Senior Specialist, Resource Management

Job Description

Job description 1

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Specialist, Resource Management to join our Global Consulting Solutions team.

This is a virtual position. A virtual position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. As a virtual employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client working, team meetings or training. **

YOUR TEAM.**

The Resource Management Team Enables Our Businesses To Mobilize The Right Talent, At The Right Place, At The Right Time. Resource Management 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. Our Resource Management Team Empowers Us To

• 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.

WHY COHNREZNICK?

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it’s working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your “why” at the firm.

We believe it’s important to balance work with everyday life – and make time for enjoyment and fun. We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer. **

YOUR ROLE.**

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Resource Management experience in supporting a Consulting practice is required.
• Knowledge and understands workforce planning and can work with our business leaders that can shift projects and employee schedules based on skill and availability.
• Experience with handling a high volume of current and future project needs with a solid understanding of projections to make sound hiring decisions.
• Monitor utilization and target hours against business plans, highlighting adverse variance and potential issues for resolution for over 100 client service professionals.
• Understand the business and the work they perform to make sound business decision with identifying the right skills of our people against demand requirements such as special requirements, timing constraints, staffing continuity, leverage model, and geography.
• Maintain a solid understanding of employees’ career goals and development opportunities align to individual interest.
• Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends/resource activities, improving visibility of unallocated resources and increasing cross-sharing staffing activity.
• Ensure the workforce is efficiently planned according to the operational requirements and resource management service level agreements.
• Working knowledge of resource management platforms and technology.
• Apply influence skills on others to accept planning proposals, when promoting procedural best practice, using basic data, logic, or a solid business case.
• Other responsibilities and projects as directed by the Service Line Resource Management Leader, Manager, or by the Resource Management Center of Expertise.

Your Experience.

The successful candidate will have:

• 4-year undergrad degree in Business Management/Administration or 4-year undergrad degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant resource management or workforce planning experience.
• Driver of change and can work independently with minimal direction.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically strong excel skills and ability to use pivot tables, formulas, macros, and advance excel analytics functions.
• 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.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize work in an efficient manner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, tactfully, and courteously using our internal communication tools.
• Must be able to exercise creative problem-solving techniques and provide solutions.

Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. 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 on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at CRaccommodation@cohnreznick.com Please note: This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and are not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

CohnReznick does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are currently engaged by CohnReznick Talent Acquisition Team by way of a written agreement to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that CohnReznick will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.