Resource Management Senior Associate

Duties & Responsibilities

• Intake and coordinate staffing requirements with business leaders for client engagements in your assigned team
• Own and manage project staffing for assigned team by understanding project requirements and employee skillsets, using this information to make project assignments
• Proactively build strong relationships with employees, gaining an understanding of their skillets, development interests, personal preferences and project work to align future staffing opportunities
• Develop proficiency in the resource management planning tool
• Prepare and distribute regularly (weekly and monthly) utilization and forecasting analyses
• Maintain appropriate level of confidentiality on sensitive employment matters and performance history of staff
• Coordinate staffing needs for contingent workers with the Procurement team
• Participate as an active member of the Resource Management team, identifying and deploying continual process improvement and standardization across the enterprise
• Escalate issues, as applicable, to RM Strategy Lead
• Participate in other duties required by the Resource Management Strategy Lead to support overall resource management functions

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of related experience in resource management staffing required; professional services experience strongly preferred
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, utilizing intermediate to advanced functions and data aggregation / analysis techniques
• Experience with PowerBI, Visio, Smartsheets and SharePoint is preferred, but not required
• Experience with Workday is preferred, but not required
• Strong technical skills with the demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new systems
• Demonstrated organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to set up systems to easily recall important details
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to develop relationships of trust and confidence quickly and carefully across both internal and external stakeholders at all levels across an organization
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate
• Demonstrated analytical mind, a strong intellectual curiosity
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated, while also being an exceptional collaborator
• Interest in working in a dynamic setting and flexibility to manage time sensitive priorities
• Central Time Zone Work hours are strongly preferred