexibility and trust to make a meaningful difference. Learn more on our careers site at https://www.pwc.co.nz/careers.html.

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Motuhake / Independence: Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by any relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process.

Atamaihangahanga/ A.I. usage: Please note that secure, A.I.-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people.