Job Description

Our client, AAT is the UK’s leading qualification and professional membership body for vocational accountants. AAT pride themselves on providing practical qualifications that meet the needs of both employers and employees.

Term: Permanent

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £83,244 – £90,000 per annum

Location:  Hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week in AAT’s office in Canary Wharf.

Job Description:

What exactly will you be doing?

As Head of Awarding Operations and Compliance, you will be an integral part of the Senior Management Team, ensuring that all aspects of AO operations and compliance are delivered effectively and remain compliant.

Major objectives 

 The key objectives for this role are:

• Assuming the role of Deputy Responsible Officer and deputising for the Director of Education and Development as required
• Providing strategic direction and development of AAT’s compliance with all regulatory requirements
• Ensuring that AAT complies with all regulatory requirements, and their own high standards, through systematic and risk led quality assurance activities
• Leading the annual Awarding Organisation (AO) self-evaluation and compliance submission process
• Ensuring all AO operational functions are operating effectively
• Working as part of the Education Senior Management Team and the AAT Senior Management team, ensure that regulatory and compliance issues are factored into wider strategic developments as appropriate

 What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced education professional to join AAT’s senior management team.  You will be a driven and energetic individual, used to working under pressure and at pace at senior level within an education environment, ideally a regulated Awarding Organisation.

You will have detailed knowledge and experience of the regulated AO landscape, and enjoy the opportunity for debate and challenge on complex educational and compliance issues. The successful candidate will be an experienced leader and line manager, and will be able to balance the complex needs of regulatory compliance against changing corporate drivers

AAT is committed to delivering outstanding accounting and finance qualifications, accessible to all, and delivered on-demand through computer-based assessments and via remote invigilation. You will join a small, dedicated Education Senior Management Team who leads the AO and play a key role in the development of AAT’s strategy moving forwards.

If you are ready to be part of a great team, and are up for a challenge, then please get in touch.

What are the benefits?

AAT believes in treating their staff well and this is reflected in their 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 and fresh fruit in the office
• Cycle2Work scheme and much more

Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 23^rd January 2023 at 5pm,  however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.

Interview Date: Main interview date will be Wednesday 15th Feb in Canary Wharf.

It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join them on this journey. In 2022 AAT achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and they are currently developing the strategy to 2030.

AAT is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. AAT encourages applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. Our client has a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on the D&I strategy and organises events to celebrate and raise awareness. AAT is a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. AAT have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 they exceeded their target for appointing females into senior positions.

Come and help  make AAT an even better place to work!

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We encourage applications from all sections of the community. Furthermore, qualifications and/or experience identified are indicative. We will consider applications from candidates who have comparable qualifications and/or experience for the role advertised.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.

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