Manager – Resource Management, Tax

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Illinois seeks a Senior Resource Manager to allocate client service personnel across engagements, ensuring optimal utilization and alignment with client needs.

You will mentor junior staff, lead deployment initiatives, and collaborate with leadership to drive efficiency and value in delivery. Experience with ProStaff and Workday is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and professional experience in resource management.
• 5+ years in resource management/scheduling at a public accounting firm.
• 2+ years leading a team in resource management, recruiting, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Assign the right client service personnel to engagements by evaluating needs, options, and meeting requirements.
• Challenge schedules to optimize resource use.
• Monitor resources and act as primary contact for local unassigned staff.
• Proactively identify and assign relevant tasks or projects.
• Address conflicts by reassigning roles aligning needs and development goals.
• Provide deployment insights, trends, and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Resource Scheduling

Utilization Reporting

Task Assignment

Workload Balancing

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

ProStaff

Workday

Job description

• Assign the right client service personnel to engagements by evaluating the specific needs of the engagement, reviewing available options, and recommending individuals who meet the requirements of the office/region and the client.
• When necessary, challenge the proposed schedule to ensure the most efficient use of resources.
• Monitor resources and their utilization, serving as the primary point of contact for local unassigned staff.
• Proactively identify and assign relevant tasks or projects to ensure effective resource deployment.
• Address conflicts within the engagement team by identifying alternative roles that align with both the engagement's needs and the staff's developmental goals.
• Identify personnel who are over- or under-utilized and determine the best resources or solutions to balance the workload effectively.
• Design, generate, and analyze reports on utilization, billable hours variance, chargeability, and any other ad-hoc reports requested by leadership.
• Provides key deployment insights, trends, and recommendations to the appropriate business leader(s).
• Maintains deep knowledge of current business priorities, service offerings, skill profiles, client engagements, and active client pursuits.
• Coaches and mentors junior team members to execute their role on the team
• Lead and support deployment initiatives to improve our overall deployment capabilities, drive more value for the business, and advance our deployment vision

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of resource management/scheduling experience at a public accounting firm
• 2+ years leading a team in a resource management, recruiting, talent or operational field
• Experience with ProStaff and Workday

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in resource management and scheduling within a public accounting environment, with a strong focus on team leadership, effective task assignment, and utilization analysis. Proven ability to mentor junior staff and drive deployment initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and client service delivery.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Resource Management
• Team Leadership
• Utilization Analysis
• ProStaff Experience
• Workday Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Resource Scheduling
• Utilization Reporting
• Task Assignment
• Workload Balancing
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Coaching
• Conflict Resolution
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

Industry Keywords

• Public Accounting
• Client Engagements
• Operational Field
• Talent Management