People Advisory Manager - 12 Month FTC in Birmingham

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance.

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Client Acceleration Services (CAS) isn't the team it was a few months ago. We've sharpened our focus, evolved how we're structured and invested in the people driving that change, so our client-facing teams get sharper support, faster. Every day, that shows up as wide-ranging support and advice across the business. It's why CAS sits right at the heart of the firm's digital transformation: powering growth, enabling high performance and protecting the firm.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

This is a unique opportunity to join our CAS People Advisory team at a time of significant growth and transformation. As the business continues to evolve across Digital, HR Commercial and Finance, we're strengthening our People Advisory capability to ensure we have the right support in place for the future. We're seeking an experienced People Advisory Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to work alongside our Senior People Advisory Manager, playing a key role in shaping our service, influencing change and supporting the delivery of our people strategy.

You will:

• Deliver the people strategy in your client groups and work collaboratively with teams to embed a high-performance culture and mindset.
• Build trusted, influential relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as a valued advisor who shapes thinking, challenges constructively and drives meaningful change.
• Lead key people cyclical activity, including salary and bonus reviews and performance moderation, ensuring fair, commercially focused and consistent outcomes across the CAS business.
• Develop exceptional people manager capability by providing expert coaching, insight and pragmatic advice that enables confident, high-quality decision making.
• Be genuinely excited about the use of AI and how that can transform teams, the operating model and the way of work.
• Harness people data and analytics to identify trends, anticipate future needs and translate insight into actions that strengthen culture, capability and business performance.
• Be comfortable operating in the grey to guide and support your stakeholders through periods of change and flux.
• Have a forward-facing mindset with a focus on workforce planning, team shape, future talent and performance that is underpinned by the wider strategy and the firm’s I&D agenda.
• Closely support talent in CAS to understand their business case and to work collaboratively with them and wider stakeholders ensuring that robust objectives and development plans are in place.
• Support ER case activity.
• Inspire, coach, and challenge the CAS People Advisory Team, delivering candid, constructive feedback that builds capability, drives accountability, and elevates individual and team performance.

Joining us as a People Advisory Manager, you’ll need:

• A track record of strategic HR delivery in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment, ideally as an HR Manager or HR Business Partner.
• Experience of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders through organisational change.
• Proven experience of leading cyclical HR activities whereby you can hit the ground running.
• Confidence navigating a matrix or multi-stakeholder environment at pace.
• A commercial mindset, using HR data & insight to shape decisions and manage risk priorities.

It would be great if you also had experience in a professional services environment, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way.

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

We’re also committed to supporting you through different life stages, with a range of family friendly and wider leave policies. You can find full details of our reward, benefits and leave policies on our website.

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves.