Strategic Talent Consultant - EY Advisory

Job description / Role

Strategic Talent Consultant - EY Africa, India & Middle East Advisory

EY AIM Advisory is a newly established region that offers borderless Advisory services to our clients across Africa, India and the Middle East. These borderless services will help EY clients benefit from streamlined, cross-border sector specific advice, facilitating greater growth and efficiency across these three markets.

We have created a leadership team that will provide our clients’ access to over 7,000 consultants and 280 Partners in EY member firms, based in 50 countries. As a part of this diverse and talented group of individuals, you’ll play a vital role in EY’s success on creating a sense of identity for the combined AIM business and shaping a team-driven culture.

The Opportunity

As member of the AIM Executive team, you will drive the alignment, integration and co-ordination of AIM Talent initiatives in conjunction with the Regions and Service Lines (Global and EMEIA). You will provide commercial people-related advice and guidance to leadership and management, focusing on the core Talent building blocks to ensure future AIM success from a commercial and culture perspective.

Your key responsibilities
• Identify and implement cross-Region change efforts to actively shape the AIM culture, including the development of a people engagement strategy that emphasizes the AIM purpose and objectives;
• Actively manage stakeholder relationships with Global and EMEIA Advisory in order to secure the AIM Advisory seat at the table (which is essentially a combined emerging markets view);
• Oversight of the Talent lifecycle deployed through Advisory Talent Leaders in the Regions in order to drive consistency of experience for our people and avoid duplication where possible;
• Work with Global Mobility to shape the mobility strategy, proposition and costing model for AIM Advisory in order for Regions to implement;
• Develop strong working relationships with the Regional Talent Leaders to influence the Advisory agenda in conjunction with their Regional plans;
• With the Executive team, create a sense of identity for the combined AIM business;
• Influence partner behaviors and, with the AIM Leader, establish the spirit of partnership and teaming across the c.280 partners ;
• With Brand Marketing Communications team, develop and implement a change and communications plan across AIM that helps our people to find a sense of belonging and recognize their career opportunities ;
• Assist Region Leaders and Talent Leaders in the adoption of upcoming Talent initiatives that can be used to positively impact the AIM culture ;
• Roll-up discussion of Regional activities that may be impacted by the creation of AIM (e.g. GPS; succession planning; independent career reviews; etc) with the intention of ensuring consistency of experience– implementation and initiation of the activity remains at Region level
• With the AIM Talent Sponsor, establish and help them to lead the way on a team-driven culture within the Executive Team;
• Work with Global/EMEIA Area/Advisory Learning to develop a strategy and future state for AIM Learning that works in service of the emerging markets and the AIM culture;
• Shape and influence Talent budget spend at an individual Region level to maximize impact of Talent initiatives across AIM.

Skills and attributes for success
• Strong HR technical skills that have been honed and proven through practical application.
• Ability to cope with a role that involves the transactional and operational as well as bigger picture thinking.
• Commercial and pragmatic approach balanced with a high degree of sensitivity and discretion.
• Ability to be resilient, practical and a self-starter, comfortable with working on own and with teams.

Requirements

To qualify for the role you must have
• Previous experience working in a senior level role for a consulting firm or cross-border professional services organization;
• Expertise in all Human Resources domains;
• Exceptional communication skills to influence without authority; engage with senior stakeholders across countries and create a strong collaboration culture;
• Proven track record of effectively managing projects and multiple stakeholders simultaneously;
• Willingness to travel across the Africa, India and the Middle East as needed.

Ideally, you’ll also have
• Experience in working in or with Africa, India and the Middle East
• Detailed understanding of the consulting environment and the way the business operates
• Large-scale change management experience in the Human Resources field

What we look for
We are interested in people who can combine problem solving and the ability to consult with senior stakeholders from a number of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

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The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region