Resourcing Assistant Manager

Job Description Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.nYou'll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you're supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You'll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, wegrow,belongandimpact.nAbout the teamnOperational resourcing is a growing, strategically important function focused on improving client delivery, enhancing data accuracy, strengthening risk management, and enabling our people to develop through fair allocation and transparent deployment.nThe Resourcing Assistant Manager will play a central role in supporting with transition to a more centralised, tooldriven resource management model. This role will remove operational burden from managers and directors, freeing up capacity for client work and enabling more consistent, high-quality staffing decisions.nAbout the rolenThis role combines daytoday execution with changemanagement responsibilities, ensuring data integrity, improving utilisation insight, and helping embed new processes across service lines as the resourcing model matures. It sits within Business Support, Finance Operational Resourcing team, reporting to a Resourcing Senior Manager.nnAllocate resources to projects, focus on resources under Manager. This includes offshore resources.nDevelop deep knowledge of individual staff skills, training pathways and experience levels to make informed, equitable deployment decisions.nPrioritise resource during peak periods to ensure client delivery quality, escalating conflicting demands for resolution.nEnsure that nonclient commitments (e.g., internal projects, training, study leave) are accurately reflected in Retain in partnership with Early Careers and L&D teams.nSupport centralised resource planning, enabling agile deployment and resource sharing as the resourcing model expands.nMaintain data accuracy for aligned business areas within the resourcing system, ensuring reliability for decision-making.nMonitor utilisation, chargeability, capacity, unstaffed hours and other KPIs, providing analysis to Senior Manager and Service Line leadership.nSupport planning cycles including clash resolution, planning sheet review, and data imports into Retain.nProduce ad hoc reporting and MI for engagement teams, Ops Directors and SL leads.nHelp prepare for future tool enhancements or replacements (aligned to firmwide transformation).nnWhat we are looking fornnExperience with change management and setting up new processes from scratch.nStrong business partnering skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.nAbility to analyse data, identify trends and present insights clearly to nontechnical audiences.nStrong organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment.nHigh attention to detail, particularly relating to data accuracy and workflow quality.nConfident using resource systems, scheduling tools or advanced Excel/PowerBI.nnDiversity, Equity & InclusionnAt Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team

Created: 2026-04-09