Resource Manager - Audit

Job description

Resource Manager – Audit

Base Location: Nationwide based from one of our 20 offices nationally (excluding London):  www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Business Services function is a cornerstone of our UK business. Operating from 20 UK locations and sitting with KPMG Central Services we do work that matters.

Within Central Services we are part of a community of experts across a wide range of critical activities who help grow, run, and protect KPMG in the UK.

From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Business Support, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Sales and Marketing, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm, which we support with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join KPMG as Resource Manager - Audit

The Resource Manager will provide a professional resource management service within Audit.  Working collaboratively with Resource Management across Audit to deliver consistent and effective resource support to the Audit function as a whole. 

What will you be doing?

• Oversee the forward planning process.  Work with the RI’s, PL’s and Engagement Managers to ensure effective staff planning/resource.   Work with the Resourcing Senior Manager and other Resourcing Managers across the Audit function to ensure a consistent approach is applied to forward planning. 
• In conjunction with the Resourcing Senior Manager, continuously review and develop the resourcing transformation/strategy for resourcing within Audit. 
• Work collaboratively with the Resourcing Senior Manager and Resourcing Managers across the Audit function to ensure consistency in implementation of new processes and procedures, particularly around ISQM compliance and monitoring. 
• Understand future pipeline and sales projections, and the implications these have on resource needs, to ensure a proactive and forward looking approach to resourcing demands.
• Be the escalation point for urgent resource requests across respective areas of Audit.  Build excellent working relationships with key stakeholders, drawing on robust negotiation skills to identify solutions.   Attend regular meetings with the POD/HUB/Segment Leads to ensure critical shortfall issues are dealt with effectively.
• Ensure the Headcount Tracker is kept fully updated and link in with POD/HUB/Segment Leads on capacity/shortfalls to feed into recruitment etc. 
• Promote and maximise the off-shore capability groups to leverage profitability on engagements with KGS. Work collaboratively with KGS Champions and offshore leads on any projects/issues relating to KGS. 
• Working with the KGS Lead and KGS RA’s to challenge on BBNW and early releases. 
• Review weekly reporting on utilisation/capacity and follow up actions in reallocating staff. 
• Responsible for day to day supervision and performance management of individuals within the resourcing team. Lead, develop and motivate staff taking full responsibility for individual and team performance, coaching, development and communications. 

What will you need to do it?

• Resourcing background gained in a Professional Services environment
• Excellent relationship management and communications skills by demonstrating the ability to build strong relationships with senior members of staff
• Resilient and capable of working in a challenging, continuously changing environment
• Confident, assertive and have the ability to prioritise and manage both the workload of themselves and the team within which they operate.
• Ability to influence strategic resourcing, training and recruitment decisions through presentation of information that is timely and informative

To discuss this or wider Central Services roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core Central Service hubs for this role are:

• Manchester
• Leeds

• Watford
• Manchester
• Birmingham

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

Find out more:

Within Central Services we have a range of divisions and specialisms.  Click the links to find out more below:

• Central Services (KBS) at KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/kpmg-business-services/
• Inclusivity and KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/people-culture/being-inclusive/
• KPMG Workability and Disability confidence: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/applying-to-kpmg/need-support-let-us-know/

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