Resource Management – Assistant Manager

Job description

The opportunity

The FSO Advisory business is looking source a resource manager to enable our growth plans and ensure the operational efficiency of the business.  This individual in this role will play a critical role in ensuring that the business is optimising the workforces capabilities and planning for the future. In this role your primary focus will be understanding the skillsets of our workforce and matching their capabilities to open demand. You will need to work closely with the business leads to ensure that you are up to date on the forecasted demand and associated requirements. This role will suit an individual who likes working in a high paced, fast growing business and can build relationships and influence senior stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to look strategically at the core skills required and capability gaps that need to be addressed in to support our future growth plans and work with the business and to address any gaps. It’s a busy role with a high degree of autonomy so suits self-starters.

 

Your key responsibilities

·        Responsible for supporting and delivering end to end resourcing solutions to the client facing business

·         Supporting headcount management and capacity planning, optimising the utilisation and chargeability of our client facing workforce, providing information to leadership on utilisation levels, key areas of availability, business performance and forecasting to support business decisions.

·        Ensuring the Resource Management Tool is accurate.  Regularly liaising with Competency Leads to challenge forward view and decide upon effective resourcing and deployment of staff.

·         Monitoring and escalating availability of resources and working proactively with colleagues from across FSO Advisory, wider FSO in the UK and EMEIA to ensure utilisation is maximised.  

·        Analyse pipeline and proactively engage with pursuit team to understand proposed resource model, ensuring resource requirements are known and can be met.

·         Liaise with the business, counsellors and HR to keep abreast of the development needs of all individuals in the group to ensure planning is aligned.

·        Work with client facing staff to understand their skills and experiences for appropriate alignment of projects.

 

Skills and attributes for success

·         Proven resource management, recruitment or operations experience

·        Understanding of a professional services environment and/or Financial Services sector ideal

·         An ability to influence and work with senior stakeholders

·        Proven experience in managing multiple tasks, with effective prioritisation skills

·         A strong team player who is self motivated, self reliant and results orientated

To qualify for the role you must have

·        Proven resource management, recruitment or operations experience

·         Understanding of a professional services environment and/or Financial Services sector ideal

·        An ability to influence and work with senior stakeholders

·         Proven experience in managing multiple tasks, with effective prioritisation skills

·        A strong team player who is self motivated, self reliant and results orientated

 

Ideally, you’ll also have

·       Recruitment or resource management experience

·      Experience of working with or in a professional services firm

 

What we look for

·         Someone who has a demonstrated ability to work effectively with and influence senior business leaders

·        Someone who demonstrates a strong teaming and collaboration track record across large distributed organisations

·         Someone who has a strong financial management acumen and experience of optimising business performance

·        Someone who has a demonstrated an ability to drive and shape the Resource Management role from the outset

 

 

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

 

·       Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

·      Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

·       The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

 

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build abetter working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities andcreativefreedom to make things better.Whenever you join, however long you stay, theexceptionalEY experience lasts a lifetime.And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

 

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Make your mark.

 


Who we are

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.