Senior Associate - Resource Management

Location: Gurgaon Other locations: Primary Location Only Salary: Competitive Date: 18 May 2026 **Job description** ------------------- Requisition ID: 1704881 At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. **Experience Management Senior Associate** As an Experience Management Senior Associate, you will be part of an industry leading, high performing and agile team of workforce management professionals providing exceptional client service to our stakeholders and helping our employees gain differential experiences that are aligned to their career aspirations. We provide learning and growth opportunities to build your ability to analyze, innovate, think and act globally. You’ll be part of an organization that is focused on optimization, is solution oriented, innovates and provides best in class services to the client serving teams. **The opportunity** EY Global Delivery Services (EY GDS) is a dynamic and global service delivery network of over 50,000 professionals working across borders, to provide innovative and strategic business solutions to EY member firms and EY clients globally. Experience Management plays a vital role in the firm’s Next Wave strategy and it’s purpose of building a better working world. We offer a great place to work for every person joining EY. At GDS, you will have the opportunity to develop your professional skills in a truly global environment. You will learn and gain experiences from industry leading WFM professionals and a path breaking leadership team. We invest in your learning and development. We’ll help you develop the technical and soft skills you need. We support your professional development with a combination of learning, networking, experiences, and coaching. As part of a 300\+ member team, supporting 4 unique Service Lines, you will always have opportunities to showcase your skills and contribute to the firm’s strategic initiatives. **Your key responsibilities** * As an Experience Management Senior Associate, you will work as the staffing lead for the assigned region/service/competency team and will be responsible to work with the service delivery managers in implementing the resource management process and operational efficiency within the business. * You will work very closely with the service delivery teams to track, monitor, record and analyze demand pipeline projections, new deals, pursuits and staff augmentation needs. You will monitor and evaluate demand fulfilment options (internal capacity and bench), review external hiring pipeline, assign projects to the available workforce based on skills and experience required on the project. * You will also supervise, train and assign responsibilities to associates and senior associates within the team. **Some of your key responsibilities include:** * Ensure compliance to WFM business rules, deployment policies, talent policies and regulatory requirements. * Implement staffing plans for (30 – 60 – 90\) day pipeline to minimize unfulfilled demands. * Coordinate with project managers to capture demand pipeline projections, understand demands heuristics and identify actionable demands. * Perform demand – supply searches and share best\-fit staffing options from internal resource pool/individuals on bench. * Identify suitable staffing options based on matching skills, roles and experiences. * Timely update of employee schedules on the schedule management tool (Retain). * Timely review and resolution of scheduling conflicts. * Minimize bench pipeline through proactive deployment on projects. * Responsible to meet assigned KPIs such as employee utilization, time to fulfil demand, unfulfilled demand % and bench aging. * Reporting and analytics on business and Operational KPIs. * Supervise, mentor and provide functional SME support to the associates in the team. * Regular connects with stakeholders. **Skills and attributes for success** * Graduates with 4\-7 years of relevant workforce management experience. Understanding of business models, operational and financial aspects of service delivery is mandatory. The suitable candidate should have good analytical skills, can compute staffing demands, validate skills and experiences associated with the demand, identify suitable fulfilment options from the internal pool of professionals available for allocation or on bench and negotiate staffing solutions with the service delivery managers. **To qualify for the role, you must have** * Excellent domain knowledge in resource management, demand planning and MIS. * Strong execution skills with focus on meeting timelines and delivering highest quality service. * Solution oriented mindset. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint. * Excellent teaming and interpersonal skills. * Strong time management and analytical skills. **Ideally, you’ll also have** * Minimum experience of 1 year in people management and supervision. * Stakeholder management skills. * Experience working in a reputed consulting, technology, financial services, accounting or professional services organization. **What we look for** We are looking for committed, self\-motivated and driven professionals with a proven track record and expertise in workforce management domain. Someone who is good with numbers and has the willingness to learn. The successful candidate will be one who combines computer skills and mathematical ability with a working knowledge of the business and the negotiation skills of a salesman. **What we offer** EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well\-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever\-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. * **Continuous learning:** You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. * **Success as defined by you:** We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. * **Transformative leadership:** We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the…