Senior Resource Manager London Vario is Pinsent Masonsâ market-leading alternative legal services provider, offering a unique blend of Flexible Services, Consulting & Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS). The Senior Resource Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the Financial Regulatory Consulting services are resourced with the right people, at the right time, and at the right cost. Working closely with the Regulatory Conduct and Financial Crime Directors, they lead workforce planning and endâtoâend resource management across multiple concurrent client engagements. The role oversees the allocation of permanent, contract and associate consultants ensuring alignment of skills and capacity with project requirements. Responsibilities include forecasting demand, managing utilisation, overseeing onboarding and compliance, and ensuring effective performance oversight across all resources. Once established, collaborating with wider resourcing support to ensure operational discipline, dataâdriven planning, and a seamless interface between recruitment, delivery, and finance functions to achieve delivery excellence. Key Responsibilities Lead endâtoâend resource management across all regulatory and financial crime engagements Build and maintain deep talent pools across contract and associate communities Forecast demand, manage capacity, and maintain forward visibility of workforce needs Ensure alignment between resourcing decisions, commercial parameters, and budget constraints Interface closely with recruitment, finance, internal resource management and legal delivery teams to ensure operational cohesion Produce accurate, dataâled reporting and recommendations for senior stakeholders Build strong internal relationships, ensuring responsive and solutionâdriven service levels Share client intelligence and market insight with relevant colleagues with the objective of identifying patterns and trends which will have wider client relevance. Ensuring acceptable profitability and utilisation on assignments, ensuring financial hygiene of contractors is adhered to and providing an escalation point around WIP, discounting and write-offs. Working with Varioâs contract team, maintain engagement terms and resource documentation up to date with changing legislation across the Fin reg Consulting function. Requirements Significant experience in resource management, workforce planning or talent deployment within consulting and legal services or financialâservices environments Proven track record managing large, varied resource pools across permanent, contractor, and associate populations Demonstrable experience in utilisation management, forecasting, financial and capacity planning. Experience partnering with senior leadership to influence resourcing decisions in a fastâpaced environment Background in onboarding and compliance processes within regulated industries Exposure to commercial and projectâfinance considerations, including rate management and margin awareness Experience using resourceâmanagement, analytics, or ATS/CRM platforms Experience supporting or managing junior team members. What We Offer Flexible, agile working â including the option to work from home, subject to business needs Up to five daysâ paid carersâ leave to support your caring responsibilities 25 daysâ annual leave, with the ability to purchase or carry over an additional five days A contributory pension scheme (up to 5%) Private healthcare cover Life assurance at four times your base salary Access to interest-free loans for season tickets, gym membership, and rental deposits Cycle to work scheme Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Itâs with different perspectives that weâll find solutions to our clientsâ most complex challenges. Itâs how weâll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. Our in-house recruiter, Victoria Greaves, would be happy to have an informal chat about this role, provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format, and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing careers@pinsentmasons.com