Resource Manager - Remote Workforce Planning

Aprio; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

401(k) with profit sharing

Parental leave

Tuition assistance for CPA support

Job summary

Aprio is seeking a Resource Manager to align workforce capacity, skills, and availability with engagement demand. You will own resource allocation, forecast staffing risks, and provide data-driven insights to support operational and financial objectives.

You will lead capacity planning, staffing, and cross-functional coordination across onshore/offshore teams, with remote/hybrid options and a focus on utilization optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Operations, Finance, Project Management, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Tax resource management at a CPA firm, workforce planning, project staffing, operations, or related discipline.
• Experience managing resource allocation, capacity planning, utilization, and workforce forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret workforce, utilization, and operational performance data.
• Experience using workforce management, project management, scheduling, and reporting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, balance competing priorities, and resolve staffing conflicts.
• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Allocate resources based on skills, experience level, availability, timing, and engagement requirements.
• Partner with practice leaders, job managers, and resource pod leaders to balance workloads and align staffing with client commitments.
• Monitor capacity, utilization, leverage, scheduled-versus-actual performance, and forecast accuracy; identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Resolve staffing conflicts, urgent resource needs, delays, and workload imbalances while communicating decisions and schedule changes effectively.
• Maintain accurate resource plans, schedules, open needs, placeholders, skills inventories, and workforce data across resource management systems.
• Lead recurring resource alignment meetings focused on supply and demand, staffing decisions, cross-utilization, forecasting, and workforce risks.
• Manage workforce forecasting and capacity planning to identify future demand, skills gaps, staffing requirements, and hiring needs.
• Coordinate cross-pod, onshore, offshore, outsourced, and integration-related staffing activities to optimize resource deployment.
• Oversee preparation pools and unassigned-work queues to ensure timely staffing and workload progression.
• Support adoption of workforce planning processes, reporting tools, resource management systems, and strategic workforce planning initiatives.

Skills

Resource management

Staffing

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Operations, Finance, Project Management

Tools

ProStaff

Power BI

Workday

Practice Engine

CCH Workflow

Job description

Aprio is seeking a Resource Manager to align workforce capacity, skills, and availability with engagement demand. You will own resource allocation, forecast staffing risks, and provide data-driven insights to support operational and financial objectives.

You will lead capacity planning, staffing, and cross-functional coordination across onshore/offshore teams, with remote/hybrid options and a focus on utilization optimization.