Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance)

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Job description

As 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!

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Resource Management, Senior Specialist (Assurance) to join the team in our Northeast Region.

CohnReznick is a hybrid firm meaning 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 alternate time between both remote and office. At CohnReznick, we believe in creating the conditions in which everyone can do their best work, collaborate, learn, and build community. This results in our ability to create opportunities for our people, make a difference for our clients, and strengthen our internal and external communities.

WHY COHNREZNICK?

• Work-Life Blend: Our team members accrue up to 30 days of PTO depending on their level & take advantage of 17 paid holidays including two weeks off a year when all CR Team members take time off together (July 4th week and Thanksgiving week).
• Parental Leave: Our expanded leave is up to 8 weeks following the birth or placement of a child.
• Flexibility: Our team members have options of being fully virtual, hybrid or in the office based on theirs and the business needs. All full time or part time CR team members are offered a home office stipend upon onboarding to help them get setup at home.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Whether it's through participation in our Employee Resource Groups such as CR Blac, CR PRIDE, WomenCAN, VMA, CR Green, Raza or AAPI or through CR Cares, our team members give back to the communities they live and work in.
• Total Rewards: We offer a competitive annual compensation, annual discretionary performance bonus, referral & client bonuses, spot bonus opportunities, 401k match with profit sharing contributions and incentive and support towards achieving the CPA licensure.
• Learning & Development: Our team members have access to learning opportunities focusing on technical, leadership, and success skills that support their growth and career advancement, not to mention the necessary resources to meet their compliance needs.
• Wellness resources: Our virtual care programs such as Headspace, Spring Health, Prevention Cloud, and Peerfit help support our team members' mental and physical well-being.
• Performance Coach: Each CR Team member is aligned to a Performance Coach who will support them in establishing their goals and provide guidance and support along their career path of choice.
• The CR Friend: Your CR Friend will serve as a familiar face when you first join the firm and is someone you can always reach out to.

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.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at Please note: This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

CohnReznick does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are currently engaged by CohnReznick Talent Acquisition Team by way of a written agreement to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person, or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that CohnReznick will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.

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