Audit Stream Learning & Development - Business Partnering Manager; Maternity Cover

Position: Audit Stream Learning & Development - Business Partnering Manager (Maternity Cover)
Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

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 does not happen by chance. It 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 lead the development of personal and professional learning that is tailored, relevant and timely for our people.

Key responsibilities

The Business Partnering (BP) team works with the Audit Stream to identify learning needs and develop an appropriate response to these needs, drives the L&D agenda and coordinates with the business on various people-related activities. It also supports the analysis of learning data / evaluation of our programmes. Acting as the business voice within L&D, the team provides oversight and challenge internally as the wider L&D team works to develop and implement solutions that meet the needs scoped.

Similar, the team is the face of L&D in the Stream providing useful guidance and insight as the business explores how to best support our people’s ongoing learning and development.

In this role you will be responsible for:

Supporting the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of learning, ensuring this directly addresses business needs and provides relevant, timely and tailored learning

Advocating and supporting business needs within L&D ensuring responses are focused on business objectives and support achievement of wider organisational goals whilst remaining commercially productive and effective

Acting as a subject matter expert on all aspects of L&D and being able to advise and consult with business leaders to help them find lasting solutions to issues as they arise

Reporting back to the business on progress against agreed plans

Providing objective challenge to the business on training needs and act as a sounding board in respect to planned responses – to help the business determine the right course of action

Advocating L&D activities in the business as appropriate to support effective learning culture in the stream

Supporting the delivery of an effective Audit L&D curriculum across the Audit Stream

Developing successful, long-term, strategic relationships with the Audit Stream and wider business to support the L&D agenda, respond effectively to business needs and align with overall strategy and wider organisational goals (helping to bring together the activities of the various central support teams in respect to key projects)

Participating in the coordination and conduct of the learning needs analysis with stakeholders and oversee the development of the curriculum plan to respond to the agreed needs – working in collaboration with the wider L&D team

Supporting onsite delivery of programmes where appropriate – onsite operational support and facilitation (as agreed as part of the wider programme / curriculum plan)

Providing insights into the latest thinking, innovation and best practice in L&D, using this to make sensible recommendations to the business around L&D strategy

Required skills and experience

Experienced Manager (or equivalent)

Strong understanding of Audit including the regulatory…