Hybrid Senior Resource Management Consultant

at Plante Moran

• Job title: Senior Resource Management Consultant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $67,500 - $110,000 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Southfield, United States

About the role

• Resource Management Senior Consultant overseeing staffing processes at a leading audit and consulting firm. Collaborating with managers and office leaders to meet utilization goals and improve resource deployment.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and facilitate regular assessments with managers to discuss upcoming assignments, scheduling needs, or capacity
• Manage the staffing/scheduling process for the office/region and department
• Collaborate with office leadership to achieve office utilization goals of staff
• Update data in scheduling system to ensure alignment with assignments communicated by managers
• Create scheduling system reports regularly to assist in resource allocation decisions
• Assist Talent Deployment Manager in monitoring tax/assurance utilization (firmwide)
• Mediate conflicts and resolve resource needs developing in office/region
• Proactively communicate staffing issues and provide information for effective resource deployment
• Assign staff to engagements ensuring balanced workloads
• Lead office, region, and firmwide scheduling meetings

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a professional services/public accounting firm in either tax, audit, or scheduling role
• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or other business related field highly preferred
• Project management skills necessary to: Meet project milestones, Make decisions when required, Monitor databases, Communicate clear objectives, Maintain and develop relationships with staff, Partners, and internal clients, Perform against tight deadlines
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) experience
• Role requires consistent travel to other regional offices

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays
• 401(k) plan
• flexible benefits plans
• business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement
• pension plan for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff
• discretionary bonus plan for eligible staff
• health insurance option for some contingent staff positions
• limited paid sick time