Resourcing Planning Manager

THE BUSINESS

AAB is a tech-enabled business critical services group, providing services that help businesses at every stage of the lifecycle, helping them manage the critical elements that make businesses tick - their people and their finances.

AAB are focused on people. They believe in the resilience of the human spirit; that with bravery, hard work and perseverance, people can accomplish amazing things. AAB are human, passionate, bold, motivational, positive, empathetic, driven and straight-talking.

THE TEAM

At AAB we pride ourselves on providing everyone with an inspiring career opportunity. Our culture keeps the layers simple and the relationship personal. We know that our success is down to one thing, our people, and we make sure looking after our people is at the heart of everything we do.

Does AAB sound like a good fit for you? We currently have an opening for a Resourcing Planning Manager to join our Audit team.

THE ROLE

Resourcing Planning Manager - UK

As Resource Planning Manager, you will work closely with Partners and Directors across the Group, to ensure the effective deployment, utilisation and development of team members. You will be skilled at building relationships and be focused on achieving the best commercial outcomes for the Group. You will be responsible for not just ensuring optimum resource allocation and utilisation but also providing timely and accurate management information to various stakeholders by identifying shortfalls, clashes and inefficiencies to help in contingency planning. You will have a deep understanding of the resourcing strategies and how they align with your business unit.

* Liaising with Partners, Directors and Managers across AAB Group to understand their client / project resource requirements.
* Driving utilisation and advising stakeholders on resourcing solutions and best practice.
* Identifying resourcing solutions whilst factoring in the client needs and individual skills.
* Managing conflicting demands on the team to ensure the best and most profitable outcomes are achieved for the business and for our clients.
* Maintain and administer work planners.
* Provide administrative support for all aspects of the resourcing process.
* Ensure that clients are provided with the best teams of people, combining industry experience with technical knowledge to ensure maximum commercial advantage.
* Strategic talent management of team members; actively considering their career development needs and aligning them to engagement experiences accordingly.
* Liaise, influence and challenge effectively to build relationships at all levels and with multiple stakeholders.
* Identify and negotiate the release of suitable resources to cope with the needs of teams, when new work has been won and/or when project/job timings change.
* Reporting and forecasting of workforce utilisation and making strategic resource deployment decisions to maximise utilisation.
* Be accountable for identification of process improvement, being innovative and bringing best practice.

Experience required:
* Experience in resource planning and management processes with exposure to tools and systems
* Intermediate IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel)
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
* Proven ability to operate under pressure with conflicting priorities, tight deadlines and demanding stakeholder needs
* Experience in a professional services firm (desirable)

THE BENEFITS

Over the years, AAB has been recognised for its excellent working practices by some of the most prestigious award bodies in the UK. We pride ourselves in the fact that our approach across the AAB Group has gained an excellent reputation and is loved by our employees.

Some of our benefits are

• Hybrid, agile and family friendly working practices to enable you to manage your work life alongside your home life
• Ongoing personalised coaching and mentoring programmes to maximize your potential
• Full payment of private healthcare and dental care
• Workplace pension
• Regular updates from our Health & Wellbeing team and access to all Headspace resources
• We're energetic people who like nothing more than having a bit of fun; with our Social Club organising frequent staff events and initiatives
• Volunteering leave through the AABIE Charitable Initiative
• Working at a recognised Best Company and Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For
• Regular communication from our leadership team regarding AAB Group activities and initiatives