Resourcing Planning Manager

About the Role

Are you an adept strategist with a passion for optimising workforce efficiency? We're on the lookout for a dynamic Resource Planning Manager to join our team and lead the strategic oversight, deployment, and manpower planning for our rapidly growing Audit & Assurance team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Being the driving force behind our resource planning initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and growth plans.
• Identifying and implementing the most commercially beneficial solutions, contributing to the overall success and profitability of our operations.
• Optimising team composition through strategic workforce planning. This includes identifying skills needs and shortages, managing joiners, leavers, and secondments, and enhancing overall team utilization.
• Keeping a keen eye on employee engagement and retention by supporting career development and creating opportunities for skill enhancement.
• Developing and delivering a comprehensive manpower and resourcing plan by deeply understanding our portfolio, growth plans, and headcount demands.

About You

• Proven experience in resource planning and strategic workforce management.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify commercially beneficial solutions.
• Exceptional team management and leadership skills.
• Deep understanding of portfolio, growth plans, and headcount demands.
• A track record of fostering employee engagement and retention through career development initiatives.

Why Bishop Fleming?!

Bishop Fleming is an independent leading provider of audit, accountancy, tax, and advisory services in the UK. With a turnover of £38.4m, the firm saw growth of 15.5% per cent over the last 12 months.

From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming has a wealth of knowledge and experience in areas such as internal and external audit, corporate and personal tax, corporate finance and deals and accounting services.

Bishop Fleming is currently ranked 33 in the Accountancy Age league table and is the number one provider of audit services multi-academy trusts in the academy sector. The firm was also ranked fifth in the inaugural UK Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index.

With 8 offices spanning from the West Midlands to the South West, the firm has 43 partners and nearly 500 staff, and is a certified Great Place to Work®.

Bishop Fleming is a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

We are a firm that thinks clients, people and communities. As a member of Business in the Community (BITC) we are focussed on improving our responsible business practices and collectively making positive impacts for the benefit of society.

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off! 
• Hybrid working 
• A contributory Pension scheme 
• Life assurance 
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services 
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts 
• Yulife employee wellbeing app 
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events   
• Numerous opportunities for career development 

Please contact Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential.  We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated. 

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.