Audit Resource Manager

Whitley Penn a leading CPA and Consulting firm is looking for an Audit Resource Manager to join our team. The Audit Resource Manager is responsible for overseeing audit staffing resource planning and capacity management across the Audit & Assurance practice. This role partners closely with audit partners and managers to ensure the right people are assigned to the right engagements at the right time balancing client needs employee development and firm profitability. The Audit Resource Manager plays a critical role in managing busy season demands forecasting resource needs and improving overall utilization and engagement execution.

JOB DETAILS:

• Title: Audit Resource Manager
• Classification: Full-time; Exempt
• Department: Audit
• Location: Dallas Plano or Fort Worth
• Office Expectations/Hours: Fully in-office position; general work schedule is Monday Friday 8 hours/day between 8am to 5pm with overtime as needed.

How We Work

Whitley Penn has become one of the most distinguished and fastest growing public accounting firms by providing exceptional service that reaches far beyond traditional accounting. We believe in working in collaborative teams with an emphasis on an open-door policy and encouraging entrepreneurial thinking. We learn innovate and succeed by sharing knowledge embracing diversity and working together. We are all part of the same family and each person matters. We are more than just a job.

How Will You Make an Impact

• Own the end-to-end audit staffing process including engagement assignments for interns associates and senior associates across multiple offices or markets.
• Develop and maintain short-term and long-term resource plans to support audit engagements peak busy seasons and firm growth.
• Proactively identify resource gaps over-allocations and underutilization; recommend and implement solutions.
• Partner with audit leadership to forecast hiring needs and seasonal staffing requirements.

How Will You Get Here

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in public accounting audit operations resource management workforce planning or scheduling within a dynamic complex environment.
• Strong organizational and planning capabilities with a proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
• Experience using resource management or scheduling tools preferred.
• Advanced proficiency and experience with Dayshape preferred.
• Understanding of public accounting audit structures engagement lifecycle and busy season dynamics preferred.
• Prior external audit experience in public accounting preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-office or multi-market audit practices preferred.

Why Should You Apply

• Firm Paid Medical Insurance(Free Employee Only Coverage on 2 of 3 plans)
• Voluntary Dental and Vision Insurance
• 17 Annual Firm holidays with extended breaks around July 4^th and year end
• 20-25 days PTO
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 401(k) with Profit Sharing
• Discretionary Bonus Program
• Health & Wellness Program
• Pet Insurance

Whitley Penn is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We recruit employ train compensate and promote without regard to on age race creed gender color religion national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status disability or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local law. Whitley Penn is a participant in E-Verify please follow the link to review disclosure notifications: All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.

Required Experience:

Manager