[Hiring] Resource Management Senior Specialist @CohnReznick

Role Description

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance) team in our South-West region working Pacific Time Zone business hours. 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.

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 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 by the resource management center of expertise.

Qualifications

• 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 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.
• Up to 10% Travel may be required as needed.

Benefits

• Generous PTO.
• Flexible work environment.
• Expanded parental leave.
• Extensive learning & development.
• Paid time off for employees to volunteer.