Audit Resource Manager

FORVIS has an outstanding career opportunity to join our growing resource management team! As part of our Talent Alignment Group (TAG), the Resource Manager (RM) works closely with Managers and Partners to ensure engagements are staffed appropriately and enables our practices to leverage the right talent, on the right clients, at the right time. Our team strives for the efficient and effective deployment of our firm’s talent with a strong focus on ensuring people are provided opportunities to grow professionally while balancing the needs of the business and the firm’s clients.

How you will contribute:

• Be a trusted member of the TAG team, manage and execute effective resource management processes for an assigned population. This includes:
• Scheduling of talent to appropriate client assignments based on timing, travel, levels, skills, and other necessary requirements
• Utilizing tools to forecast hours, track/manage utilization, and monitor overall headcount, chargeable hours, and overtime to ensure work is distributed
• Managing open needs by identifying solutions as well as anticipating potential conflicts and proactively managing them by generating ideas and surfacing alternative solutions

• Collaborating with engagement teams to maintain an updated scheduling system with realistic information to ensure accurate reporting and forecasting
• Maintaining a solid understanding of the skills, experiences, and career goals of professional staff to ensure optimal client assignments alignments; ensuring skills and interest profiles are updated regularly as required
• Maintaining a strong pulse on current and future needs and capacity
• As part of our long-term and merger integration efforts, TAG team members will work together to Innovate, Educate and Promote consistent resource management practices. This includes:
• Helping design, support, and guide a consistent resource management approach
• Supporting the merger of processes, tools, and metrics as we integrate teams
• Continuously shaping the future of our workforce planning to remain current and relevant as the business changes

We are looking for people with Forward Vision and:

• Ability to work effectively across multiple offices and with virtual teammates and build strong relationships remotely

• Ability to adapt to change and skilled in productively managing people’s reaction to it; is a demonstrated change agent
• A results-oriented mindset with the ability to be decisive and impartial
• Ability to balances competing priorities, requests and needs of various stakeholders
• Ability to “think on your feet” to problem solve issues
• Willingness to ask tough questions and hold people accountable in a way that maintains trust and respect
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational, time management, and written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical and analytical skills, including data management and manipulation capabilities
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and maintain confidentiality in interactions
• Ability to influence outcomes and build consensus to support our “One Firm” focus
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work more than 40 hours a week, as needed

• Ability to travel as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors' degree from an accredited college or university required.

• 5-10 years of relevant work experience within professional services preferred (resource management or external client facing)

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office application, exceptional excel skills