Authorisation Team Leader

ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.

We welcome applications from candidates who meet some but not all of the criteria listed below.

We’re currently looking for an Authorisation Team Leader on a full-time fixed term contract basiss until September 2026.

This position sits within the Authorisations team, based in Glasgow.

This role is part of the Regulation and Conduct / Strategy and Governance Executive Directorate and plays a vital part in ensuring ACCA’s statutory recognition for audit is maintained, supporting ACCA’s strategic delivery plan of achieving and promoting the highest profession, ethical and governance standards.

The Job

Reporting to the Authorisation Manager on a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in the following:

• Plan and oversee the work of a small team carrying out the day-to-day operations in order to meet targets and team objectives.
• Ensure the team meets its monthly KPIs and report on achievement of those.
• Closely monitor and manage individual performance within your team in line with monthly KPIs.
• Line manage and supervise Authorisation Officers.
• Manage the operational cycle of the annual UK/Irish and international renewal exercises, including monitoring and reporting.
• Contribute to projects relating to the authorisation process and ACCA-wide projects.
• Make recommendations on how to further improve productivity and processes within the Authorisation team to ensure enhancement of processes are identified and achieved.
• Lead on external regulator visits where applicable, and provide support to develop and implement recommendations as set out by external third parties e.g., FRC, IAASA.
• Be an advocate for team engagement, encouraging open discussions across your team to identify priority areas and agree and implement actions.
• Support the Authorisation Manager in appropriately allocating or responding to enquiries across Authorisation and the wider ACCA, including external stakeholders.

The Person

We're looking for someone with:

• Experience of managing and leading staff
• Prior experience of working in training environments and supporting team members
• Working in a business improvement environment
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage several jobs at once.
• Confident and clear verbal and written communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills to deal with people at all levels.

Our Benefits

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme.

We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees.

Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs, you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more! You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform.

We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.

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