Senior Resource Management Consultant

Role Overview

• Initiate and facilitate regular assessments with managers to discuss upcoming assignments, scheduling needs, or capacity
• Manage the staffing/scheduling process for the office/region and department
• Collaborate with office leadership to achieve office utilization goals of staff and meet recommended industry group mix requirements for staff role
• Update data in scheduling system as required to ensure that system schedules agree to assignments communicated by managers
• Create scheduling system reports on a regular basis to help in making decisions about allocating resources across the office and/or regions
• Assist Talent Deployment Manager in reporting on and evaluating tax/assurance utilization (firmwide)
• Closely monitor assurance/tax staff hours and schedules
• Assist Talent Deployment Manager and firm leadership to achieve utilization goals across all practice roles
• Proactively address utilization matters with office and firm leadership
• Mediate conflicts and resolve resource needs that develop in office and/or region
• Proactively communicate potential staffing issues and provide information to allow for the effective deployment of resource
• Assign staff to engagements to ensure that resources are effectively deployed and staff workloads are balanced
• Promote and monitor the sharing of resources region-wide as well as firm-wide
• Lead office, region, and firmwide scheduling meetings

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a professional services/public accounting firm in either tax, audit, or scheduling role
• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or other business related field highly preferred
• Project management skills necessary to: Meet project milestones, Make decisions when required, Monitor databases, Communicate clear objectives, Maintain and develop relationships with staff, Partners, and internal clients
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) experience
• Role requires consistent travel to other regional offices

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible benefits plans
• Business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement
• Pension plan for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff
• Discretionary bonus plan for eligible staff