Contract Specialist

Overview At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference. The Contingent Labour Office’s (CLO) mandate is to partner with the business to enable an expedited and customer-centric positive approach to engaging external resources. At the same time, balancing the commercial needs of the business with mitigating risk to the firm. This mandate is achieved by Utilizing internal contingent workforce expert practitioners, who continuously expand their skills and remain up-to-date on market intelligence. Acting as trusted advisors, to educate, challenge the status quo, and advise the business on creative approaches to find the right solutions. Delivering a customer-centric approach to the business and external resources by minimizing administration efforts, anticipating their needs, projecting a ‘how can I help you’ attitude, and actively collaborating with Hiring Managers to deepen relationships. Location Anywhere in Canada will be considered, virtual work opportunity (1-2 days in office per month may be required for company meetings) What You Will Do Reporting to the National Leader of the Contract Labour Office (CLO), the CLO Specialist will execute processes related to external resources – during the initial setup, while on contract, and when renewing or departing – for all functions and locations across Canada (the CLO processes 1000+ external resources per year of varying size – from individual to multi-million dollar organizations). Additionally, the Specialist will play a significant role in ensuring operational excellence is achieved by contributing to ongoing improvements to the team’s internal workflows, technology, and documentation. The CLO Specialist Applies technical expertise to advise, guide, and support Hiring Managers in the engagement of external resources, critical to meeting the needs of their clients/projects. Leverages available technology to optimize CLO use-experience, processes, and usage of team resources. Places a key role in optimizing processes and ensuring documentation is updated for relevant stakeholders. Reporting to the Leader of the Contingent Labour Office (CLO), the Contract Specialist will execute processes related to external resources – during the initial setup, while on contract, and when renewing or departing – for all functions and locations across Canada (the CLO processes 1000+ external resources per year of varying size – from individual to multi-million dollar organizations). Additionally, the Specialist will play a significant role in ensuring operational excellence is achieved by contributing to ongoing improvements to the team’s internal workflows, technology, and documentation. The CLO Specialist Applies technical expertise to advise, guide, and support Hiring Managers in the engagement of external resources, critical to meeting the needs of their clients/projects. Leverages available technology to optimize CLO use-experience, processes, and usage of team resources. Places a key role in optimizing processes and ensuring documentation is updated for relevant stakeholders. The successful candidate would be responsible for, but not limited to Case Management Promote the CLO’s internal brand through a customer-centric delivery approach to the business and external resources and by exhibiting attributes of a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor. Facilitate intake conversations with Hiring Managers (Partners and Sr. Managers). Provide walkthroughs and training on submitting requests within the vendor management system Gather, interpret, and assess information related to the setup and case management of external resources through KPMG vendor management system. Conduct required due diligence on resources (KPMG history, background…

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