Overview
This role is for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Tax) position supporting the Northeast region. The employer is a hybrid organization; most professionals work within commutable distance of an office. This position is considered remote, meaning job duties do not require performance within proximity of an office location. Remote employees may be required to be present at an office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.
Resource Management planning enables the organization to mobilize the right talent at the right place and time, connected to Employee Experience, Recruiting, Financial Planning, and Learning Development planning.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- 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 unit, understand specialization requirements, timing constraints, staffing continuity, and geographic considerations.
- Maintain understanding of employees’ preferences regarding skills, interests, and career development opportunity preferences.
- Use common resource planning methodology to enable planning and prioritization decisions by cost and resource skills/interests.
- Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends/resource activities, improving visibility of unallocated resources and increasing cross-sharing staffing activity.
- Ensure labor workforce planning aligns with operational requirements and resource management service level agreements.
- Communicate effectively both internally with team members and externally with vendors.
- Maintain working knowledge of resource management platforms.
- Apply influence skills to help others accept planning proposals, promoting procedural best practice using basic data, logic, or a solid business case.
- Perform oversight of processes and technology as needed.
- Support additional processes and projects as directed by 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 of 3 years of Tax or Assurance resource management or workforce planning experience.
- Apply resource management procedures and policies with the ability to translate to assigned business unit and business leader(s).
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, 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 timely.
- 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 exercise creative problem-solving techniques and provide solutions.
- Up to 10% Travel may be required as needed.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation is one component of a total rewards package that includes:
- Discretionary performance bonus
- Generous paid time off
- Expanded and inclusive parental benefits
- Access to learning and development platforms
- Paid time off for employees to volunteer
Location
- Northeast region
- Remote role (may require scheduled on-site presence for client work, team meetings, or trainings)
Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against based on disability.