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JOB DETAILS

💼 Job Title: Functional HR Manager – Audit
🏢 Company: KPMG South Africa
📍 Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
🕒 Employment Type: Full Time
🔢 Positions Available: 12193, South Africa

🏢 COMPANY OVERVIEW

KPMG is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to organisations across industries. In South Africa, KPMG is committed to excellence, innovation, and transformation, while fostering an inclusive and high-performance people culture that enables individuals and businesses to thrive.

🧭 JOB OVERVIEW

The Functional HR Manager – Audit plays a strategic and operational role in supporting the Audit business unit. Acting as a trusted HR business partner, this role bridges the gap between business leadership and HR Centres of Excellence. You will deliver tailored HR solutions aligned to business strategy, support leaders with people management, drive transformation initiatives, and ensure a consistent and high-quality employee experience.

🧩 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with Audit leadership to align HR strategy with business objectives

• Translate business strategy into effective people and talent solutions

• Deliver priority HR projects aligned to organisational goals

• Provide end-to-end HR support including:

  • Talent acquisition and workforce planning

  • Performance management and development

  • Learning and development coordination

  • Succession planning and mobility

  • Organisational effectiveness initiatives

  • Reward and recognition practices

• Serve as custodian of HR and L&D policies and ensure compliance

• Support employee relations and promote colleague wellbeing

• Drive adherence to HR governance, deadlines, and quality standards

• Analyse people data to proactively address workforce needs

• Support and advance the firm’s transformation and inclusion strategy

• Ensure a consistent, positive people experience across the Audit function

🎓 QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Degree or Diploma in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Social Sciences, or Management (or currently studying towards one)

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ HR generalist experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in an HR management role

• Proven experience in HR strategy enablement and business partnering

Skills

• Strategic thinking and analytical capability

• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

• Budgeting and financial acumen

• Problem-solving and decision-making ability

• Transformational and people-centred leadership

• High level of confidentiality and integrity

• Strong understanding of labour legislation and skills regulatory frameworks (B-BBEE, Skills Development, etc.)

• Tech-savvy with solid computer literacy

Professional registrations (SABPP, IPD, HPCSA, ACMP, FASSET) are advantageous.

📄 CV TIPS

• Tailor your CV to highlight HR business partnering and strategic impact

• Showcase measurable outcomes (e.g. talent improvements, engagement initiatives, transformation projects)

• Emphasise leadership experience and cross-functional collaboration

• Keep your CV concise (2–3 pages) and professionally structured

🌟 BENEFITS OF JOINING KPMG

• Work with a globally recognised professional services firm

• Exposure to complex, high-impact business environments

• Strong focus on learning, leadership development, and career growth

• Inclusive, values-driven culture with a commitment to transformation

• Opportunity to influence people strategy at a senior level

📜 COMPANY POLICY

KPMG South Africa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion. Appointments are made in line with business requirements and the firm’s transformation objectives. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.