Early Careers Manager

KPMG New Zealand

Early Careers Manager for KPMG overseeing recruitment programs for graduates and interns. Responsible for building relationships with universities and managing early career initiatives.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSenior💰 NZ$107,500 - NZ$145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end‑to‑end delivery of KPMG’s early career recruitment activity, from attraction and selection and providing best practice advice to hiring teams.
Plan and deliver early career initiatives and events, including university open days, careers expos, office tours and networking sessions.
Partner closely with a range of stakeholders to deliver impactful and engaging onboarding and induction experiences for our early career hires.
Contribute to the evolution of our early career approach by using market insights, data and trends to support planning, budgeting, tertiary engagement and student club sponsorships.
Partner with our Brand colleagues to deliver early careers employer branding activity, content and campaigns.
Build and maintain strong partnerships with universities, student groups and external industry contacts.
Act as a visible ambassador for the KPMG brand, ensuring a positive, inclusive and consistent candidate experience across all touchpoints.
Identify opportunities to improve systems, recruitment processes and ways of working

Requirements

What you’ll need

Previous experience delivering Early Career recruitment programmes.
Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at pace and maintaining attention to detail.
Confidence engaging and presenting in group environments such as careers expos and other early career events.
The ability to build trusted relationships across a diverse stakeholder group.
A strong focus on candidate experience, inclusion and continuous improvement.
Comfort working with recruitment systems and using data to inform decisions.
Flexibility to travel and attend events after hours as required to support early career activity across New Zealand.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
Opportunities for local and international secondments
Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
A paid professional association membership of your choice
Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

early career recruitmentproject managementdata analysisbudgetingevent planningstakeholder engagementcandidate experience improvementrecruitment systems

Soft Skills

organizational skillsattention to detailpresentation skillsrelationship buildinginclusivityflexibilitycommunication