Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance) - 8931-4794

Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance)

CohnReznick, a top Professional Services and Business Advisory firm, is looking for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance) to join the team. CohnReznick fosters teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration. The firm helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through its services. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world.

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 hybrid which means team members are expected to be thoughtful and intentional in how they create opportunities for in-person collaboration. While the cadence of in-office presence is determined at the team level, our professionals are encouraged to be in the office / together in person on average three days a week.

Why CohnReznick?

At CohnReznick, were united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether its 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 its 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 include but not limited to :

• Resource Management experience supporting an audit / assurance practice is required in a Professional Services Organization
• Knowledge and understanding of 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 :