Audit Stream Learning & Development - Business Partnering and Implementation Lead. Job in Brist[...]

We are BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

Learning and Development (L&D) is a key enabler of our strategy as an Audit Stream and critical to our success. It supports our ability to attract, develop and retain talented people who take pride in their work and successfully deliver for our business. Effective L&D underpins quality and productivity by supporting our people to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their work, helping them reach their personal and professional potential.

Effective L&D requires specialist resources who partner with the Audit Stream to identify training needs and appropriately respond to them. Careful planning and project management are necessary, as are a critical-thinking and commercial mindset, and an understanding of regulatory requirements. Effective L&D needs consideration of the latest innovation, tools and technology to support development of leading personal and professional development that is tailored, relevant and timely for our people.

You will work closely with the other members of the L&D leadership team to support successful delivery of the L&D strategy - from identification of the learning needs to the development and delivery of an appropriate learning response and ultimately the evaluation of that response. You will directly manage the Business Partnering (BP) and Learning Implementation (LI) teams.

• The BP team works with the Stream to identify learning needs and develop appropriate responses to these needs, drives the L&D agenda and coordinates with the business on various people-related activities.
• The LI team is responsible for ensuring that our learning programmes are delivered effectively, leading on overall project, risk, financial and commercial management of our programmes.

In this role you will:

• Provide insights into the latest thinking and best practice in L&D and use this to make sensible recommendations to the Stream around L&D strategy.
• Support the development and delivery of leading personal and professional development which offers enhanced value for money and return from investment.
• Support the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of the L&D curriculum, ensuring this directly addresses business learning needs and provides relevant, timely and tailored learning.
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to understand needs and advocate those within L&D ensuring that responses are focused on business objectives.
• Act as main liaison for all stakeholder groups including internal groups in respect to learning.
• Act as a subject matter expert on all aspects of L&D, able to advise and consult with business leaders.
• Challenge and influence key stakeholders across the whole Audit Stream to ensure that the agreed curriculum is fit for purpose.
• Oversee the coordination of support needed for the delivery of programmes.
• Lead, engage and share key messages with the L&D team to support effective achievement of L&D goals.
• Proactively assess and manage risks within the L&D process.
• Provide objective challenge to the business on learning needs.
• Provide coaching, performance management and wellbeing support as needed to support team members.
• Develop successful, long-term, strategic relationships within the business to support the L&D agenda.
• Collaborate effectively across L&D to ensure learning needs are understood and translated effectively into learning outcomes.
• Represent BDO Audit Stream L&D at external networking and business events.
• Develop project plans to support the effective delivery of programmes.
• Proactively manage difficult situations and advocate change where needed.

You will be:

• Experienced Senior Manager (or equivalent) preferably with a Learning & Development / Adult Education background.
• Strong understanding of Audit including the regulatory environment.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive forward strategic projects.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to pragmatically problem solve and generate commercially viable solutions.
• Commercial mindset with a focus on operational excellence and quality.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.

We are committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we will help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we are proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another.

At BDO, you will always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we have invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we are always finding new ways to invest in you.