Resource Manager - Advisory

Company: Cherry Bekaert LLP
Location: Virginia Beach
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

We have a new opportunity to join our Advisory Resource Management team as we continue to add integral capabilities and tools to support Cherry Bekaert's growth.As a Resource Manager, you will collaborate with executive and staff-level professionals in this highly visible role. You will implement leadership strategies while executing the scheduling function for your team, including staff allocation, conflict resolution, and alignment of career goals. In this role, you will provide accurate and timely report analysis related to projected/actual hours, utilization, and headcount at both an organizational level and detailed level for practice employees; monitor over and under-utilized individuals and develop actions to balance workload and reporting. You will collaborate with talent acquisition and People & Culture to boost the effectiveness of RM efforts.Last but not least, you are a key contributor to the practice's financial performance by effectively aligning resources to clients' needs while maintaining operational efficiency and keeping a focus on the development, growth, and satisfaction of our people. You may also serve as a Career Advisor to our service line senior resource coordinators.What you will bring to the role:

• Compile and analyze resource management reports (available resources, current resource allocations, resource needs due to changing project needs, etc.) for delivery to management.
• Define and coordinate the introduction and implementation of new Resource Management tools, infrastructure, and processes.
• Take the lead in fulfilling project staffing requests, prioritizing resource requests and resolving resource allocation conflicts for the project assigned.
• Serve as a Trusted Business Advisor to the leaders in the practice along with Regional Leadership.
• Experience creating insightful reports, presentations, and forecasts that allow for actionable, strategic decision making.
• Ability to proactively identify risks, make effective recommendations on how to correct them, and understand when to escalate complex issues.
• Provide workload balancing, prioritization, resource scheduling, and integration of resources into multiple projects in order to maintain optimal utilization of resources.
• Adaptability - you will serve as a change agent leading the way in change management.
• Ability to facilitate collaborative discussions regarding resource assignment, utilization, and gap analysis between resource managers and leaders to influence and get results.
• Initiative and ownership with sound independent judgment.
• Strong relationship building, coaching, and employee development skills.
• Collaborate across service lines/different departments to further the employee experience.Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Minimum of 5 years scheduling/resource management experience or service line experience in Advisory.
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills including complex formulas, pivot tables, and merging capabilities.
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with diverse audiences at all levels of the organization.
  • Effective organization and time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.
  • Ability to respond positively to changing circumstances, seek and implement change to drive business improvement, and serve as a change agent.
  • Operates with a sense of urgency.
  • Ability to facilitate collaborative discussions regarding resource assignment, utilization, and gap analysis between resource managers and leaders.
  • Ability to drive collaboration and communication between teams.
  • Process-driven and ability to help train/drive/develop these processes to create unity and consistency across all offices within line of business and/or solution.Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.Our Benefits: Cherry Bekaert cares about its people. We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The starting hourly rate for this position is $100,000 - $145,000 per year. Individual offers will take into consideration experience, location, and budget. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.Please, no agencies or calls.Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax, and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. "Cherry Bekaert" is the brand name under which Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC, independently owned entities, provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with applicable professional standards. Cherry Bekaert LLP is a licensed CPA firm that provides attest services, and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities provide business advisory and non-attest services spanning the areas of transaction advisory, risk and accounting advisory, digital solutions, cybersecurity, tax, benefits consulting, and wealth management. For more details, visit cbh.com/disclosure.
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