Leslie Merritt

About Leslie Merritt

Experienced Resource Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry. Highly effective at utilizing creative leadership and negotiation skills to achieve business objectives. Adept at hiring, training, supervising and motivating staff members. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong organizational and problem-solving capabilities. Demonstrated strong leadership ability and interpersonal skills.

Experience

1. Manager, Resource Management

   KPMG

   Oct 2018 — Present

   Partners with network leader, providing strategic insight into network resources to help determine operational directions for the network.*Collaborates with engagement teams to create staffing plans, address staffing issues and identify skilled resources for various projects.*Conducts weekly analysis into forecasted scheduling, utilization and existing bench availability, identifying under-utilized resources while providing staffing strategies to minimize unassigned time and increase utilization.*Utilizes holistic staffing approach (onshore, offshore and contract labor) for optimal engagement support.*Current Performance Manager for resource management team members, training, coaching and mentoring them and managing their day to day work performance. Delegating ongoing tasks to help develop their skill set and knowledge of resource management.

Education

• University of New Orleans

  Sociology

  1998

Skills

• Trade Shows
• Event Planning
• Public Relations
• Negotiation
• Proposal Writing
• Time Management
• Strategic Planning
• Event Management
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Meeting Planning
• Hotels
• Marketing
• Coordination
• Management
• Hospitality Industry
• Customer Service
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Social Media
• Microsoft Word
• Outlook
• Administrative Assistants
• Microsoft Office
• Budgets
• Corporate Events
• Training
• Hospitality
• Leadership