Change Manager

Closing date for applications is: 30 August 2026

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 are currently recruiting a Change Manager on a full time (35 hours per week) 6 month fixed term contract basis. 

The role sits within the Change team based from either our Glasgow or London office with hybrid working available. 

You will be a key member of the Change team with responsibility for leading the planning, coordination and delivery of change activities across complex transformation initiatives.

You will support large-scale business transformation and provide leadership and coaching to Change Analysts.

The Job:

Reporting to the Head of Change, on a day to day basis you will be involved in: 

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of business change activities across one or more complex transformation initiatives
• Develop and maintain integrated change delivery plans aligned to programme milestones and delivery schedules
• Lead the planning and facilitation of impact assessments workshops, ensuring people impacts are identified, assessed and validated
• Develop and maintain workstream business readiness plans ensuring activities are coordinated across multiple teams
• Work collaboratively with Programme stakeholders and business leads as well as other transformation team colleagues
• Develop and coordinate stakeholder engagement approaches across business areas, building strong working relationships and maintaining stakeholder confidence throughout delivery
• Coordinate operational readiness activities, ensuring business teams, support functions and operational areas are prepared to successfully adopt new ways of working
• Contribute to the development of change management methodologies, standards and templates and best practice across the organisation

The Person

We’re looking for someone who has:

Essential

• Has significant experience leading business change activities within complex transformation programmes or large-scale organisational change initiatives
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, priorities and stakeholder simultaneously
• Has extensive experience leading readiness planning, organisational adoption and change implementation activities
• Has experience planning and facilitating workshops, impact assessments and business readiness sessions with a broad range of stakeholders
• Can analyse complex business change and translate it into practical change and readiness activities
• Had excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility at all organisational levels
• Can confidently engage with senior leaders, Programme Managers, Business Analysts and operational teams to drive delivery
• Demonstrates strong planning, organisation and programme coordination skills within complex delivery environments

Desirable

• Experience supporting large-scale transformation business change
• Experience leading organisational readiness or business adoption activities
• Knowledge of organisational change management principles, methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Prosci ADKAR or similar)
• Experience using collaboration tools such as MS Teams, Jira, Confluence, Miro or similar

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.

Interested in this role? Please click Apply to submit your application.