Overview
This role is for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Tax) in the South-West region, working Pacific Time Zone business hours.
The position is remote. Remote work does not require duties to be performed near an office location. However, remote employees may be required to attend an office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.
Responsibilities
- Continually monitor utilization levels against business plans, highlighting adverse variance and potential issues for resolution for a minimum of 75 professionals for a designated service line or geography in Advisory, Assurance and Tax.
- Monitor the task list in the RM technology tool to approve resource requests, PTO, CPE, etc.
- For assigned business units, understand specialization requirements, timing constraints, staffing continuity, and geographic considerations.
- Maintain understanding of employees’ preferences related to skills, interests, and career development opportunities.
- Apply common resource planning methodology to support planning and prioritization decisions by cost and resource skills and interests.
- Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends and resource activities to improve visibility of unallocated resources and increase cross-sharing staffing activity.
- Ensure labor workforce planning aligns with operational requirements and resource management service level agreements.
- Communicate effectively internally with team members and externally with vendors.
- Maintain working knowledge of resource management platforms.
- Use influence skills to help others accept planning proposals by promoting procedural best practices, using basic data, logic, or a sound business case.
- Provide oversight of processes and technology where required.
- Perform other responsibilities and projects as directed for the resource management center of expertise.
Requirements
- 4-year undergrad degree in Business Management/Administration OR 4-year undergrad degree in accounting or finance.
- Minimum 3 years of Tax or Assurance resource management or workforce planning experience.
- Ability to apply resource management procedures and policies and translate them to assigned business unit and business leaders.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically strong Excel skills, including ability to use pivot tables, macros, and summarize analytics via pivot charts.
- Solid understanding of financial statements and utilization metrics.
- Strong organization and time management skills to complete work accurately and on time.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and analytical skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, tactfully, and courteously using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Strong oral presentation, listening, and influencing skills.
- Ability to use creative problem-solving techniques and provide solutions.
- Up to 10% travel may be required as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with resource management center of expertise processes and technology oversight.
Compensation & Benefits
- In Colorado, the salary range for a Resource Manager Senior Specialist (Tax) is $85,000 to $105,000.
- Actual compensation within the range will depend on skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable employment laws.
- Compensation includes a discretionary performance bonus, paid time off, expanded and inclusive parental benefits, and access to learning and development platforms.
Location
- South-West region
- Remote role
- Pacific Time Zone business hours
- Up to 10% travel may be required as needed.