Assurance Resource Planner at Ernst and Young

Requisition ID: 252761

The Opportunity

• The resource planner is full time role and is responsible for the planning of all resources (partners to trainees) within the assurance business. 
• This includes ensuring staff continuity year on year, proactively managing clashes, resolving these in good time, and communicating planning outcomes to managers / partners concerned. 
• The resource planner is also responsible for collation of weekly reports, monitoring staff behavior, reporting on problems in the business and approving leave and overtime.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Planning of client work on retain (12-month forward looking)
• Creating New intake portfolios for a 12-month period
• Monitoring core hours (SAICA requirement)
• Reports for weekly meetings
• Utilization
• PVC (planned vs charged)
• Escalation of issues to Resource Managers/HR Managers
• Monitoring of unassigned staff & unassigned register
• Planning of vac students at various times in the year
• Planning of secondment staff from other countries
• Tracking/Monitoring & Remedial Action on low/high forecasted utilization
• Ensure diversity of teams (especially on key accounts)
• Overtime approval
• Leave approval and planning of leave on retain.

Attributes of person in the role:

• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• Self-managed
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to prioritize
• Work in a team
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Pro-active
• Comfortable to work with junior and senior staff
• Approachable but firm manner.

Salary
Competitive