Description
Resource Manager - Workforce Planning - Banking
Location - Southampton
Day Rate- £500 - £600 p/d
Our Client, a leading Wealth Management organisation is looking for an experienced Resource Manager with proven experience of workforce planning within a complex change function within Financial Services. This role will provide the opportunity to work in a high profile environment and be part of a large Change Community.
The successful Resource Manager will be required to define, implement and maintain the sourcing strategy across the whole organisation - Adhere to HR policies for recruitment, screening and On boarding.
Responsibilities for the Resource Manager
- Manage the team by optimising headcount, manage/oversee joiners, leavers and secondments, increasing utilisation and being aware of the impact on employee engagement
- Delivering the manpower and resourcing plan by having a deep understanding of portfolio growth plans and headcount required to support these; balancing these with the needs of the individual
- Conducting regular portfolio reviews to ensure maximum utilisation, development and fair allocation of work for each individual
- Provide a suite of Management Information (MI) to forecast revenue, spot trends, make connections and identify opportunities to improve profitability
- Share knowledge, best practice and network with your colleagues across the business and Resource Management Function
- Understand the firm-wide strategy, business and resource management strategy and know how to apply it Input to the Resourcing objectives and vision for the business unit/line of service
- Influencing and creating a vision for change by championing the delivery of change
- Stakeholder Management
- Delivering outcomes that build relationships by taking into account the different needs of multiple stakeholders; balancing the needs of individuals and those of the business
- Anticipating and recognising when conflict may occur and work to resolve these through supporting and escalating if required
Technical experience:
- Deployment and Manpower Planning
- Look for deployment opportunities and build relationships across all lines of service
- Managing people and their development
- Conflict resolution
- Project management and organisation skills
Skills required
- Proven background working as a Resource Manager with Financial service
- Change background
- Strong workforce planning experience
- Ability to work with senior Stakeholders to create/finalise job specifications.
- Ability to create/deliver a Sourcing strategy across the whole organisation
Please submit a CV no more than four pages long if the above matches your skill set, together with current availability. As we anticipate a high volume of responses, if you have not heard back from us in five working days please assume there were more suitable candidates and your application was unsuccessful.
Adams + Oliver is acting as an Employment Agency or Business for the purposes of this vacancy