Workforce Transformation Senior Associate

Pwc Canada•Ottawa, ON

About The Position

At PwC, our people in Workforce Transformation focus on providing consulting services related to human resources function, payroll, talent management, and organizational development. These individuals offer guidance and support to help clients optimize their workforce, enhance employee engagement, and drive organizational effectiveness. At PwC, you will deliver comprehensive support to clients by leading end-to-end organizational, talent, and HR transformation initiatives that align with the organization’s overall strategy. You will leverage a wide range of expertise in organizational and workforce consulting, covering areas such as workforce strategy, HR transformation, payroll transformation, talent development, job architecture, skill assessment, rewards, and organizational design to enhance both employee experience and organizational performance. The Opportunity: As a Workforce Transformation Senior Associate, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to: Partner with skilled PwC professionals on high-profile client engagements Contribute to a variety of HR engagements covering topics that include but not limited to HR Strategy, Payroll Strategy & Transformation, Organization Design, Function Effectiveness and Design, HR Technology Roadmap and Implementation (including SAP, Oracle, Workday, Dayforce, ADP, other Payroll technologies), Workforce Planning, People Analytics & Insights, Job Architecture, Skills Management, Integrated Talent Management, and AI in HR Utilize deep knowledge of future of work trends, job architecture, and skills redesign to drive impactful organizational initiatives Utilize deep knowledge of Payroll technology, processes and operating models to drive payroll efficiency and effectiveness Draw on hands-on experience with AI in HR and Payroll to create innovative products, accelerators, and methodologies that define the future of HR and Payroll in the Agentic AI era Deliver actionable insights based on research and assessments regarding AI’s influence on the evolving job landscape Helping manage engagement economics, deliver high-quality work, and ensure delivery excellence Be actively involved in a wide range of business development activities to help identify opportunities with new/existing clients in collaboration with account leads Keeping up to date on trends across the people and change landscape, sharing insights, and contributing to thought leadership Contribute to the development of your own and the team’s technical acumen locally, nationally and globally as part of our network

Requirements

Considerable years of relevant professional consulting experience delivering HR and Payroll transformation services across a variety of industries
Demonstrated experience contributing to HR and Payroll function transformation efforts in consulting or in-house HR/Payroll roles
Foundational understanding of job architecture, skills architecture and job leveling and rewards
Demonstrated experience in one or more Workforce Transformation areas, such as: Operating model and organization design development and implementation
Payroll process design, payroll processing, payroll technology implementation and payroll operating model design and implementation
Conducting job architecture, job leveling, skills frameworks design, and job profile development, with the ability to support the design and implementation of these frameworks in complex organizations
Proven background in the strategy, design, and implementation of HR and Talent Intelligence systems and processes
Proposal development and support in business development efforts
Ambition to build technical depth and breadth across HR and Payroll domains, including exposure to cloud-based HR/Payroll technology implementations such as Talent Intelligence solutions or optimizations
Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to a wide range of HR and talent-related topics
Strong analytical skills with the ability to produce high-quality deliverables that create sustainable business value
Excellent relationship-building skills, demonstrating openness and passion for client service excellence.
Ability to work productively and collaboratively in complex and evolving environments
Contribution to the development of thought leadership or innovative solutions in the HR and talent management space
Strong communicator and storyteller with an ability to simplify complex messages
Demonstrated commitment to valuing differences and working alongside diverse people and perspective
Have already obtained or have the ability to obtain federal government security clearance

Responsibilities

Partner with skilled PwC professionals on high-profile client engagements
Contribute to a variety of HR engagements covering topics that include but not limited to HR Strategy, Payroll Strategy & Transformation, Organization Design, Function Effectiveness and Design, HR Technology Roadmap and Implementation (including SAP, Oracle, Workday, Dayforce, ADP, other Payroll technologies), Workforce Planning, People Analytics & Insights, Job Architecture, Skills Management, Integrated Talent Management, and AI in HR
Utilize deep knowledge of future of work trends, job architecture, and skills redesign to drive impactful organizational initiatives
Utilize deep knowledge of Payroll technology, processes and operating models to drive payroll efficiency and effectiveness
Draw on hands-on experience with AI in HR and Payroll to create innovative products, accelerators, and methodologies that define the future of HR and Payroll in the Agentic AI era
Deliver actionable insights based on research and assessments regarding AI’s influence on the evolving job landscape
Helping manage engagement economics, deliver high-quality work, and ensure delivery excellence
Be actively involved in a wide range of business development activities to help identify opportunities with new/existing clients in collaboration with account leads
Keeping up to date on trends across the people and change landscape, sharing insights, and contributing to thought leadership
Contribute to the development of your own and the team’s technical acumen locally, nationally and globally as part of our network