Tax Talent Alignment Manager

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Company Profile :

At FORVIS, your career is designed with a purpose. We want our team members to thrive professionally and feel the impact their work yields when serving clients, industries, and local communities.

This starts by empowering team members to design a career journey that leverages their skills and fuels their passions.

Creating a best-in-class employee experience is at the heart of our vision for the future. With several industry focus areas, multiple service lines, and locations in five geographical regions across the country to choose from, the opportunities for your career are without limit.

About FORVIS

FORVIS is a Top-10 professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services, driven by our commitment to using our forward vision to provide rewarding career opportunities and deliver unmatched client experiences.

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Design your career with purpose at FORVIS. FORVIS, LLP is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications.

Requisition Number : 2232997

Position Title : Tax Talent Alignment Manager

External Description : Description & Requirements

As part of our Talent Alignment Group (TAG), the Talent Alignment Manager works closely with Managers and Partners to ensure engagements are staffed appropriately and enables our practices to leverage the right talent, on the right clients, at the right time.

Our team strives for the efficient and effective deployment of our firm's talent with a strong focus on ensuring people are provided with opportunities to grow professionally while balancing the needs of the business and the firm's clients.

How you will contribute :

• Scheduling of talent to appropriate client assignments based on timing, travel, levels, skills, and other necessary requirements
• Utilizing scheduling tools to forecast hours, track / manage utilization, and monitor overall headcount, chargeable hours, and overtime to ensure work is distributed appropriately
• Managing open needs by identifying solutions as well as anticipating potential conflicts and proactively managing them by generating ideas and surfacing alternative solutions
• Collaborating with engagement teams to maintain an updated scheduling system with realistic information to ensure accurate reporting and forecasting
• Maintaining a solid understanding of the skills, experiences, and career goals of professional staff to ensure optimal client assignments alignments;

ensuring skills and interest profiles are updated regularly as required

• Maintaining a strong pulse on current and future needs and capacity.
• Analyzing resource data / identifying trends around key data and metrics such as availability, utilization, actual vs scheduled variance data, team leverage, and open needs
• Collaborating with the leaders to ensure consistency and alignment with strategy, elevating areas of opportunity, concern, or performance challenges
• Building strong relationships with client serving personnel at all levels as well as collaborating closely with other Internal Firm Services teams (e.

g., Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Operations)

• Collaborating with peers to innovate, educate and promote consistent firm-wide resource management practices.
• May serve as a manager or coach for lower-level resource management staff.

We are looking for people who have Forward Vision and :

• Works effectively across multiple offices and with virtual teammates and can build strong relationships remotely
• Adapts to change and is skilled in productively managing people's reaction to it; is a demonstrated change agent
• A results-oriented mindset with the ability to be decisive and impartial
• Ability to balance competing priorities, requests and needs of various stakeholders
• Can "think on your feet" to problem solve issues Asks tough questions and holds people accountable in a way that maintains trust and respect
• Can successfully operate in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational, time management, and written and verbal communication skills
• Manages sensitive and confidential information with discretion and maintains confidentiality in interactions

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• 5 years or more of experience in a similar role
• Strong technical and analytical skills, including data management and manipulation capabilities
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications with exceptional Excel skills
• Experience in tax client service and / or tax resource management
• Ability to work more than 40 hours a week, as needed
• Some business travel expected

Preferred Qualifications :

• 10 years or more of experience in a similar role
• CPA license or Resource Management Certified Professional (RMCP)

California Pay Transparency

Pursuant to the pay transparency laws of California, the salary range displayed is for the California market. The salary for this role will be based on the experience, education, and skill set of the individual for the position.

Total compensation and benefits consist of salary, group health plan benefits, 401(K), profit-sharing contributions, flexible time off, and parental leave.

FORVIS reserves the right to make changes to the salary range based on business needs.

California Salary Range :

CA Minimum Salary (USD) : $75,000

CA Maximum Salary (USD) : $137,000

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