Assurance Talent Manager

EY; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in professional services is looking for a Talent Manager in Johannesburg. This role involves managing HR initiatives and providing support to business units, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong HR background and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a HR Business Partner role.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultative HR support across business units.
• Manage employee relations issues and coordinate talent processes.
• Work with Talent Acquisition to support strategic growth.

Skills

Business Acumen

Relationship Building

Understanding of Employment Legislation

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Work Experience

Job description

The Talent Manager acts as the first point of contact for employees and leaders in select practices within the EY Assurance service line. The incumbent will possess deep understanding of the business needs and strategy of the practice / area; understand how to translate these needs into relevant talent initiatives and work to ensure successful implementation of key hightouch people processes and initiatives aligned with the business strategies.

Your key responsibilities

As a talent manager you will be responsible for providing consultative support to various business units within the Assurance Service Line on matter relating to the end to end employee lifecycle ensuring efficient and effective delivery of HR services. You will be involved in discussions with the business to develop the talent agenda based on the business needs and drivers. Other key responsibilities include :

• Partners and communicates extensively with business leaders to design and deliver talent initiatives; provide coaching and guidance to support the firms strategic growth agenda
• In coordination with members of the Talent team helps execute major talent processes including compensation planning performance management talent development onboarding / integration workforce planning and employee engagement strategies across a geography or practice area
• Serves as the first point of contact on employee relations issues; manages / handles issues as appropriate (communicating with Talent Team and practice leadership); escalates issues as needed
• Provides coaching to Sub Service Line leaders on managing employee issues that may arise
• Coordinates with Learning & Development Consultants on program implementation
• Coordinates with Talent Acquisition team to ensure the hiring of candidates to support the firms strategic growth agenda
• Coordinates with Talent Shared Services staff to ensure proper handling of administrative issues and needs.
• Along with Total Reward team and the Assurance Talent Leader provide advice to the business on compensation & benefit programs flexible working health and wellbeing programs that will have an impact on employee engagement retention and performance
• Respond to complex and urgent employee queries relevant to their respective business units(s) that have been escalated
• Work closely with the SAICA training office to support and enable the training learning and development over the threeyear period
• Support the business in the event of any high potential exits and take proactive steps along with business to manage such instances

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to manage multiple priorities; thrive in a fastpaced rapidly changing environment
• Strong business acumen; understands the professional service industry
• Relationshipbuilding skills
• Experience and understanding of employment legislation
• Ablility to operate effectively and independently in a new environment; using good judgement and experience to support decisionmaking

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5years relevant experience in a HR Business Partner role

What we look for

As a trusted advisor to our business / service lines with a strong HR background you will have the ability to support multiple business units. We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated analytical logical thinkers have a very strong attention to detail. Being a strong team player is critical with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of our clients goals

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Illustration,Defence,HVAC,AJAX,Drafting,Customer Development

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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