Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Tax)
About The Position
CohnReznick is hiring a Resource Management, Senior Specialist for its Tax team in the Northeast region. This remote role supports workforce planning and resource allocation, helping ensure the right talent is available at the right place and time. Remote employees may be asked to attend an office for client work, team meetings, or training with scheduled notice; travel of up to 10% may be required as needed. The Resource Management team partners with Employee Experience, Recruiting, Financial Planning, and Learning and Development to plan the workforce and support business and employee needs. It works to integrate processes, tools, and metrics and to adapt workforce planning as the business changes. The role monitors utilization and resource requests, applies resource-planning procedures, and delivers staffing metrics. The specialist works with employees, business leaders, team members, and vendors to support efficient staffing and resource decisions. Compensation includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded parental benefits, and access to learning and development platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance.
- At least 3 years of Tax or Assurance resource-management or workforce-planning experience.
- Ability to apply resource-management procedures and policies to an assigned business unit and its business leaders.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, including pivot tables, macros, and summarizing analytics with pivot charts.
- Solid understanding of financial statements and utilization metrics.
- Strong organization and time-management skills, with the ability 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.
Responsibilities
- Monitor utilization against business plans for at least 75 professionals in an assigned service line or geography, flagging adverse variances and potential issues for resolution.
- Monitor the resource management technology task list and approve resource requests, PTO, and CPE requests.
- Understand the assigned business unit’s specialization requirements, timing constraints, staffing continuity, and geographic considerations.
- Maintain an understanding of employees’ skills, interests, preferences, and career-development goals.
- Use common resource-planning methods to support prioritization based on cost, skills, and employee interests.
- Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends and resource activities, improve visibility of unallocated resources, and increase cross-sharing of staff.
- Plan the workforce efficiently in accordance with operational requirements and resource-management service-level agreements.
- Communicate effectively with internal team members and external vendors.
- Use resource-management platforms and influence others to accept planning proposals and procedural best practices, supported by data, logic, or a business case.
- Oversee resource-management processes and technology as assigned.
- Perform other responsibilities and projects as directed by the Resource Management Center of Expertise.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Expanded parental leave and benefits
- Learning and development resources
- Paid time off for volunteering
- Discretionary performance bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
