Department: People & Culture
Location: Remote
Description
The Learning & Development Business Partner (L&D BP) plays a pivotal role in designing, delivering, and embedding a consistent, scalable approach to Learning & Development across Sumer. Working closely with Service Lines, Subject Matter Experts (SME’s), People and Culture Business Partners and People Leaders, this role ensures that all colleagues have access to high-quality learning that enables performance, capability growth, and career progression.
The L&D BP will act as the strategic interface between the business and the L&D function, shaping learning pathways, overseeing technical and behavioural development programmes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Partnership
- Act as the link between L&D and assigned service lines, understanding capability needs and shaping suitable learning solutions.
- Advise leaders and People and Culture Business Partners on learning strategy, skills development and talent pipelines.
Learning Pathways & Curriculum
- Design, maintain and update technical, core skills, early careers and leadership pathways aligned to the Career Framework.
- Work with SMEs and Compliance to map annual learning, CPD requirements and mandatory vs optional content.
Technical & Compliance Learning
- Coordinate technical training, refresher learning and CPD programmes, ensuring compliance with professional body standards.
- Support colleagues with CPD tracking, assignment and completion through the LMS (currently Skillscast).
Core Skills & Leadership Development
- Support delivery of the Group Core Curriculum and key leadership pathways (First-line Manager, Manager → Senior Manager, Partner-track).
- Embed values, inclusive behaviours and ways of working into all development activity.
L&D Operations & Governance
- Use the LMS to schedule, assign and track all learning activity; monitor completion rates and escalate where needed.
- Maintain quality, consistency and governance across all learning programmes and vendors.
Collaboration & Engagement
- Partner with Early Careers, Talent Acquisition, People and Culture BP’s and Service Lines to ensure aligned, seamless learning delivery.
- Support early careers development programmes and technical foundations for apprentices, graduates and trainees.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to enhance learning pathways, colleague experience and operational efficiency.
- Champion a culture of continuous, self-directed learning across Sumer.
- Coach and support the People & Culture Business Partner team to deliver strategic, value-adding support to Hub leadership teams.
- Analyse learning data and capability insights to identify skills gaps and inform workforce and future skills planning.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Essential
- Experience in accountancy, tax, audit, financial services, or another regulated professional services environment.
- Proven experience in Learning & Development, Talent or P&C Business Partnering within a multi-site or professional services environment.
- Strong working knowledge of instructional design, curriculum management and learning governance.
- Experience collaborating with SMEs and professional bodies on technical or compliance learning.
- Confidence managing multiple stakeholders, building trust, and influencing at all levels.
- Strong data mindset: comfortable using LMS data and learning insights to inform decisions.
- Familiarity with CPD requirements for ICAEW, ACCA, CIOT or similar bodies.
- Ability to work at pace within a transforming, growth-focused environment.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Desirable
- Experience supporting leadership development, early careers pathways, or culture/values programmes.
- Knowledge of Skillscast or similar LMS platforms.
Belong @ Sumer
At Sumer, we know everyone’s journey is different. That’s why we’re committed to fairness, removing barriers and giving people the support they need to do their best work. If you need any support during the hiring process, just let us know.
Our values represent what matters most to us and guide how we work every day:
- We Shine Together
- We Do the Right Thing
- We Make It Count
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