Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Monitor and process planning requests and adjustments submitted by engagement personnel, analysing and challenging planning where relevant.
- Monitor availability, conflict bookings and resource shortages.
- Coordinate the annual year end planning process.
- Analyse and challenge engagement metrics to ensure appropriate allocation of business unit resources.
- Prioritise client bookings where appropriate.
- Prepare weekly utilisation and chargeability reports and analyse for inconsistencies and investigate/challenge as necessary.
- Prepare monthly forecasts and analysis for the business unit.
- Maintain annual headcount projection information.
- Assist in the education of client servicing personnel on the resourcing process.
- Liase with Learning and Development for the scheduling of resources to training
- Maintenance of counsellor and buddy information in the Lead system
- General admin and other related duties – data entry, timesheet monitoring, locker allocation
To Qualify for this role, you will need:
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications
- Intermediate - Advanced Excel skills
- Experience working closely with large groups of people in a professional service-oriented environment (workforce planning or previous resource planning is advantageous, but not essential)
- A key interest in resource management and driving best practices
- An understanding of the basic financial drivers and key KPI’s of a professional services firm – particularly around production and utilisation or a proven aptitude to learn in this area
The Resource Coordinator reports directly to the Operations Manager and maintains close liaison with:
- Members of the Assurance resource team and relevant Operations Managers
- Internal Assurance management up to and including the Sector Leader (Partner) and staff.
- This role will require the flexibility to work some overtime when required
- The Resource Coordinator must be able to work in a connected environment where face-to-face communications with their peer group and primary contacts is not always possible.
- As a client support role the majority of time would be spent within the E&Y offices.
- The Assurance Resource Planning Team and Planning Framework provide a career path for committed individuals, with the opportunity to progress to Resource Manager if the role is available, and to play a critical role in the coordination of the division’s resources.