Business Unit: Tax and AssuranceLocation: Virtual or ChennaiPosition: Sr. Specialist or Team LeadUS Hiring Manager: Jenn Hicks and Irene McDonnellChennai Hiring Manager: Prakash Chandra JhaFinal Hire Approver: Ashish Jalan and Kim KilkenneyAs 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!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.
We currently have an exciting career opportunity within RMO, and we are looking to hire experience Resource Managers and Sr. Specialists to support our US/Chennai Assurance and Tax Departments (hiring level will be determined by years of experience)
Your Role
Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To
- Accountable for the utilization levels against business plans, highlighting adverse variance and potential issues for resolution for ~100 professionals for a designated service line or geography in Assurance and Tax in our India Chennai office.
- The perfect candidate(s) will be responsible for prioritize staffing decisions based on engagement risk, specialization requirements, skills, timing, conflict resolution, staffing continuity and geographic considerations.
- Monitor the task list in resource management technology platform to approve resource requests, PTO, CPE etc.
- Collaborate with the Campus and Experienced Hire recruiters on various recruiting processes including confirmation of start dates.
- Know and maintain a solid understanding of employees’ preferences with regards to skills, interests, career aspirations, and area of development opportunities.
- Accountable for redeployment process for new work or when assignments end for assigned business unit to manage unassigned time.
- Empower business leaders and management with the necessary information to adjust staffing plans and inform long-term hiring recommendations.
- Provide weekly staffing progress updates to team leads and management on high low utilizations, unbillable time, and open demands.
- Assist with requests for independent contractors that are based on resource needs, demand, and skills during peak busy season.
- Actively builds relationships to ensure an adequate pipeline of resources to meet client needs and to support new business initiatives. Most importantly to build trust with our business leaders and knowing the business and services we provide to our clients.
- Accurately tracks and reports on all workforce management activities for assigned business units.
- Drive standardization in our operations, business processes, and reporting according to the Global Resource Management Organization and Firm Strategy.
Your Experience
- Minimum of a 4-year bachelor’s degree required; focus on Business Administration or Management, Operations Management, or Accounting preferred
- Minimum of four (4) or more years of resource management experience in a professional services firm (i.e., public accounting, law firm, etc.).
- Strong critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong conflict resolution skills, including the abilities to negotiate and influence others.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage and resolve complex and sensitive situations.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with large teams.
- Proven ability to manage upwards and drive results.
- Ability to lead multiple, high-profile, and complex projects with various top-level stakeholders.
- Proven ability to maintain confidentiality while balancing the needs of the business.
- Ability to build rapport and gain trust with all levels of personnel at CR.
- Analytical and diagnostic skills.
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment.
- Able to work within a deadline-driven environment.
- Solid organizational skills with the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details and quality.
- Ability to adapt communication style to successfully convey messages and objectives to a diverse audience.
- Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office products and:
- High proficiency in the use of Microsoft business products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) including excellent data management and manipulation capabilities, preferred.
- Strong metrics-focused with the ability to use analytics to solve problems and develop solutions, preferred.
- Proficiency with PowerBI, preferred.
- Proficiency with ProFinda, preferred.
- Proficiency with SAP and UKG applications, or experience with similar corporate management software, preferred.
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CohnReznick is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, 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 PostersEqual Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with DisabilitiesEmployment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include background check and credit check.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.
