EY is hiring a
Assurance Resource Manager

Summary

The job is for an Assurance Resource Manager in the growing assurance department of Mowery & Schoenfeld. The role involves managing resources, scheduling, and ensuring staff efficiency to enhance team collaboration and client experience. Candidates must have prior experience as an audit or assurance professional with at least 2+ years in an assurance management capacity.

Requirements

• 5+ years serving clients as an audit or assurance professional, including at least 2+ years working in an assurance management capacity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to work closely with diverse audiences at all levels of the organization
• Effective organization and time management and ability to manage multiple tasks at once with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to respond positively to changing and urgent circumstances, seek and implement change to drive business improvement, serve as a change advocate
• Critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills
• Process driven and ability to help train/drive/develop processes to create unity and consistency across all offices within various functions and markets
• Conflict resolution skills, including the abilities to negotiate and influence others
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with larger teams
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel

Responsibilities

• Interact with assurance team to understand scope of project work, identify needed resources, and determine staff assignments
• Monitor schedules daily to ensure staff are effectively utilized to support the ongoing project workload of the assurance team
• Make decisions on staffing issues by working with all levels within the engagement team to find solutions for workload balancing and accommodation of client due dates
• Act as a resource and point of contact to mediate scheduling conflicts that develop and resolve resource needs
• Monitor productivity, scheduling conflicts, team leverage, availability, travel, and non-charge hours
• Ensure compliance with leadership priorities around capacity, client needs/budgets, engagement profitability, growth, and staff development
• Assist in the development and implementation of scheduling process improvements and provide information for short-term and longer-term strategic decisions
• Communicate with assurance team leader regarding future needs versus availability, potential staffing issues, and other information to allow the effective deployment of resources
• Proof, edit and check work for completeness, accuracy and formatting. Verify that scheduling, reporting and other related information is current and accurate

Benefits

• Remote, hybrid or in-office work environment
• Firm wide influence, fulfillment, and a collaborative team approach
• A people-centered culture with fun included among our core firm values
• Training and development program designed to help you grow yourself and the firm