Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance)

Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance)

CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation's top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do! CohnReznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). Together, the firm provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients' unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia. We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance) to join the team. CohnReznick is a hybrid firm and most of our professionals are located within a commutable distance to one of our offices. This position is considered hybrid which means team members are expected to be thoughtful and intentional in how they create opportunities for in-person collaboration. While the cadence of in-office presence is determined at the team level, our professionals are encouraged to be in the office/together in person on average 3 days a week.

WHY COHNREZNICK? At CohnReznick, we're united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it's working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your "why" at the firm. We believe it's important to balance work with everyday life - and make time for enjoyment and fun. We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer.

YOUR ROLE. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Resource Management experience supporting an audit/assurance practice is required in a Professional Services Organization
• Knowledge and understands workforce planning and can work with our business leaders that can shift projects and employee schedules based on skill and availability.
• Experience with handling a high volume of current and future project needs with a solid understanding of projections to make sound hiring decisions.
• Monitor utilization and target hours against business plans, highlighting adverse variance and potential issues for resolution for over 100 client service professionals.
• Understand the business and the work they perform to make sound business decision with identifying the right skills of our people against demand requirements such as special requirements, timing constraints, staffing continuity, leverage model, and geography.
• Maintain a solid understanding of employees' career goals and development opportunities align to individual interest.
• Deliver monthly metrics on staffing trends/resource activities, improving visibility of unallocated resources and increasing cross-sharing staffing activity.
• Ensure the workforce is efficiently planned according to the operational requirements and resource management service level agreements.
• Working knowledge of resource management platforms and technology.
• Apply influence skills on others to accept planning proposals, when promoting procedural best practice, using basic data, logic, or a solid business case.
• Other responsibilities and projects as directed by the Service Line Resource Management Leader, Manager, or by the Resource Management Center of Expertise.

YOUR EXPERIENCE. The successful candidate will have:

• 4-year undergrad degree in Business Management/Administration or 4-year undergrad degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant resource management or workforce planning experience.
• Driver of change and can work independently with minimal direction.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically strong excel skills and ability to use pivot tables, formulas, macros, and advance excel analytics functions.
• Solid understanding of financial statements and utilization metrics.
• Strong organization and time management skills to ensure that work related activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize work in an efficient manner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, tactfully, and courteously using our internal communication tools.
• Must be able to exercise creative problem-solving techniques and provide solutions.

In Colorado, the salary range for a Resource Management Senior Specialist is $78,000 to $107,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. Salary is one component of the CohnReznick total rewards package, which includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded and inclusive parental benefits, and access to best-in-class learning and development platforms, to name a few.

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