HR Director, Audit UK & Switzerland

Overview

In this role you will shape and deliver the Group Audit People & Culture strategy, aligning talent, learning, reward and workforce priorities with business growth. You’ll advise the Group Capability Leadership Team using analytics to strengthen engagement, inclusion and resilience. You will lead and embed HR practices across the Capability and member firms, ensuring a consistent, high-quality people service. This position offers the impact of guiding transformation and governance at scale within a multinational firm.

Responsibilities

• Join the Audit Executive Committee to shape and implement Audit strategy
• Partner with executive leadership to deliver the Audit People & Culture Strategy
• Embed workforce analytics into senior decision-making and employee experience
• Lead organisational change, including restructuring and leadership alignment
• Provide Group-level oversight of people risk, governance and compliance
• Embed HRBP standards across Capability and member firms
• Coordinate with COEs, Shared Services and Capabilities for aligned service delivery
• Lead Audit HR Business Partners team and ensure unified reporting on people topics
• Consolidate insights from HRBP, CoE and Shared Services for the business
• Support global HR frameworks to ensure consistency across Group-wide priorities

Key requirements

• Senior HR leadership experience in complex, multi-market or matrixed environments
• Commercial acumen and understanding of business context and priorities
• Proven ability to translate business priorities into people plans and measurable outcomes
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with senior leaders
• Strategic thinking, thought leadership and innovative people strategies
• Strong external market awareness and understanding of industry trends
• Experience with operating models, organisational design, governance, workforce planning and people risk
• Expertise in succession planning, leadership development and senior talent planning
• Confidence using workforce analytics, AI-enabled insights and digital HR tools

• Influence and relationship-building with senior leaders
• Strategic thinking and thought leadership
• Change management and adaptability
• Workforce analytics
• AI-enabled insights
• Digital HR tools

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