Functional Hr Manager

Kpmg South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 750 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Cape Town is seeking a Functional HR Manager to provide HR expertise and support business unit managers with day-to-day HR requirements. The candidate should have at least 5 years of HR experience and 2 years at a management level, with strong skills in strategic thinking and communication. This role offers full-time employment in a dynamic HR environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years' HR generalist experience required.
• 2 years' management level experience in HR needed.
• Knowledge of HR methodologies and tools essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Unit Managers with HR programs.
• Forecast talent pipeline requirements for the Business Unit.
• Communicate training requirements to Learning and Development.

Skills

Strategic thinking skills

Computer literacy

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Budget skills

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

Degree in social sciences or management

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Functional HR Manager role at KPMG South Africa. Job title / position: Functional HR Manager. Number of positions: 1. Function and Business Unit: Infrastructure – PPC (based in Cape Town). Description of the role and purpose of the job: The Functional HR Managers provide Functional Business Units (BU) with PPC expertise and serve as the interface between Business Units and the Centers of Excellence.

Responsibilities

The Functional HR Managers provide line management support for the Business Unit Managers / Partners to assist with day-to‑day HR requirements and HR programs delivery in line with the Business strategy. They assist line managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the Function or Business strategy and provide BU specific HR solutions. They also serve as the Learning Business partner, communicating training requirements to L&D and facilitating all information requirements between the BU and L&D. They assist the Business with relevant HR transactional work that resides within the Business units.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain current and appropriate knowledge of KPMG and HR strategies, Business priorities and major trends, especially in areas relevant to the Function.
• Provide input into BU HR Strategy.
• Translate strategy into Business needs.
• Enable BU Leadership to achieve strategic goals by integrating HR Strategy into BU strategy.
• Delivery of top priority HR related projects against specified strategies, objectives and measures.
• Render PPC services on a day‑to‑day basis to allocated BU's: Talent acquisition, Talent management and retention, Performance Development, Learning and development, Mobility, Succession planning, Organisational effectiveness, Reward and recognition.
• Serve as a custodian for KPMG PPC (HR and L&D) Policies and Procedures.
• Drive a relentless focus on quality and excellent service.
• Employee relations.
• Drive compliance to all KPMG deadlines.
• Ensure legal compliance throughout human resource management.
• Nurture a positive working environment.
• Oversee and manage a performance management system that drives high performance.
• Understand internal and external stakeholders and their needs.
• Deliver role requirements with a client centric approach.
• Ensure effective BU and / or Function financial management and budgeting processes.
• Create and enable an environment where colleagues thrive in a constantly changing business environment.
• Demonstrate high quality and timely verbal and written communication.
• Promote and support the Firm's transformation strategy.
• Contribute to the alignment of the Function transformation strategy to the Firm's transformation strategy.
• Ensure Business leadership and colleagues experience a consistent people experience.
• Analyse and understand BU colleague data to proactively respond to people needs.
• Prioritise colleague well‑being.
• Promote and facilitate colleague engagement.

Skills and Attributes

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Strategic thinking skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Communication (written and oral) and negotiation skills.
• Analytical / statistical skills.
• Budget skills.
• Action orientation.
• Transformational leadership.
• Problem solving and decision‑making.
• Team leadership.Registration with Health Professions Council of South Africa, Institute of People Development, SA Board for People Practices (SABPP), Association of Change Management Practitioners, and Skills Development Association (FASSET) would be advantageous.
• Personal attributes: Ability to deal with conflict, extremely high level of confidentiality and integrity, friendly professional manner when liaising with clients, ability to multi‑task, ability to build collaborative relationships, ability to work well under pressure, ability to lead and manage multi‑disciplinary teams, team player who is self‑aware, strong organisational skills, a self‑starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation, sound decision‑making ability, high level of attention to detail, and a desire to drive quality.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• A relevant Degree / Diploma in a social sciences or a management discipline e.g. Human resource management or industrial psychology or other relevant discipline, or studying towards one.
• Minimum 5 years' HR generalist experience.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working at a management level in HR.
• Knowledge in HR methodologies, tools and techniques and the HR value chain.
• Knowledge in HR strategy development and enablement.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in HR and utilising a variety of HR tools / models to achieve results.
• Knowledge of the relevant labour and skills regulatory frameworks (skills development, B-BBEE, etc.).

Job Details

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Human Resources. Industries: Business Consulting and Services.