Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Tax)

CohnReznick• , NY

3d•Remote

About The Position

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top professional services firms, CohnReznick creates rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax with team members who value innovation and collaboration in everything they do! CohnReznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). Together, the firm provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients’ unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia. We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Tax) team in our Northeast region. CohnReznick is a hybrid firm and most of our professionals are located within a commutable distance to one of our offices. This position is considered remote which means it does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. However, as a remote employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings. YOUR TEAM. Resource Management planning enables our businesses to mobilize the right talent, at the right place, at the right time. It is intrinsically linked with Employee Experience, Recruiting, Financial Planning, and Learning Development planning providing a roadmap to meet the commitment to our people and to our business. Design and guide with an integrated workforce planning journey mindset; embracing People Priorities end-to-end vision and integration opportunities with up/down stream processes Evolve toward collaborative, integrated, merged Processes, Tools and Metrics reflecting a single discipline, single COE – Resource Management Team Weigh ideas, solutions, and approaches based on business value potential Continuously shaping the future of workforce planning to remain current and relevant as the business changes

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 assign business unit and business leader(s).
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically strong excel skills and 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 ensure that work related activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
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.
Must be able to exercise creative problem-solving techniques and provide solutions.

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 our 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 a solid understanding of employees’ preferences with regards to skills, interests, career development opportunities preferences.
Solid understanding of the common methodology for resource planning to ensure that planning and prioritization decisions can be made by both cost and resource skills and interests.
Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends/resource activities, improving visibility of unallocated resources and increasing cross-sharing staffing activity.
Ensure the labor workforce is efficiently planned according to the operational requirements and resource management service level agreements.
Effective communication internally with team members and externally with vendors.
Working knowledge of resource management platforms.
Apply influence skills on others to accept planning proposals, when promoting procedural best practice, using basic data, logic or a solid business case.
Additional work will include oversight of processes and technology is being performed.
Other responsibilities and projects as directed the resource management center of expertise.