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Workforce Planner - Assurance

Location:  Auckland
Other locations:  Primary Location Only
Salary: Competitive
Date:  24 Feb 2025

Job description

Requisition ID:  1583989

 

 

 

Workforce Planner - Auckland 

 

In your career, will you tick all the right boxes or think outside them?

 

Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu I With wings a bird will fly 

 

At EY we believe that whoever you are, your uniqueness helps us stand apart. 

 

We bring together extraordinary people, like you, to build a better working world. 

 

Kei a koe te mana I The choice is yours  

 

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter and strong team player who likes to challenge themselves. As a Workforce Planner within the Assurance team in our Auckland office your role will be all about working with people, building relationships and solving problems. 

 

As our Workforce Planner you’ll be responsible for connecting people to the experiences which enrich the lives and careers of our Assurance professionals. Working as part of a broader Oceania resource team, you will be responsible for applying consistent resource planning across a range of engagements for our New Zealand client practice and will work closely with the business to ensure all staffing needs are met. You will be overseeing client portfolio of our resources across our Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington offices.

 

Reporting into the Operations Manager, this coordinator role is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their stakeholder engagement skills and take the next step in their career. 

 

This is a permanent, full-time role based in Auckland.  

 

Ō Pūmanawa I What we’re looking for

 

Here’s our ‘wish list’ but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.  

  • Experience with resource management and/or supply and demand management within professional services. 
  • Ability to understand the business and learn the unique skills, needs and goals of our people. 
  • Ability to find the right opportunities and connections to create diverse, inclusive and high-performing teams. 
  • Able to optimise business performance by advocating solutions, providing insights and managing expectations in pursuit of increasing utilisation and employee engagement. 
  • Demonstrating personal leadership and having presence, vitality and agility.  
  • Experience in using MS Excel and information/data analysis with a high degree of accuracy. 
  • Confident communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. 
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities within the business and operational market. 
  • Strong conflict resolution and negotiating skills to balance individual and business needs. 
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and strong personal integrity and ability to work autonomously. 

 

Your key responsibilities 

 

  • Stakeholder and Relationship management – responsible for managing key relationships within and across Assurance. 
  • Opportunity and Demand – work with engagement managers to actively allocate resources, challenge hours, timing and flexibility of engagements to find suitable resources. 
  • Resource management – actively managing our available resources, understanding their capability and proactively identifying opportunities and resolving resourcing conflicts. 
  • Resource optimisation – highlighting capability across the team and wider Assurance to optimise performance and meeting engagement metrics. 
  • Developing and analysing resource management reports – engagement planning trends, utilisation, production. 
  • Identifying and implementing improvements in resourcing processes and reporting. 

 

Kuhu mai ki a EY I Come, be a part of EY  

 

 

Apply now… we’re over 1,000 perspectives in Aotearoa New Zealand and we’re ready to welcome yours.  

 

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We hold a collective commitment to continue to drive an environment where all differences are valued, practices are equitable, and everyone experiences a sense of belonging— where people are inspired to team and lead inclusively in their interactions every day. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.  

 

Whāia te iti kahurangi I The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. 

 

 

EY | Building a better working world 

 

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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