Resource Management Senior Consultant

Plante Moran

89d • $6,000 - $9,000

About The Position

Count on us. Our 'we-care' culture is more than just a motto; it's a promise. From day one, we prioritize your growth, well-being, and success. You can count on us to support your career journey and help you achieve your professional goals. Join us. Your work will include, but not be limited to: Initiate and facilitate regular assessments with managers to discuss upcoming assignments, scheduling needs, or capacity, including evaluation of budgets in comparison of scheduling needs and historical actuals. 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or other business related field highly preferred.
• Ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Project management skills necessary to meet project milestones.
• Must be detail oriented and able to multitask effectively.
• Strong self-motivation balanced with a desire to achieve team goals.
• Expert level skills with MS Office (especially Power Point and Excel).
• Strong technical aptitude with a desire to understand system infrastructure.
• Strong supervision abilities.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to coordinate information flow with multiple sources.
• Demonstrate effective time management skills by completing assignments within calendar schedules.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Update data in scheduling system as required.
• Create scheduling system reports on a regular basis.
• Assist Talent Deployment Manager in reporting on and evaluating tax/assurance utilization.
• Closely monitor assurance/tax staff hours and schedules.
• Proactively address utilization matters with office and firm leadership.
• Mediating conflicts and resolving resource needs.
• Proactively communicate potential staffing issues.
• Assign staff to engagements to ensure effective deployment.
• Promote and monitor the sharing of resources region-wide and firm-wide.
• Lead office, region, and firmwide scheduling meetings.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees