EY Workforce Planner 

New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland 

933914981

As our Workforce Planner you’ll be responsible for connecting people to the experiences which enrich the lives and careers of our Assurance professionals. Working as part of a broader Oceania resource team, you will be responsible for applying consistent resource planning across a range of engagements for our New Zealand client practice and will work closely with the business to ensure all staffing needs are met. You will be overseeing client portfolio of our resources across our Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington offices.

Your key responsibilities

• Stakeholder and Relationship management – responsible for managing key relationships within and across Assurance.
• Opportunity and Demand – work with engagement managers to actively allocate resources, challenge hours, timing and flexibility of engagements to find suitable resources.
• Resource management – actively managing our available resources, understanding their capability and proactively identifying opportunities and resolving resourcing conflicts.
• Resource optimisation – highlighting capability across the team and wider Assurance to optimise performance and meeting engagement metrics.
• Developing and analysing resource management reports – engagement planning trends, utilisation, production.
• Identifying and implementing improvements in resourcing processes and reporting.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience with resource management and/or supply and demand management within professional services.
• Ability to understand the business and learn the unique skills, needs and goals of our people.
• Ability to find the right opportunities and connections to create diverse, inclusive and high-performing teams.
• Able to optimise business performance by advocating solutions, providing insights and managing expectations in pursuit of increasing utilisation and employee engagement.
• Experience in using MS Excel and information/data analysis with a high degree of accuracy.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities within the business and operational market.
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiating skills to balance individual and business needs.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and strong personal integrity and ability to work autonomously.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.

• A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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