Business Relationship Manager at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants with over 200,000 fully-qualified members and 486,000 students worldwide – and they’re among the world’s best-qualified and most highly sought-after accountants.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Relationship Manager

Job Requisition ID: R4305
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

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.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online


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