Assistant Vice President, Learning & Development

About the role

Paperchase Accountancy is looking for an Assistant Vice President, Learning & Development to shape and execute the enterprise learning agenda. This senior leader will translate business ambition into a coherent capability roadmap and embed a learning culture across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Design and steward a multi‑year L&D strategy aligned with business priorities and growth plans.
• Build an enterprise capability architecture, including a skills taxonomy and competency framework.
• Conduct capability diagnostics and strategic training‑needs analyses.
• Develop and launch AI‑based productivity enhancement programmes across verticals.
• Create and manage leadership pipelines and high‑potential acceleration programmes.
• Measure learning impact and ROI, reporting results to the executive team.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on talent development.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading Learning & Development functions at a senior level.
• Ability to translate strategic business goals into actionable learning roadmaps.
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of measuring learning outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior executives.
• Experience in finance or professional services environments is a plus.

Required skills