Resource Planner

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Administration

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

Our Financial Services Assurance Practice works with organisations to strengthen trust and transparency by building, maintaining and providing trust over financial reporting in a fast changing, technology-driven world. As Asia’s top financial services practice, our audit approach is at the leading edge of best practice. We draw upon our extensive industry knowledge for our clients including top blue chip companies in the asset management, banking, capital markets, and insurance sectors. We provide our clients with insights, empowered by leading technologies, into marketplace developments and global opportunities.

In staffing and deployment at PwC, your work will focus on managing and optimising the deployment of employees within the organisation, getting the right talent to the right place at the right time.

What will your typical day look like?

Proactively work with the business to manage demand, supply and capability: allocating staff on engagements, identifying the most suitable person (skills and career aspirations) for the engagements as well as focusing on client service delivery.

The Consultant will work closely with the Resource Management Team to successfully deliver the required support to various stakeholders. The Consultant will be responsible for the day-to-day administrative functions related to scheduling staff on engagements, preparing reports for the business unit and other tasks as following:

Workforce Allocation and Reporting:

• Allocate engagements with appropriate mix of resources (level, skills, experience, onshore vs offshore) based on relevant guidelines to meet engagement needs
• Identifies engagement conflicts and requirements and escalates issues to more senior member of RM Team and/ or the Sector Resource Manager as appropriate and in a timely manner
• Support weekly conference calls and meetings in relation to the allocation of staff
• Work with the Acceleration Center (offshore) team and other team members to manage overall resource deployment
• Coordinate the resource management email inbox daily
• Prepare/ run relevant reports and undertake initial analysis as appropriate

Forecast Management:

• Maintain S&D Talentlink (Resourcing system) as a live and accurate database to reflect development regarding the deployment (tentative and approved) of staff on engagements and various leave planning
• Prepare resource utilisation projection and engage in discussion with the Sector Resource Manager on any issue identified
• Manage and update data on new starters, transfers and departures

People Expertise:

• Build relationships with staff within the relevant sector in FSA
• Build a sound knowledge of the resources being scheduled, including their skills, experience and aspirations
• Conduct new joiner orientation

Let’s talk about you

For us to meet the future challenges of the Resource Management function, we want to attract candidates from varying backgrounds and industries. The individual must possess the below:

• 1-3 years of experience in a professional environment, with Financial Services or Accounting experience highly regarded
• An interest in workforce planning, resource management and similar disciplines
• Strong business acumen with a willingness to learn
• Excellent communication skills
• Extremely organised with exceptional time management and prioritisation skills
• Proactive and positive attitude couples with high energy, motivation and enthusiasm
• High level analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good humor and ability to withstand stress
• Ability to quickly gain credibility trust and respect from colleagues of all levels
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and managing simultaneous tasks
• Awareness and appropriate discretion when dealing with sensitive or confidential material

Technical prerequisites:

• Experience with database management
• Strong administration skills
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft (especially Excel for reporting)

*Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to the high number of applicants for this role.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Business Performance Management, Business Reporting, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Coordinating Staff, Data Analysis, Demand Management, Development Collaboration, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Human Resources (HR) Report, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Optimism, Project Resource Allocation, Project Resource Management, Resource Allocation, Resource Identification, Resource Interpretation, Resource Management, Resource Sharing, Staffing Model {+ 10 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date