Senior Support Manager - London, United Kingdom - IFRS Foundation

Description

Job description:
Adoption Support Manager

Reports to:
Manager Translation, Adoption & Copyright


Job Purpose:

To support the progress of adoption of both IFRS Accounting Standards and IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards by working with entities and jurisdictions before, during and post-adoption.

Principal Accountabilities

Support entities that are adopting IFRS Accounting Standards and IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards as law:

Work with entities and jurisdictions who are in the process of adopting IFRS Standards, providing information on IFRS adoption policies and support on translation procedures.

• Ensure appropriate contracts are in place, following up on deliverables and other contractual obligations.
• Negotiate with external parties, explaining adoption and translation policies in clear precise terms.
• Be the central liaison and coordinator between senior management, Trustees, external affairs team and National Standard-setters to obtain their support to work jointly to progress negotiations towards adoption of the Standards.
• Work closely with legal team to put contracts in place.
• Support external parties prior, during and after adoption as a designated relationship manager (maintaining communication and cooperation, answering queries, liaison with technical staff).

Manage the translation process to deliver high-quality translations to time and to budget:
Support partners that are licensed to produce translations in accordance with IFRS Foundation policy and procedures.

• Communicate with translators and other process participants to ensure sufficient capacity for planned translations and to ensure that resources are well-managed.
• Negotiate quotes and deadlines with translators for production of an annual in-house language product, plan and track the project in accordance with the budget.
• Liaise with Editorial and Technical staff in case of questions regarding the English text.
• Prepare source files and allocate translation and review tasks.
• Manage the review process with volunteer review committees.

Other duties:
Produce regular and timely status reports for internal and external use.

• Troubleshoot client and supplier issues, providing accurate information to internal and external clients in an appropriate format.
• Liaise with colleagues and provide input for planning, resourcing and cost estimating of in-house translation projects.
• Manage a small portfolio of commercial licences and permissions.
• Manage and leverage relationships with partner organisations and relevant stakeholders.
• Liaise with IFRS technical board members and staff to seek support for the adoption work.
• Contribute to policy work.
• Carry out administrative tasks related to English and translations file management (such as file preparation and distribution), proofreading, maintaining of terminology, reporting of adoption status, preparation of newsletters etc.

Qualifications & Experience
Work experience in project management, stakeholder management, international relations is essential.

• Demonstrable experience of working with copyright licensing contracts.
• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Fluency in additional languages would be highly desirable (French, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese are of particular relevance).
• Experience of working with high profile stakeholders in a diplomatic and efficient manner.
• Work experience on a global level would be highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of Computer-Assisted Translation tools such as Trados would be desirable
• Medium proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Skills & Attributes

Excellent spoken and written communication skills and in particular the ability to write clear and accurate reports in English.

• Strong negotiation skills, with tact and diplomacy.
• Fastidious attention to detail.
• Highly organised and focused, able to multi-task and manage workload to ensure that priorities are met.
• A motivated, confident and customer-focussed team-player who enjoys working with people.
• Ability to form positive working relationships and to work effectively and sensitively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work and make decisions autonomously, whilst recognising the importance of process & compliance.

The organisation

The IFRS Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established to develop—in the public interest—high-quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted standards for general purpose financial reporting and to promote and facilitate their adoption.

The standards—IFRS Accounting Standards and IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards—are set by the Foundation's standard-setting bodies, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the more recently formed International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

IFRS Accounting Standards are required in more than 140 jurisdictions.

The two boards are overseen by the IFRS Foundation Trustees, who in turn are accountable to a Monitoring Board of public authorities.

In November 2021, the Trustees announced the creation of the ISSB and the consolidation of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) into the Foundation.

This process was completed on 1 August 2022 and the addition of the new board has taken the Foundation from a 'one board/two locations' organisation to a 'two boards/several locations' organisation (with offices across multiple time zones, including San Francisco, Montreal, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo) with a significant increase in overall headcount.

The ISSB has issued its first two inaugural standards in June 2023 and jurisdictions are now considering theme for adoption.

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