Resource Management Analyst

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Job Description Summary

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. We advance innovative ideas every day to build stronger clients, individuals, and communities. We help clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance, sustain leadership in their markets, and implement the transformative change needed to own their future.

As a member of Huron's corporate team, you will help evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends, and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing, and facilities management professionals collaborate to support Huron's strategies and enable sustainable business results.

Huron's Resource Management (RM) team members are trusted strategic advisors to business leaders. The team delivers high-quality staffing solutions that align resources to projects, optimize utilization, and support employee development. We provide data-informed insights and build collaborative, consultative relationships with stakeholders.

The Resource Management Shared Services Analyst will support the Resource Management function by ensuring data accuracy, assisting with pre-staffing processes, and providing analytical and reporting support. Working closely with the Resource Management Lead (India) and other team members, this role helps maintain smooth pre-staffing operations across the organization. The role also offers opportunities to use AI-enabled productivity tools responsibly to improve analysis, documentation, reporting, and routine operational workflows.

This position requires close collaboration with colleagues in the US and flexibility to work during evening IST hours to align with US working hours [until 11:00 a.m. CT].

Job Description

Required

Salesforce Opportunity Management: Review new and open project opportunities in Salesforce daily to prepare for staffing. Verify that required information is complete and accurate, including attached pricing tools, project dates, and opportunity status. Proactively follow up on missing information, inconsistencies, or overdue items.

Data Coordination: Liaise with Project Support teams and Scope Owners to clarify and update opportunity details in Salesforce. Ensure project and resource data is captured correctly and consistently, minimizing errors and omissions.

Resource Planning in Workday: Load and maintain resource plans and forecasts in Workday based on confirmed project details from Salesforce. Ensure staffing assignments, allocation percentages, project durations, and related resource information are accurate and current.

Resource Administration Support: Assist the Resource Management team with daily administration of resource data and scheduling, including

Monitor resource availability, including PTO, holidays, and other absences, and ensure these are reflected in resource forecasts.

Undertake additional operational tasks in support of Resource Management priorities as they arise.

Reporting and Analysis

Contribute to regular reporting and ad-hoc analysis for Resource Management, including

Track resource utilization metrics and generate utilization reports. Identify under-utilization or over-utilization and provide relevant context, such as project delays, ramp-up time, or planned availability.

Monitor shadow hours and investment hours recorded on projects across teams. Prepare summaries, identify exceptions, and follow up with project owners for clarification when required.

Support ad-hoc data requests and analysis for the Resource Management Lead and leadership team.

AI-Enabled Productivity and Process Improvement: Apply a practical working knowledge of AI tools to support day-to-day Resource Management activities. Use approved AI capabilities to assist with data summarization, drafting, trend identification, quality checks, documentation, and repetitive task improvement, while validating outputs and following applicable data privacy, confidentiality, and responsible-use requirements.

Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, or automate recurring reports and operational tasks. Partner with team members to document requirements, test improvements, and support adoption of efficient ways of working.

Qualifications

1-2 years of work experience in business operations, resource management, finance, reporting and analytics, or a similar domain.

Bachelor's degree in a field related to the position.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel, with comfort working with spreadsheets, data analysis, reconciliations, and basic reporting. Working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams is also important.

Fair working knowledge of AI tools and their practical application in a business environment. The candidate should be able to use AI tools for productivity, summarization, drafting, research support, data interpretation, or workflow improvement, and should understand the importance of validating AI-generated outputs.

Awareness of responsible AI use, data privacy, inform