Case Study: KPMG New Zealand achieves 35% faster time-to-hire and 17% more applicants with Lever

KPMG New Zealand - Customer Case Study

KPMG New Zealand, a leading professional services firm offering Audit, Tax and Advisory services, needed to hire roughly 350 people a year in a fiercely competitive market. Their recruitment process was slow and often felt impersonal—taking about 61 days to hire previously—and they needed a faster, more engaging way to attract top-performing graduates and experienced hires, especially during high-volume university recruiting seasons.

By adopting Lever, KPMG NZ implemented an agile ATS that centralised collaboration, automated reminders, and enabled personalised, timed communications and easy candidate screening from any device. The result: time to hire fell by 35% (from 61 to about 40 days), time to screen was cut in half (university screening down 70%), applicants rose 17%, and offer acceptance rates climbed from the low 80s to the high 90s, while the team regained significant recruiter hours and delivered a more human candidate experience.

KPMG New Zealand

Adam Binks

Senior Resourcing Manager