Some of the other ways you can engage in corporate social responsibility is through

• Volunteering – Each year, every KPMG employee is given a paid volunteering day – they can use this to spend time helping an organisation of their choice. In addition, our people get involved in a range of different fundraising efforts (and we also love to support them in doing that). Examples include some of our Auckland Team volunteering at the Auckland Zoo, a number of teams volunteering at Eat My Lunch HQ to prepare nutritious lunches for children as well as a whole host of individuals supporting charities or causes close to their heart.
• National Partnerships – KPMG has chosen to focus on Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education & Lifelong learning, as the foundation of our national community strategy. We have partnered with organisations that are doing great work to help unleash the potential of our youth. Included in this has been significant involvement with The Springboard Trust, Manaiakalani Education Trust, and Teach First NZ.
•  Local Partnerships – Carrying on from the national focus on youth, KPMG offices have partnered with low-decile schools throughout the country to provide support, fundraising and advice. These partnerships include mentoring of students, Christmas present drops, scholarships, involvement in school trips and helping out in the classroom.

• Financial – We benchmark our salaries annually and use market data from the professional services sector as well as data from commerce and industry and the public sector to make sure they are competitive whatever your role. We also have a firm wide Short Term Incentive Plan which provides an annual incentive based upon the firms and your personal performance.
• Health and Wellness – We have a comprehensive Wellbeing offering with an online platform providing numerous services, discounts and incentives on a wide range of things including private healthcare discounts, flu jabs, banking packages (including preferential home loan rates) and special offers.
• Flexibility – There are many reasons people need flexibility. From compressed work weeks, the ability to work from home or the ability to study, purchasing additional leave or taking a career break, there are a range of options available.
• Family@KPMG – We go above and beyond for families at KPMG. We offer paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers, where your annual leave is accrued at full value during Parental Leave and we offer return to work coaching as well as other gifts.
• Global Opportunities
  • Every year more than 2,000 of our people embark on a unique career journey by working in another part of the world. Some seek out short-term assignments that may last a few months. Some look to test themselves with new clients or in new professional environments over a couple of years.
  • Others look to relocate to new parts of the world permanently. Whatever the length of their assignment, they all benefit from a rich professional development experience and, for many, an opportunity to accelerate their careers or experience roles they may not have previously imagined.
  • If you are an existing Global KPMG employee seeking opportunities in New Zealand, please apply via the KPMG New Zealand Careers site and discuss your application with your local Global Mobility professional.

• I&D Strategy – In 2016 our then newly formed I&D Council wrote the I&D strategy which outlined our goals leading up to 2020.
• Pride@KPMG – We’ve formed Pride@KPMG, which is a network for our LBGT+people and their allies. The group has been really active with a number of activities held across the year in addition to us being the first professional services firm in NZ to gain Rainbow Tick certification.
• Unconscious Bias Training – We have implemented a training programme to raise awareness around unconscious bias, starting with our leadership group.
• Cultural Awareness Training – We’ve been investing in our focus in the Māori cultural space. All of our Partners have now completed cultural awareness training; while all of our new graduates now begin their KPMG career with a marae-based induction programme. From our most senior leadership to our youngest recruits – what better way to celebrate our shared purpose?
• Awards – We’ve also been lucky enough to win an ATEED Young at Heart Award for our Māori and Pacifika Diversity Recruitment Strategy as well as receiving a White Camelia Award which recognises the progress we have made with Pay equity reviews and also recognise our Family@KPMG policy and our Flex@KPMG policy which encourages flexible working wherever possible.

• 70%:20%:10% Learning Culture – Work and learning are indispensable to each other and at KPMG NZ we have a 70:20:10 learning culture where learning outcomes are driven by the learner.
• Developing Technical and “soft skills”– The learning and development offering at KPMG is designed to ensure that you have the opportunity to learn both the technical component of your role as well as the leadership development opportunities to succeed within the Professional Services industry.
• Further Study and Qualifications – You may also have the opportunity to do further study where it is relevant to your role and the career pathway you have set. This could mean becoming a chartered accountant, chartered financial analyst or any number of relevant accreditations or qualifications.
• A Growing Offering – Like our people, our Learning and Development offering is constantly growing and our team is here to support you every step of the way. We are driven by the needs of our learners and are striving to constantly update the content available so that our employees have access to relevant, quality learning material as and when they need it in the style that best fits their learning preferences.

Some of our top goals include:

• • Volunteer Green Increase participation by 15%
  • Embrace minimalism Reduce stationery spend by 50% & limit average linear storage pp to 700mm
  • Reduce land transport Taxis/Ubers etc, mileage claims & rental cars by 30% per FTE
  • Reduce air travel Domestic/short haul by 30% per FTE International long haul by 50% per FTE