Job Description
We are the world’s leading professional body for Accounting Technicians. With 124,000 members and students we operate with considerable reach across a complex international landscape, developing accessible finance qualifications to ensure businesses can draw upon skilled people to meet their challenges head on. We anticipate and respond to frequent changes in industry, regulation, and education to support the profession, and believe our ability to break down barriers and empower people with real world experience has never been more relevant or important.
As with any professional body, our future sustainability and continued positive impact is dependent upon our relevance to current and future members, and our timely and appropriate response to external influences and market conditions. We must pay attention to the outside world, evolving our offerings, approaches and partnerships to maximise our relevance and value to current and future members and employers. In doing so, we will stay at the forefront of progress and change to grow and support a profession that is trusted and valued.
Now one year into our Securing Future Relevance strategy (2023-2030), we are seeking to appoint a new Executive Director of Performance and Transformation who will be tasked with elevating organisational capability in support of our mission.
What exactly will you be doing?
In this role you will provide strategic and operational leadership to our Performance and Transformation Portfolio, ensuring it is enabling, strategic and future focused. Responsible for the leadership and iterative development of Finance and Procurement, Technology and People functions, you will be tasked with leading the enhancement of capability and standards: modernising processes and systems, maintaining our organisational design and approaches, and further developing our high-calibre team.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a systems thinker who combines breadth of experience in corporate services leadership with multi-faceted transformation credentials. A high-calibre modern leader who shares our values, you must be financially astute, commercially savvy and customer-centric, with a track record of maximising business efficiency, managing risk and embracing new business models and ways of working to deliver optimum outcomes. Highly collaborative and an inspiring and inclusive leader, you will have a strong vision for what good looks like and the ability to inspire and maximise confidence and cooperation in equal measure.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in the leadership and further development of our business. Your commitment, strong intellect, outstanding skillset and high levels of energy and enthusiasm have the potential to make a huge difference, so that together we can achieve outstanding outcomes.
Salary: c.£150,000 plus benefits