Analyst, Resource Management

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark. 

Role overview: Analyst, Resource Management (RM): 

Accordion is comprised of dedicated professionals providing strategic advice to support PE-backed portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions and events.  We are doers and problem solvers – making sense of complexity and bolstering sponsors’ value creation thesis.

The Analyst, RM will provide scalable operational support across the Resource Management team to include contractor management, talent/skills reporting, and weekly execution support to increase utilization, speed-to-staff, and quality of delivery.  

This position must be based in either our Boston or Chicago office and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You’ll Do: 

As a member of the RM team, you’ll be supporting the Resource Managers on the day-to-day efforts of strategically deploying our internal consultants to engagements.  You’ll be tasked with:

• Contractor management and process support: Intake, tracking, and coordination to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant execution.
• PTO/LOA coverage: Dedicated backup for RM team individuals to maintain staffing continuity and leadership connectivity.
• Skills and interests reporting: Own the interests survey process and maintain a centralized skills inventory (will support discovery of additional tools that will aid in this process).
• Marketing partnership: Drive staff bio updates with Marketing to keep information current and credible; ensure profiles reflect latest capabilities and project work.
• Weekly operating cadence: Produce hours reports, weekly practice-level data pulls, standardized dashboards, and other various reporting needs; prepare decks for RM presentations (i.e. new hire onboarding, KPI reporting, practice pipeline readouts, etc.).
• Additional tasks and projects, as needed

You Have:

• 2-4 years of experience in HR, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, or Resource Management, preferably in professional services or consulting.
• Ideally some familiarity with project staffing, resource allocation, and capacity planning.
• Strong analytical and data hygiene skills; comfort with Excel/BI; keen attention to detail.
• Strong core professional competencies, i.e. attention to detail, responsiveness, follow-through, and flexibility
• Project management: Ability to manage multiple processes and programs simultaneously with strong organizational skills.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with senior stakeholders, MDs, and team members.
• Collaboration: High EQ and team-oriented mindset, able to work effectively with various departments and stakeholders.
• Problem-solving: A proactive and resourceful approach to handling challenges, with the ability to propose optimization solutions.
• Detail-oriented: Exceptional attention to detail, especially when dealing with metrics.

You Are:

• A self-starter with a strong work ethic.
• A leader of others; you lead by example.
  A strong team player, able to work with team members across all levels.
• Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions and raise issues to senior team members when necessary.
• Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing).
• Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth.
• Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work.
• Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture.

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $70,000 to $95,000 USD + benefits + bonus.  Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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