Salary
£56,715-£59,700 per annum, based on experience.
Contractual hours
35
Basis
Full Time
Date posted
27/01/2025
Job reference
REC006325
AAT is the UK’s leading qualification and professional membership body for vocational accountants. We pride ourselves on providing practical qualifications that meet the needs of both employers and employees.
Term: Permanent
Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.
What exactly will you be doing?
The International Markets Manager will develop and implement an international markets strategic plan to achieve annual objectives and align with AAT’s overall expansion objectives and opportunities. They will ensure international market opportunities are identified and maximised, clearly setting out the cost benefit impacts to AAT and identify and engage with new partners and opportunities that create value for AAT and its communities.
Major objectives
* Develop a BD engagement plan for key international markets and oversee the delivery of the plan working with MD Director and Head of MD on overall engagement responsibilities.
* Open, progress and secure new international opportunities with partner PAOs against agreed objectives and targets aligned with AAT’s international strategy.
* Identify and pursue partnership opportunities, proactively engaging decision-makers and establish qualified stakeholder and partner meetings.
* Be the main point of contact for all international activity across AAT and manage, track and monitor progress of new and existing relationships in each market.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with decision-makers in key markets. Implement account management to existing partners, identifying opportunities for growth and risks to current provision.
* Work with teams across AAT to maximise the potential of our international markets development and working collaboratively to maximise its success and ensure compliance of international regulation and laws.
* Ensure international priorities are reflected and embedded in AAT’s market development, engagement and marketing plans, and the needs of international partners and customers are met.
What are we looking for?
* Experience of negotiating commercial contracts for services in an international setting.
* Experience of income generation through third-party partnerships.
* Proven experience in international business to business sales/business development and relationship building.
* Successful track record of securing business with new large accounts.
* Good written and presentation skills both in person and digitally.
* Strong negotiating influencing and persuading skills.
* Project management techniques, including briefing and scheduling.
What are the benefits?
At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:
* Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
* 25 days’ annual leave, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
* Great pension scheme, life assurance, and critical illness cover.
* Health cash plan.
* Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
* Regular wellbeing initiatives.
* Cycle2Work scheme and much more.
Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is Monday 10 February 2025 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.
It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2022 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.
We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.
Interested?
To apply please upload your CV and fill the application online.
If you have a disability, need further support, or reasonable adjustments to assist you in our process, please contact us at recruitment@aat.org.uk or by calling 0207 735 2468 and asking for a member of the HR team.
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