Senior People & Culture Advisor

About BDO

At BDO Australia our why is empowering people realising possibilities. One way we bring this to life is by hiring and developing exceptional talent to deliver on our wide array of audit tax and advisory services.

Were BDO (NTH QLD) a leading fullservice audit tax and advisory firm combining local market expertise with the capability of the BDO national and global network. With offices in Cairns and Townsville we are proud of our strong regional presence genuine relationships and commitment to our communities. We offer meaningful career opportunities to our people in a people-first culture where care accountability and professional growth matter.

We have a rare opportunity for an experienced Senior People & Culture Advisor to join our Shared Services team. Working closely with the CEO Partners and leaders across the firm you will deliver practical values aligned people solutions while contributing to the ongoing evolution of our People & Culture function.

You will provide high quality generalist people support across the full employee lifecycle shaping a consistent and positive employee experience and supporting BDO (NTH QLD)s position as an employer of choice in the region. The role balances strong foundations in employee relations compliance and people risk with a forward-looking approach to workforce capability systems and ways of working. You will contribute to people initiatives across talent acquisition resourcing learning and organisational development performance and engagement remuneration and benefits diversity and inclusion wellbeing and workplace health and safety as well as people related projects across process improvement and the responsible adoption of AIenabled people practices.

What youll be doing

• Collaborate with leaders to translate business strategy into effective people initiatives

• Provide trusted advice and support performance management industrial and employee relations matters

• Lead and continuously enhance endtoend talent initiatives across attraction recruitment mobility onboarding performance development reward retention and offboarding

• Support and evolve remuneration reward recognition and benefits programs including payroll compliance

• Drive employee engagement wellbeing and experience using feedback and data insights

• Support mentor and develop team members

• Ensure people policies procedures and practices comply with legislation and network standards

• Contribute to continuous improvement across people operations systems data governance and ways of working

• Manage the People & Culture budget and lead wellbeing workplace health and safety social and community initiatives.

What success looks like

• Trusted relationships with leaders who seek your advice early

• People matters handled consistently fairly and in line with BDO values and risk standards

• Practical contributions to improving processes systems and employee experience

• Active involvement in building a futureready People & Culture function that supports growth capability and accountability.

What youll bring

Youll bring strong experience providing end-to-end people advice in a complex professional or advisory environment together with:

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources Management or a related discipline

• Membership with the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)

• Completion of or progression toward AHRIs HR Certification Program (desirable)

• Strong knowledge of employment legislation award interpretation governance and people risk

• Proven ability to balance daytoday operational matters and longerterm improvement work managing self and others to deliver outcomes

• Strong attention to detail critical thinking skills and confidence to challenge assumptions and solve problems

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Confidence navigating systems data and new ways of working with curiosity about how AI and digital tools can improve people outcomes balanced by a strong risk and governance mindset

• Technology proficiency including advanced Microsoft 365 skills and experience with HRIS platforms (ELMO Workday and MYOB - desirable)

Why BDO

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements across diverse industry sectors and services.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing social financial and professional development benefits to help realise whats possible.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One Bold Human Heart and Strive). We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia and an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

Find out more and hear from our people via our social channels and career pages.

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