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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 HELP YOU SUCCEED

The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders.
You’ll be someone who is comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with Senior Managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners. You’ll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

In this role you will:

• Providing insights into the latest thinking and best practice in Learning & Development and using this to make sensible recommendations to the Audit Stream around L&D strategy.
• Supports the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of the Audit Stream L&D curriculum, ensuring this directly addresses business learning needs and provides relevant, timely and tailored learning to the relevant individuals within the Stream.
• Coordinates with key stakeholders to understand Stream needs and advocate those needs within L&D ensuring that responses are focused on business objectives, effectively delivering on commitments to quality and people whilst being commercially viable.
• Act as main liaison for all stakeholder groups including internal groups such as AQD and at firm-wide level, in respect to learning, supported by the wider BP team.
• Act as a subject matter expert on all aspects of L&D, able to advise and consult with business leaders to help them find lasting solutions to issues as they arise.
• Challenge and influence key stakeholders across the whole Audit Stream to ensure that the agreed Audit curriculum is fit for purpose.
• Working with the Leadership Team to build, communicate and effectively deliver on the Audit Stream L&D strategy.
• Oversee the coordination of support needed for the delivery of programmes ie onsite project management and/or faculty support.
• Act as an advocate for the Faculty, using network and story-telling to further develop the Faculty Brand, working with relevant leaders to build our Faculty to meet the needs of the business.
• 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, considering wider factors such as People Priorities and root cause analysis to identify appropriate solutions with a particular focus on the scoping and implementation phases.
• Provide 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 (whether learning or not).
• An active member of the Leadership Team to ensure that decisions taken by the LT support our team objectives, balancing priorities and ensuring that the needs of the business remain pivotal.
• Support the development of the Faculty alongside the Faculty Manager.
• Provide coaching, performance management and wellbeing support as needed to support team members to deliver against the objectives of our L&D strategy
• Work effectively as part of the Leadership Team to ensure effective delivery of our Audit Stream L&D priorities.
• Develop successful, long-term, strategic relationships with the Audit Stream and wider business to support the L&D agenda and oversee the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of an Audit curriculum that responds to business needs and aligns with overall strategy and wider organisational goals.
• Collaborate effectively with the wider LD and MRC teams to ensure learning needs are understood and translated effectively into learning outcomes, supporting the development of appropriate, high-quality content which can be successfully and commercially implemented, and subsequently evaluated as part of our commitment to continuous improvement.
• Represent BDO Audit Stream L&D at external networking and business events.
• Develop project plans to support the effectively delivery of Audit Stream L&D programmes and collaborate across the wider function to ensure programmes are delivered in line with these plans.
• Supporting the delivery of programmes with onsite project management and/or facilitation support as appropriate / where needed.
• Bring the latest thinking and innovation to the business, using this to support the development and delivery of leading personal and professional development and to generate enhanced value for money and return from investment for our Audit Stream L&D spend.
• Proactively manage difficult situations and advocate change where needed, leading by example and seeking support as appropriate.

• Providing insights into the latest thinking and best practice in Learning & Development and using this to make sensible recommendations to the Audit Stream around L&D strategy.
• Supports the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of the Audit Stream L&D curriculum, ensuring this directly addresses business learning needs and provides relevant, timely and tailored learning to the relevant individuals within the Stream.
• Coordinates with key stakeholders to understand Stream needs and advocate those needs within L&D ensuring that responses are focused on business objectives, effectively delivering on commitments to quality and people whilst being commercially viable.
• Act as main liaison for all stakeholder groups including internal groups such as AQD and at firm-wide level, in respect to learning, supported by the wider BP team.
• Act as a subject matter expert on all aspects of L&D, able to advise and consult with business leaders to help them find lasting solutions to issues as they arise.
• Challenge and influence key stakeholders across the whole Audit Stream to ensure that the agreed Audit curriculum is fit for purpose.
• Working with the Leadership Team to build, communicate and effectively deliver on the Audit Stream L&D strategy.
• Oversee the coordination of support needed for the delivery of programmes ie onsite project management and/or faculty support.
• Act as an advocate for the Faculty, using network and story-telling to further develop the Faculty Brand, working with relevant leaders to build our Faculty to meet the needs of the business.
• 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, considering wider factors such as People Priorities and root cause analysis to identify appropriate solutions with a particular focus on the scoping and implementation phases.
• Provide 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 (whether learning or not).
• An active member of the Leadership Team to ensure that decisions taken by the LT support our team objectives, balancing priorities and ensuring that the needs of the business remain pivotal.
• Support the development of the Faculty alongside the Faculty Manager.
• Provide coaching, performance management and wellbeing support as needed to support team members to deliver against the objectives of our L&D strategy
• Work effectively as part of the Leadership Team to ensure effective delivery of our Audit Stream L&D priorities.
• Develop successful, long-term, strategic relationships with the Audit Stream and wider business to support the L&D agenda and oversee the scoping, development, implementation and evaluation of an Audit curriculum that responds to business needs and aligns with overall strategy and wider organisational goals.
• Collaborate effectively with the wider LD and MRC teams to ensure learning needs are understood and translated effectively into learning outcomes, supporting the development of appropriate, high-quality content which can be successfully and commercially implemented, and subsequently evaluated as part of our commitment to continuous improvement.
• Represent BDO Audit Stream L&D at external networking and business events.
• Develop project plans to support the effectively delivery of Audit Stream L&D programmes and collaborate across the wider function to ensure programmes are delivered in line with these plans.
• Supporting the delivery of programmes with onsite project management and/or facilitation support as appropriate / where needed.
• Bring the latest thinking and innovation to the business, using this to support the development and delivery of leading personal and professional development and to generate enhanced value for money and return from investment for our Audit Stream L&D spend.
• Proactively manage difficult situations and advocate change where needed, leading by example and seeking support as appropriate