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

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 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: R5539
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, identifies and proposes 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 partners
• Understands economic and market trends, education sector developments, competitor activities and ACCA's product and service offering
• Reports regularly on progress through the appropriate reporting mechanisms
• Actively supports the wider work of the local market and contributes to the improvement of local procedures and systems.

The Person
We're looking for someone who has:

• Demonstrable experience in business development and relationship management ideally in an education environment
• Demonstrable commercial acumen with experience across sales, brand management and marketing
• In depth understanding of the financial education and skills landscape
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build long term, high quality, trusted relationships up to and including board level
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
• Excellent networking, influencing and negotiation skills
• Highly motivated, proactive and enthusiastic with the ability to plan and organise work to meet stretching targets
• A global perspective - experience of working in or with an international organisation.

Application Closing Date
13th Jun, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online