Business Relationship Manager at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

The Job

Reporting to the Lead, Business Development Manager on a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in the following:

• Contributes to the development of engagement plans for education partnerships in order to deliver agreed KPIs and outcomes.
• Identifies and progresses opportunities to grow ACCA’s business through education partnerships ensuring a clear and mutually beneficial proposition.
• Using agreed criteria, identify and propose target universities and/or learning providers based on an understanding of potential contribution.
• Works with relevant internal stakeholders to develop and deliver a plan of business development activity for designated education partner.
• Develops and manages strong relationships with education partners in order to build ACCA’s ecosystem and to deliver agreed KPIs and outcomes
• Plans and actively manages multi-level relationships for existing and potential education partners
• Works with partners to ensure that global solutions, content, and expertise are leveraged and consistently implemented
• Promotes the ACCA qualification, products, and services to partners, encouraging take-up through presentations and other activities
• Works with education partners to ensure readiness for changes to the ACCA qualification and other products and services
• Supports education partners with ACCA processes including accreditation in order to develop engagement and improve performance

The Person

We're looking for someone who:

• Educated at least to degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience in business development and business-to-business relationship management, ideally in an education environment
• Understanding of the education and skills landscape
• Understanding of ACCA’s qualifications, products, and services
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build long-term, high-quality, trusted relationships up to and including board level
• Skilled networker and prospector with strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
• Highly motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic
• Able to plan, manage and work on own initiative to deliver results within strict deadlines and budgets
• Global perspective – the experience of working in or with an international organization.