Careers

Performance management

The world in which we work is constantly evolving and growing. That's why it is vital to our business' long-term success to give our employees the opportunity to learn and grow with us. To help ensure this, Dialogue — KPMG's web-based global performance management process — gives partners and employees a common framework to define goals, monitor progress and recognize and reward performance.

Dialogue encourages development and matches the career aspirations and talent of our people with our business needs. It fosters an environment of ongoing communication between individuals and performance managers, helping everyone to meet their goals and maximizes our potential as individuals and as a firm.

Business Planning

The process starts with KPMG as a whole establishing its business objectives and strategy for the year.

Goal Setting

In discussion with performance managers, employees set their own business and personal development goals, which reflect both the firm's and their business unit's objectives, as well as their own career aspirations.

Engagement/Project Review

During the course of the year, when employees complete an engagement/project, they will receive feedback to help identify both progress in their development, and the areas in which they want to focus future development.

Interim Performance Review

At mid-year, employees and performance managers meet formally for an Interim Review focused on progress toward the business goals they set for themselves and on their development.

Year-End Performance Review

At the end of the year, employees and performance managers review their performance and results with respect to the goals they set at the beginning of the year incorporating feedback from their engagement/project reviews. In addition, employees and their performance manager will review how the employee achieved the results by noting the values they demonstrated during the year as well as their development in each of the firm's core competencies. Dialogue brings all of these elements together in one process.