Talent & HR Advisory

Powering your people's potential.

What We Do

We bridge the gap between business strategy and commercial outcomes by helping organisations connect strategy, people, and culture to drive long-term growth. 

Our team accelerates thinking – bringing creativity, connection, and commercial clarity to every person.

Whether you’re a candidate seeking career growth, a business experiencing change, a leadership team seeking uplift in capability, or an organisation gearing up to scale.

We are deeply embedded in Australia’s talent community, providing you access to the best in market.

We design people ecosystems that not only attract and engage – but retain the best market talent. As you continue to grow or uplift your teams, we’ll help you define what great looks like and drive results, fast.

By aligning strategy, talent, and smart organisational design, our team can uncover growth opportunities, promotional pathways, and ensure team alignment as you scale.

Whether you need a one-off search partner, embedded talent advisor, or strategic project support, we work as an extension of your team – combining experience, empathy, and execution to deliver lasting impact for the long term.

We bridge the gap between business strategy and commercial outcomes by helping organisations connect strategy, people, and culture to drive long-term growth. 

Our team accelerates thinking – bringing creativity, connection, and commercial clarity to every person. Whether you’re a candidate seeking career growth, a business experiencing change, a leadership team seeking uplift in capability, or an organisation gearing up to scale.

We work with founders, executive teams, HR and hiring managers to design people ecosystems that not only attract and engage, but retain the best market talent. We are deeply embedded in Australia’s talent community providing you access to the best people. As you continue to grow, reshape, or uplift your teams, we’ll define what great looks like and drive results, fast.

We lead strategies to transform,  scale, and move your operations forward. We empower your leaders and teams to build confidence, capability and alignment by designing successful systems to align strategy, talent, management, and organisational design. Psychometric assessments measure capability, deliver executive level reporting, and uncover growth opportunities, promotional pathways, and help ensures team alignment as you scale.

Whether you need a one-off search partner, embedded talent advisor, or strategic project support, we work as an extension of your team – combining experience, empathy, and execution to deliver lasting impact for the long term.

Talent Advisory

Our consultants are trusted in the industry and can provide support across the full employee lifecycle, including:

Talent Strategy & Design

  • Workforce planning and capability mapping
  • Organisation and team structure design
  • Role clarity, position descriptions, and success profiles
  • Succession planning and internal mobility frameworks

Employer Brand & EVP

  • Employer brand positioning and activation
  • Employee Value Proposition (EVP) design and storytelling
  • Market perception and competitor benchmarking
  • Employer brand audits and refresh

Candidate Experience & Acquisition

  • Candidate journey mapping and experience design
  • Interview design and hiring manager enablement
  • Assessment and selection frameworks
  • Onboarding and integration programs

Technology & Tools

  • Guidance on the right tech for your recruitment ecosystem
  • Support in identifying fit-for-purpose ATS, CRM, video interviewing, and AI-enabled platforms
  • Access to our network of trusted tech vendors for demos, pilots, and decision support

Culture, Engagement & Retention

  • Employee experience and engagement strategies
  • Performance, recognition, and reward frameworks
  • Exit and stay interview design
  • Leadership coaching and team development

Executive Search

We provide businesses with the right leader to drive and embed organisational change. Our team understands the challenge of attracting executive level talent and appreciates the impact and role we have in promoting positive change to businesses across industry sectors.

We source talent that will shape the future of a business, offering a different approach than traditional search firms. Instead of relying on traditional job ads and transactional hiring, our team have built networks and thriving communities – connecting businesses with the right people in ways that feel effortless but are backed by serious expertise.  

Our team appoints Director, C-suite, and General Management level positions including:

  • Executive Director
  • Non-Executive Director 
  • Managing Director
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Commercial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • Chief Operations Officer
  • Chief Procurement Officer
  • Chief Risk Officer
 
  • Finance Director
  • Marketing Director
  • Procurement Director
  • Sales Director
  • General Management
  • Country Head

Contracting

We take the hassle out of hiring so businesses can keep delivering and growing. 

There are many reasons for a business to consider integrating contracting into their talent strategy. This often overlooked talent market bring specialist skillsets to assist with projects and also provides businesses with the time to determine if a long-term fit is right for the team.

We provide our team of contractors with a range of benefits including:

✓ Corporate Health Insurance
✓ Salary Packaging (Novated Leasing)
✓ Lifestyle Benefits
✓ EAP Counselling
✓ Community Events
✓ HR/IR/ER Support

Industry Sectors

Our team partner across the industries shaping Australia’s economy and the future of work. We evolve with the market, continuously building insight into new skills, roles and technologies.

Our consultants each have from their own specialisation and together our team adds value across multiple sectors and industries, including:

  • Digital & Data
  • Technology & Projects
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Brand & Communications
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Legal, Risk & Compliance
  • Property & Construction
  • Supply Chain & Operations
  • Logistics & Warehouse
  • Design & Creative Services
  • Education & Ed-Tech
  • For Purpose (NFP)
  • Human Resources
  • Business & Office Support

Digital, Data & Tech

  • CTO & Head of Technology

  • Tech Leads & IT Managers

  • Head of Engineering

  • Software & Solution Engineers

  • Data Scientists 

  • Test Specialists

  • Storage/Cloud Specialists 

  • Architects & Developers

  • BAs, System & Process Analysts

  • Head of Transformation

  • Head of Security

  • Solution Engineers

  • Head of Digital Delivery

  • Delivery Leads/Managers

  • Scrum Master/Agile Coach

  • Project Managers

  • Power BI Specialists 

  • Head of Digital

  • Head of Analytics

  • Head of Digital, Technology & Analytics

  • Digital Marketing Managers

  • UX/UI Designers

  • eCommerce Managers/Specialists

  • Head of Performance/Growth

  • Performance Marketing Managers

  • Digital Designers

  • Paid Media & Digital Media

  • Activation Managers

  • SEO Leads/SEO Managers

  • Data Analysts

  • Iteration Manager

  • Program Lead/Manager

  • Data Centre Engineers & Managers

  • Head of CRM

  • CRM Managers/Specialists 

  • eDM Specialists/Coordinators

  • Marketing Automation Managers

  • Marketing Automation Leads

  • Marketing Automation Specialists

  • Lead Nurture Specialists

  • Customer Lifecycle Specialists

  • Digital Analytics Managers

  • Digital Insights & Analytics
    Managers

  • Digital Analytics Specialists

  • Insights Managers

  • Customer Insights Specialists

  • Marketing Data Analysts

  • Marketing Analysts

  • Digital Coordinators

Marketing, Product & Sales

  • Chief Marketing Officers

  • Chief Customer Officers

  • Head of Marketing

  • Head of Customer Experience 

  • Marketing Directors

  • Marketing Managers

  • Marketing Specialists & Coordinators

  • Growth Marketers

  • Partnerships & Loyalty
    Managers

  • Marketing Coordinators

  • Head of Brand & Customer Exp.

  • Media & PR Managers

  • Lifecycle Communications Managers

  • Head of Brand/Brand Managers

  • Marketing Communications Managers

  • Corporate Communications

  • Internal Communications Manager

  • Change Communications

  • Communications Managers

  • Content Managers & Strategists

  • Digital Content Coordinators

  • Copywriters & Content Specialists

  • Social Media Managers/Strategists

  • Social Media Specialists

  • Chief Product Officers

  • Head of Product

  • Product Managers/Product Owners

  • Head of Design

  • Graphic Designers/Digital Designers

  • Customer Service 

  • Contact Centre Managers

  • Category Managers

  • GM of Sales

  • Head of Sales

  • Sales Directors & Managers

  • National & State Sales Managers

  • Sales Engineer

  • National Account Manager

  • Sales Executives

  • Area Manager

  • Sales Development Rep (SDRs)

  • Account Directors & Managers

  • Account Executive

  • Head of Business Development 

  • Business Development Executives 

  • Business Development Managers

  • Customer Success Managers

  • Customer Success Specialists

  • Territory & Area Managers

Accounting, Finance & Office Support

  • Chief Financial Officer

  • Head of Finance

  • Finance Directors

  • Financial Controllers

  • Finance Managers

  • Commercial Managers

  • Commercial Analysts

  • Finance Business Partners

  • Financial Analysts

  • Management Accountants

  • Financial Accountants

  • Group Accountants

  • Assistant Accountants

  • Cost Accountants

  • Project Accountants

  • Financial Planners 

  • Financial Analysts

  • Business Analysts & Systems Analysts

  • Credit Analysts

  • Accounts Payable

  • Insurance Specialists

  • Claims Specialists

  • Insurance Brokers

  • Compliance & Risk Specialists

  • Accounts Payable

  • Accounts Receivable 

  • Tax Accountants

  • Head of Financial Reporting

  • Head of Management Reporting

  • Technical Administrators

  • Underwriters

  • Office Managers

  • HR Managers

  • HR Coordinators

  • Payroll Specialists

  • Bookkeepers

  • Executive Assistants 

  • Personal Assistants

  • Administration Assistants

  • Accounts Assistant

  • Project Coordinator

  • People Coordinator

People, Culture & Talent Functions

  • Chief People Officers

  • Chief Human Resources Officers

  • HR Directors

  • Head of People & Culture

  • HR Business Partners

  • Head of Talent / Talent Acquisition Managers

  • Organisational Development Managers / Change Leads

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) Managers

  • Talent Partners

  • Recruitment Partners / Recruiters

  • Talent Acquisition Specialists / Sourcing Consultants

  • Employer Brand / EVP Managers

  • Recruitment Marketing Specialists

  • Candidate Experience & Onboarding Managers

  • Talent Programs Managers (Graduate / Early Careers)

  • People & Culture Managers / Advisors

  • Employee Experience Managers / Coordinators

  • Employee Relations Managers / Specialists

  • Learning & Development Managers / Training & Development Specialists

  • Workforce Planning / People Analytics Leads

  • Remuneration & Benefits Managers / Compensation & Benefits Analysts

  • HR Project Managers

  • HR Operations Managers

  • HR Administrators / HR Coordinators

  • HRIS / People Systems Specialists

  • HR Compliance & Policy Specialists

Legal, Risk & Compliance

  • General Counsel / Head of Legal 

  • Senior Legal Counsel / Legal Counsel

  • Employment & Workplace Relations Lawyers

  • Partner 

  • Special Counsel

  • Senior Associate /Associate 

  • Junior Lawyer

  • Paralegal

  • Head of Compliance

  • Compliance Manager / Compliance Associate

  • Junior Compliance Associate

  • Head of Risk

  • Risk & Compliance Manager

  • Regulatory & Compliance Managers

  • Governance & Company 

  • Contracts & Commercial

HR Advisory 

We are here to help when a HR department isn’t a business reality – or when your HR or leadership team need project support or strategic programs of work delivered to drive growth. 

Our team provides scalable, strategic support that is customised to meet your specific business or team needs – regardless of the stage or size of your operations. Together, we build a workplace where every person feels empowered, supported, and inspired to thrive.

We help teams navigate regulatory, employment, and operational complexities when establishing or scaling workforces and cover on-boarding, payroll oversight, Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, and ongoing compliance management – ensuring organisations meet their statutory obligations while remaining commercially agile.

Our consultants are your culture lifeline – aligning values and culture review, advice and implementation. We offer regular team check-ins, provide executive team & HR coaching, employee benefit programs and tailored development plans. We make real-time adjustments to keep people experiences aligned with your businesses evolving needs as you scale, change or grow.

Offering flexible

Meet Our Team

Alyce O’Brien

Managing Director & Founder

Alyce is a powerhouse connector, trusted advisor, and catalyst for positive change. With over 20 years in the services sector and more than a decade shaping Australia’s talent landscape.

Grant Butteriss

Consultant

Grant is a Chartered Accountant, qualified Psychometrist, and experienced leader who designs systems to align Strategy, Talent, Management Systems, and Organisational Design.

Pedro Fric

Consultant

Pedro has over 20 years’ experience managing workforce compliance, payroll governance, and market entry execution for SMEs and foreign-owned organisations operating in Australia.

Roxie Fofelzan

Administration Assistant

Roxie is key to our team and helps improve our operations by assisting us with our day to day. She keeps our people supported by providing essential support.

Our team are ready to accelerate your growth.

Meet Our Team

Alyce O’Brien

Director & Founder

Alyce is a powerhouse connector, trusted advisor, and catalyst for positive change. With over 20 years in the services sector and more than a decade shaping Australia’s talent landscape, Alyce has become known for her unique ability to bridge strategy and people — helping businesses grow through capability, culture, and connection.

Alyce’s commercial foundation was forged early in her career with PwC and Deloitte, where she built expertise in investment banking and financial accounting before moving into executive search and strategic talent acquisition. This grounding gives her a sharp commercial lens and deep understanding of how business performance and people capability intersect.

With a technical background in Digital, Marketing, Product, Technology, and Sales, she also has a proven track record of driving success across a much broader range of industries and roles across Accounting & Finance Services, Property & Construction, Digital & Media Agencies, Education, Retail, and For Purpose, bringing a depth and breadth of experience that few can match.

Partnering with startups, scaleups, and established brands, Alyce builds high-performing teams that drive real impact. Her ability to move seamlessly between agency and in-house operations gives her an edge — understanding how both sides of the market thinks, hires, and scales. Deeply embedded in Australia’s digital marketing and media agency community, she has unparalleled access to the talent shaping the future of brand, creativity, and technology.

Alyce’s clients describe her as a culture lifeline — someone who listens first, consults deeply, and invests in the long-term success of both teams and individuals. Beyond sourcing exceptional talent, she supports leaders through conversations on career pathways, development, and team design, ensuring her placements are not only the right technical fit but the right cultural one. It’s why her candidates stay — and why her clients trust her as an ongoing partner, not just a recruiter.

Driven by empathy, insight, and a genuine commitment to helping people thrive, Alyce continues to redefine what strategic talent partnership looks like: intelligent, human, and built for the long term.

Alyce understands the important role her team has in promoting change to individuals, teams, and businesses. She is committed to providing equal opportunities, closing the gender pay gap, offering flexible roles for working parents, and driving diversity across industry sectors. Alyce will continue pushing for change and raising awareness of what it truly takes to keep people and teams happy, healthy, and growing.

Sarah Purches

Director, Talent Advisory & Search

Sarah is a strategic talent and culture leader recognised for elevating the standard of talent acquisition and people experience across Australia. With over 20 years’ experience and more than a decade influencing how organisations attract, engage, and retain exceptional people, Sarah brings a uniquely human and commercially astute perspective to every partnership.

A respected voice in the industry, Sarah has spoken at the Australian Talent Conference (ATC), featured on leading podcasts, and founded the Geelong Talent Meet Up – a thriving community for HR and talent professionals. Well known across Australia’s talent community, she continues to advocate for equity, diversity, and belonging – empowering women, championing neurodivergent brilliance, and supporting greater flexibility and accessibility for all people, including those with disability.

Sarah lives by the belief that “people aren’t just employees – they’re the heartbeat of an organisation.” She is deeply passionate about candidate experience and ensures every person feels seen, respected, and valued throughout their career journey. Driven by curiosity, care, and commercial clarity, she’s committed to helping organisations design workplaces where everyone can thrive – with purpose, inclusion, and pride.

Sarah’s early career with Ernst & Young laid the foundation for her commercial edge and deep understanding of how people strategy drives performance. Since then, her experience has spanned Technology, Digital Marketing, Energy, Professional Services, Higher Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Mining – supporting startups, scaleups, and established enterprises.

Sarah was a finalist for Excellence in Candidate Experience 2025 at the Internal Talent Awards (ITAs) and has a reputation for designing holistic people experiences and talent journeys that connect Employer Brand, EVP, and culture. She builds strong, scalable ecosystems – from employer brand development and employee value proposition to onboarding, engagement, and retention strategies that inspire people to join, stay, and thrive.

Known for her strong stakeholder partnerships and operational agility, Sarah has built and scaled end-to-end Talent Acquisition functions for brands from the ground up – creating the systems, processes, and structures that keep leaders aligned and teams performing. She takes an agile approach, using AI and smart technology to simplify work, streamline processes, and free up time for meaningful human connection.

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Alyce O’Brien

Managing Director & Founder

Grant Butteriss

Consultant

Alyce O’Brien

Managing Director & Founder

Alyce is a powerhouse connector, trusted advisor, and catalyst for positive change. With over 20 years in the services sector and more than a decade shaping Australia’s talent landscape, Alyce has become known for her unique ability to bridge strategy and people — helping businesses grow through capability, culture, and connection.

Alyce’s commercial foundation was forged early in her career with PwC and Deloitte, where she built expertise in investment banking and financial accounting before moving into executive search and strategic talent acquisition. This grounding gives her a sharp commercial lens and deep understanding of how business performance and people capability intersect.

With a technical background in Digital, Marketing, Product, Technology, and Sales, she also has a proven track record of driving success across a much broader range of industries and roles across Accounting & Finance Services, Property & Construction, Digital & Media Agencies, Education, Retail, and For Purpose, bringing a depth and breadth of experience that few can match.

Partnering with startups, scaleups, and established brands, Alyce builds high-performing teams that drive real impact. Her ability to move seamlessly between agency and in-house operations gives her an edge — understanding how both sides of the market thinks, hires, and scales. Deeply embedded in Australia’s digital marketing and media agency community, she has unparalleled access to the talent shaping the future of brand, creativity, and technology.

Alyce’s clients describe her as a culture lifeline — someone who listens first, consults deeply, and invests in the long-term success of both teams and individuals. Beyond sourcing exceptional talent, she supports leaders through conversations on career pathways, development, and team design, ensuring her placements are not only the right technical fit but the right cultural one. It’s why her candidates stay — and why her clients trust her as an ongoing partner, not just a recruiter.

Driven by empathy, insight, and a genuine commitment to helping people thrive, Alyce continues to redefine what strategic talent partnership looks like: intelligent, human, and built for the long term.

Alyce understands the important role her team has in promoting change to individuals, teams, and businesses. She is committed to providing equal opportunities, closing the gender pay gap, offering flexible roles for working parents, and driving diversity across industry sectors. Alyce will continue pushing for change and raising awareness of what it truly takes to keep people and teams happy, healthy, and growing.

Grant Butteriss

Consultant

Grant helps business leaders, entrepreneurs, and organisations solve the ultimate execution paradox: how to maintain the velocity of a startup while applying the discipline of an enterprise. With a portfolio of clients from listed conglomerates to high-growth startups that are all facing the same challenge of achieving exceptional performance while navigating growth, change, and uncertainty.

Grant’s approach is evidence-based, practical, and deeply human. He provides leaders with the strategic infrastructure to translate high-level intent into action, ensuring that resources flow to the right priorities and teams execute with distributed precision.

Grant doesn’t view business challenges through a single lens. Instead, he architects solutions that integrate the four pillars of execution – Strategy, Talent, Management Systems, and Organisational Design.

With a rare multidisciplinary background as a Chartered Accountant, qualified Psychometrist, and Organisational Designer, Grant has built, scaled, and exited multiple companies over his career. He secured funding from world-renowned business titans like Robert Keane (VistaPrint) and Nigel Morris (Capital One), leading his last business to a $43 million valuation before exit.

Pedro Fric

Consultant

Pedro is a trusted advisor with over 20 years’ experience supporting businesses navigate the regulatory, employment, and operational complexities when establishing or scaling workforces in new markets. His expertise spans fractional HR leadership, payroll oversight, Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, and ongoing compliance management, ensuring organisations meet their statutory obligations while remaining commercially agile.

Pedro has experience leading end-to-end workforce compliance frameworks, including employment, payroll, and governance models. He manages payroll and workforce transitions from third-party providers to in-house or hybrid models and has successfully driven market entry and expansion programs for his clients.

While deeply compliance-focused, Pedro brings a strong commercial lens to his work. His background in sales leadership and partnership development enables him to design workforce and HR solutions that are practical, scalable, and aligned to business growth.

Pedro is trusted by his clients for his proactive, calm, and considered approach in high-risk or transitional environments. He is passionate about creating better organisations through clear accountability, strong foundations, and collaborative stakeholder engagement.

Roxie Fofelzan

Administration Assistant

Roxie is key to our team and helps improve our operations by assisting us with our day to day. She keeps our people supported by providing essential support to ensure everyone has what they need to succeed. Roxie brings energy and drive to our busy business operations and enjoys learning about the talent community we have built across Australia.