Resource Planning Specialist, Actuarial & Consulting

Isio; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the consulting space is seeking a Resource Planning Specialist to ensure optimal resource allocation for their growing client projects. The role involves balancing strategic planning with operational demands, making impactful decisions that enhance client satisfaction and employee well-being.

Benefits

Significant development opportunities

Wide variety of experience

Flexible approach to work

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field is required.
• Experience in resource management, preferably in consulting.
• Proficient in Microsoft software including Power BI and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for mobilising talent across client projects.
• Forecast and manage staffing needs across projects.
• Analyse project data to predict future resourcing trends.

Skills

Analytical skills

Proactive attitude

Resource management

Capacity planning

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Resource Planning Specialist, Actuarial & Consulting

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Resource Planning Specialist, Actuarial & Consulting

As part of our Actuarial & Consulting management team, you will be responsible for mobilising our talent across Isio’s client projects, ensuring efficient resource allocation so that workload demands are balanced and skills are used to optimum effect, both for our clients and our 500+ people.

You will use utilisation trends data to identify capacity within our business and create a resource planning process to enhance our ability to meet client deadlines and needs.

This role will balance strategic planning with day-to-day operational demands, ensuring the right people are deployed to the right projects at the right time. Your work will directly contribute to client satisfaction, employee well-being, and the achievement of Isio’s growth objectives.

Role and Responsibilities

• Resource Allocation
• Forecast and proactively manage staffing needs across ongoing clients and projects, ensuring alignment with specialisms and deadlines.
• Match team skills/experience to client requirements, balancing workload across junior/senior colleagues to prevent burnout and underutilisation, prioritising employee well-being
• Collaborate with project managers and local leadership teams to address resourcing or specialist capability gaps (e.g. using contractors, upskilling staff, secondments) and resolve conflicts in resource demands.
• Review existing resource allocation tools, identify and implement areas of improvement
• Capacity Planning
• Monitor utilisation rates and identify bottlenecks in high-demand areas and identify areas of capacity (e.g. across grade group, location or specialism).
• Collaborate with department heads (e.g. HR, Finance, local leadership, proposition leads) to forecast staffing needs
• Develop scenario-based staffing models to support business growth or market volatility.
• Data-Driven Insights
• Analyse historical project data to predict future resourcing trends.
• Monitor resource utilisation metrics, providing insights to senior leadership.
• Use tools, such as Power BI, to visualise workforce metrics, trends, risks and opportunities for operational effectiveness.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and integrate innovative solutions and tools to ensure operational effectiveness (e.g. ERP systems, scheduling software)
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Advise senior leadership on long-term resourcing strategy (e.g. hiring pipelines, niche skill development) and forecast staffing needs.
• Work with Operations Director to identify trends within the Actuarial & Consulting practice and recommend areas for continual process improvements.
• Work with local leadership teams to ensure current and future work demands are understood and resource plans are in place as required.
• Partner with HR to align recruitment needs with capability specialisms (e.g. scheme actuary, consulting, project management, technical analysts, insurance specialists).
• Compliance & Governance
• Ensure resource plans meet regulatory requirements (e.g. regulatory guidelines, client SLAs).

Key Skills & Experience

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• Previous experience in resource management, preferably in professional services or consulting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software included but not limited to Excel, PowerBI.
• Strong analytical skills
• A proactive ‘can-do’ attitude, ability to work in a team but also make tough choices and be directional, and prepared to engage in difficult conversations to find solutions.
• Experience in workforce planning tools and knowledge of Agile methodologies or project management frameworks.
• Experience of working in the employee benefits industry (e.g. Actuarial firm)
• Familiarity with Isio’s core sectors (e.g. defined benefit pensions, employee benefits, investment advisory, wealth management).
• Experience with AI-driven resource optimisation tools

Demonstrated Commitment to our Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows us to deliver the best for our clients.
• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes us stronger.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

What we offer you

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that’ll be available to you will enable you to do this.

You can find out more about Isio and the benefits we offer here Isio - Careers & Benefits.

About Isio

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.

Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We have offices across the UK and many of our roles offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work to help create a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

If you think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for any reason at any stage of your recruitment process, please email [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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