Staffing Advisor

1 week ago


Damansara, Malaysia Marsh McLennan Full time

**About Oliver Wyman**

Job overview**:PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A RECRUITMENT/TALENT ACQUISITION ROLE**

As a Staffing Advisor at Oliver Wyman, you will play an important role in coordinating the placement of consulting talent across the Asia Pacific region. Working closely with Consultants, Talent Managers, and leadership, you will help match the right people to the right projects, balancing both business priorities and individual career development. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills in resource management, data analysis, and communication within a vibrant, diverse, and globally recognized consulting firm known for its collaborative culture and innovative approach.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- ** Project Staffing**
- Participate actively in team staffing calls; drive usage of staffing relevant tools, capture detailed notes, and follow up actions
- Ensure effective and efficient staffing of consultants to projects, carefully balancing firm priorities with individual preferences and developmental needs
- Coordinate workflow across the staffing team to maintain smooth operations
- Raise staffing escalations in a timely manner and support the Regional Head of Staffing and the ACG Talent Managers to identify solutions backed by accurate data
- Escalate staffing challenges promptly; partner with leadership and talent managers to propose data-driven solutions.
- ** Utilization Tracking & Reporting**
- Monitor and manage consultant utilization across the Asia Pacific region proactively
- Collaborate closely with Talent Analytics and Data teams to develop and maintain staffing reports through Tableau.
- Investigate and resolve any discrepancies in utilization data.
- Provide clear contextual insights to leadership on utilization trends and staffing initiatives.
- Support targeted initiatives by partnering regionally and globally across support functions
- ** Systems Expertise & Support**
- Lead and advocate with staffing input in any system enhancements
- ** Additional Contributions**
- Provide backup support for TMC and ACG Talent Managers as needed Support staffing related initiatives for the Asia Pacific leadership team
- Support Asia Pacific leadership with staffing-related initiatives and projects

**What You Bring**:
**Qualifications & Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree and 2-3 years of relevant professional experience in a fast-paced client services or consulting environment
- Prior Experience in Talent Management, or Human Resources (including working with a resource management system) preferred
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and experience with data analysis and reporting

**Skills & Attributes**
- Fluency in English (written and verbal)
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across diverse, multicultural teams
- Detail-oriented and highly organized with a methodical approach to work
- Energetic, creative, and initiative taking with a collaborative team spirit
- Strong sense of confidentiality and professionalism
- Self-starter who seeks feedback for continuous development
- A self-starter mentality, with the willingness to seek and incorporate constructive feedback for continuous growth

Oliver Wyman is an equal opportunity employer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.