Workforce Planning Advisor - 24 month FTC

About KPMG

KPMG is a globally recognised professional services firm, known for its trusted reputation and long-standing presence in New Zealand. The organisation is driven by a purpose to help improve prosperity for all New Zealanders, guided by values of Integrity, Courage, Excellence, Together, and For Better.

The opportunity

This role offers the chance to support a high-performing and adaptable workforce. As a Workforce Planning Advisor within the Finance and Business Performance team, you will work closely with the Workforce Planning Lead to connect the right people with the right work at the right time. Your focus will be on enabling smooth movement between client assignments while balancing skills, experience, development goals, client demand, and business priorities.

You will play an important part in strengthening workforce engagement and capability, helping the business deliver strong outcomes for clients while supporting organisational growth. Building effective stakeholder relationships, anticipating resource requirements, and contributing to strategic staffing decisions will be central to success in this role.

Contract details

This position is offered as a fixed-term contract for 24 months, equivalent to 2 years.

What you'll do

• Allocate talent effectively by aligning people to assignments that fit the required skills, role expectations, and business needs.
• Improve workforce usage by spotting billable work opportunities, managing bench capacity proactively, and supporting overall performance.
• Weigh client requirements against employee development by considering capability, experience, and career objectives when planning placements.
• Use workforce data and insights to guide staffing choices, capacity planning, and broader workforce initiatives.
• Develop trusted working relationships with stakeholders to understand current and future resourcing needs and deliver practical solutions.

What you'll bring

• Experience in general administration or administration management.
• Strong ability to handle multiple tasks, organise work, and meet deadlines.
• Confident use of business software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• A proactive, high-performance mindset paired with strong communication skills.
• The ability to work well with a wide range of people and collaborate effectively.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Additional information

Recruitment for this role is handled directly by KPMG's Talent Acquisition team. Agency support will only be sought from preferred partners if required.

Life at KPMG

KPMG encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities, neurodivergent candidates, and those with mental health or chronic health conditions. If you have access needs or face barriers during recruitment, support is available through the recruitment contact provided by KPMG.

The firm offers a broad range of benefits designed to support wellbeing, flexibility, and career growth. These include an annual incentive scheme, local and international secondments, hybrid working across office, client, and home hubs, the option to work from overseas for a period, flexible leave with the ability to buy extra annual leave, and gender-neutral parental support including 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents.

Additional benefits include a paid professional membership of your choice, digital learning and accreditation opportunities through Microsoft and LinkedIn Learning, special offers and discounts across insurance, banking, and lifestyle products, inclusion and diversity networks, Green Team activities, social club events, paid volunteer leave, free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, confidential counselling, an extra 5 days of wellbeing leave, and access to a wellbeing portal with advice and resources.

KPMG states that it values diversity of background and experience and aims to be an employer of choice for people of all genders, ethnicities, generations, family circumstances, sexual orientations, flexible work statuses, and disabilities.