At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The opportunity

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 Brisbane office your role will be all about working with people, building relationships and solving problems.

The Workforce Planner is responsible for connecting people to the experiences which enrich the lives and careers of our Assurance professionals. Working as part of a broader national resource team, you will be responsible for applying consistent resource planning across a range of engagements for the Brisbane practice and will work closely with the business to ensure all staffing needs are met.

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 resource
• Resource management – Actively managing our available resource, 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
• Identify and implement improvements in resourcing processes and reporting

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience with resource management and/or supply and demand management within professional services
• Ability to understand the business and learn the unique skills, needs, desires and goals of our people
• Ability to find the right opportunities and connections to create diverse, inclusive and high-performing teams
• Able to optimize business performance by advocating solutions, providing insights and managing expectations in pursuit of increasing utilization and employee engagement
• Exceptional client service with a strong desire to build exceptional, high-performing teams
• Demonstrating personal leadership and having presence, vitality and agility
• Experience in using MS Excel and information/data analysis with a high degree of accuracy

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• 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 in order to balance individual and business needs
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and strong personal integrity and ability to work autonomously

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or phone +61 3 8650 7788 (option 4).

We understand the importance of social distancing at this time so our recruitment and onboarding process may be managed virtually so we can continue to prioritise the safety and wellbeing of EY people, clients, guests and the broader public.  

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

What we offer

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Continuous learning: personalised career development including coaching, experiences and formal learning so you’ll develop the mindset and skills you’ll need to thrive in the future.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

At EY, you’ll be rewarded and recognised based on your performance and our comprehensive benefits package can be tailored to your individual needs.