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Resource Allocation Manager

Location: 

London, GB

Department or practice area:  Finance

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Finance  team, with the addition of a Resource Allocation Manager.

 

Meet the team

 

This additional role within Finance reports directly to our Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and will build out our resource allocation offering to the fee earning teams. Day-to-day, you'll be embedded with our Technology, IP & Information (TIPI) teams. TIPI is composed of a number of sub-teams that you will work closely alongside, including;

 

  • The Technology team, who provide cutting-edge legal support to clients navigating complex tech landscapes.
  • Our Data & Cyber specialists offer robust solutions to safeguard against cyber threats and manage data effectively.
  • The Content & Advertising team advises on media law, advertising regulations, and creative content rights.
  • Our Brands team champions brand protection and strategy, helping businesses maintain their market presence.

 

The opportunity for you

 

We are seeking an experienced Resource Allocation Manager who can build on a work allocation structure recently established in two of our groups and be a driver of resource management implementation and adoption our Technology, IP & Information (TIPI) teams.

 

This new role is an exciting opportunity to support the firm's ambitious growth agenda.  We want our clients to receive the best possible service, and our people to have access to great work that provides stretch and challenge.  An efficient and effective work allocation process will ensure that workloads are balanced and further strengthen the strong sense of team within our business.

Ideally, you will have previous experience of setting up a resource allocation structure within a department, putting in place systems and building effective relationships with partners and fee earners within the department.

 

Key responsibilities

 

The successful individual will be the main contact for resourcing and subsequent management requests; being a trusted advisor to our partners, and building effective relationships with lawyers with the department and the various business services teams - Business Development, Finance and Talent (HR).

  • Understand work pipeline with partners and BD team, identifying individuals for BD initiatives.
  • Create efficiencies in work allocation, utilising appropriate tools, highlighting trends and providing reporting analysis.
  • Adapt processes to different working styles and client needs.
  • Pragmatic resolution of competing priorities.
  • Distribute data reports to partners and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with the Talent team to support onboarding/offboarding/ performance/promotion processes.
  • Advise on recruitment/headcount planning based on analysis of chargeable hours; highlight shortfalls/over-utilisation.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • Prior experience in work allocation or resource management, ideally within the legal industry.
  • Strong commercial and business awareness.
  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Strong client focus.
  • Proactive and adaptable, able to work on own initiative.
  • Experience working with resource management software.
  • Ability to implement pragmatic work allocation solutions.
  • Coaching and mentoring skills.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

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