KPMG India | Assistant Manager_Resource Manangement_Transfer Pricing

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency of best practices for resource management activities, while ensuring timely demand fulfilment of the designated area.
• Monitor designated area’s demands throughout the year and during the long-term scheduling and ensure on-time fulfilment as per defined SLA’s/ timelines.
• Engaging collaboration with the US Tax resource management related to engagement needs, demand fulfillment, conflict resolution etc.
• Monitor resource utilization, load distribution and over/under booking as against the utilization targets for each level.
• Engage CFP’s to better understand their skills and growth areas and help them understand the process maintain their own schedule.
• Responsible for maximizing resource utilization, and proactively communicate deficits/ surplus of resources to Business and Operations Team to make hiring decisions.
• Provide insights to the vertical Leads and assist with discussions/ actionable based on the metrics published.
• Work with the business leads and other area RMs to cross utilize resources across clusters, reallocation of resources and mitigate any concerns around fulfilment gaps.
• Provide accurate data analytics, forecasts and recommended actions to drive business decisions.
• Analyzes key metrics and monitors employee pipeline and staff progress towards chargeable goals, including analysis of under/over utilized staff.
• Assist with cross-staffing opportunities within corresponding vertical and/or service line.
• Review and assessment of appropriate resource leverage across engagements (existing & new hires, tax shared services).
• Participate as Trainer to conduct training.
• Collaborate with managers on staffing allocations to ensure optimal staff experience and engagement requirements / priorities are met.
• Responsible for timely and efficient deliverables of tasks assigned.
• Track all the activity within the team and outside the team to highlight availability or overutilization to avoid burn outs.
• Establishing regular review processes to evaluate the effectiveness of resources management strategies, identify areas for improvement.
• Facilitate New Hire Orientation training for the service delivery team as well as RM team.
• Work along with the Vertical leads for the designated area, RM planners to validate demand and ensure it includes level and time phasing to ensure they have all mandatory details – segment, skills, scope details enabling them to identify resources for the designated area demand.
• Follow robust review mechanism to ensure all RM process alignments and share best practices to bring in effiencies
• Keep a track on any resource gaps and work with HR and Ops team to get a view on hiring pipeline and rotation resources to fulfil demand gaps and open needs
• Take a proactive role in mentoring associates and senior associates members across clusters.
• Share Capacity across BUs to maximize resources utilization – And aid on hiring strategy.
• Empowering the people reporting to them through personalized development, coaching and mentoring and recognition of programs that unlock their full potential and drive high performance
• Adapting uncertainty and ambiguity with resilience and grace, embracing change as a natural part of the journey and adapt quickly to new challenges and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage complex issues by applying increased knowledge.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships and engagement teams.
• Proficient knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and word.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Should be a good team player with strong coordination skills.

KPMG in India

KPMG is one of the Big Four professional services networks, offering audit, tax and advisory services. The global network was formed in 1987 through the merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler.

KPMG in India and KPMG Global Services hire chartered accountants and finance professionals for statutory and internal audit, controls and risk advisory, tax, deal advisory and managed-services roles.

• Industry: Audit, tax and advisory (Big Four)
• In India: KPMG in India and KPMG Global Services, with offices across major cities