Talent Consultant

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Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and help support important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability.

We call our human resources group the Talent Team, reflecting how important our people are to the success of the EY organization. Working with the Talent Team, you’ll help develop and execute our people strategy and solutions, including the programs, measures and tools that help our EY member firm’s employees achieve their goals. You will lead as well as support the development and implementation of strategies for performance management, leadership development, learning, reward and wellbeing, recruiting, onboarding reporting processes and other initiatives.

The opportunity

The Talent Consultant role is an internal client-facing role where the individual is expected to provide consultative guidance on all talent matters that contribute to the achievement of Service Line strategy and objectives. The role is responsible for providing the best people solutions, analysis, advice and insights that will meet the strategic imperatives of the business and impact business performance. The Talent Consultant will share policy knowledge, best HR practices and market intelligence to influence business decision-making and support successful change initiatives.

 In the role of Talent Consultant, you will be responsible for (but not limited to the following)

 Strategic talent initiatives and planning

• Deliver talent strategy aligned to EY regional and global priorities
• Understand the talent agenda, facilitate change and execute innovative HR programs, as well as successfully adopt EY regional, area and global projects and initiatives

 Workforce planning

• Understand Service Line capabilities, skills development needs and talent pipelining for workforce planning purposes
• Understand the implications of future talent demands and work closely with other talent functions to adapt to the changes
• Provide latest and current people trends, potential areas of concern and solutions through data analytics

 Talent management

• Execute and run Talent Management initiatives and strategies to build organizational capability and continuity for EY people and for talent development, retention and engagement 
• Support the business in implementing action plans as a result of insights from People Survey and other listening surveys
• Collaborate with Talent Development and Reward in managing careers, development and performance across all ranks  
• Collaborate with Employee Experience to provide input as needed for recognition programs and other initiatives that promote inclusiveness, health and well-being; drive adoption of such programs in the business through advising on the benefits and how it supports our exceptional EY experience.
• Managing employee & industrial relations

Influencing culture change

• Champion and drive change within a specific client group, embedding behavioral change to align with talent priorities; advise business leaders in effective change management strategy and deployment of change
• Advise the business on developing a culture within the Service Line that underpins our values, aligns with Inclusiveness for Everyone strategy, promotes high-performance teaming and enables the delivery of exceptional client service and partner with business to implement supporting actions  

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders at all levels across the organization or virtually across borders
• A strong client focus and the ability to build good relationships and engage with business leaders
• A good understanding of digital technology and the impact and opportunities that it creates

 What we look for

• A strong graduate qualification in Human Resources Management or Business Management or any related field
• 8 to 10 years of Human Resource experience in Business Partnering, Organization Design or Talent Development. Experience in strategy or consulting will be useful.  

• A comprehensive understanding of both talent strategy and business strategy, as well as the ability to develop clear, actionable talent plans that deliver improved performance flowing from business strategy 
• Strong business acumen or commercial awareness. Financial acumen with experience in forecasting, cost benefit and ROI analysis will be useful.
• Experience working in a matrix environment, with the agility to attend to multiple demands and shifting priorities, and deal with ambiguity and rapid change
• We also encourage strong people developers who have worked and led teams within a consulting firm setting to consider this as a career broadening opportunity.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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