Head of Policy at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Job Purpose:

The role of Head of Policy – Sub-Saharan Africa is to support the delivery of ACCA's market recognition and thought leadership agendas throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa region. This is a key role requiring the ability to anticipate developments and identify opportunities which may impact on ACCA's corporate strategy in the region and to build relationships, especially with influential regional and national organisations, politicians and related organisations, which will work towards shaping these developments in ACCA's favour.

The role will also require the ability to work with ACCA's national offices across the region and other key growth markets within the Sub-Saharan Africa region in support of ACCA's 2020 strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• support the delivery of ACCA's recognition agenda in the region, especially by enhancing influence with policy makers across the region
• engage pro-actively and develop relationships with policy makers (politicians, public policy organisations and other appropriate business organisations),across the SSA region, working closely with national offices
• Support the Market Director on the policy agenda matters across SSA e.g. African Development Bank, World Bank etc
• support the delivery of ACCA's global thought leadership agenda within the region, working closely with the external affairs team. Obtain input from relevant experts from across the region and engage with influential groups and individuals to enhance ACCA's reputation and influence agenda in the interest of the accountancy profession
• monitor key political and business developments across the region affecting accounting and finance professionals and identify when ACCA needs to organise a public response
• to develop localised policy and thought leadership materials (consistent with global policy) which draw on regional and local expertise in appropriate areas
• develop a coherent set of policy positions to the issues identified as being of particular importance to accounting and finance professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa
• co-ordinate the drafting of papers and articles for media and public relations purposes
• provide oversight of projects within SSA, providing consistent and shared practices