Senior Director, Learning and Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Lead the enterprise learning and performance strategy for Current and its accounting platform firms.

• Establish role-specific learning pathways across Tax, Audit, CAS, Advisory, and Operations.

• Oversee flagship leadership and business development initiatives, including partnerships with universities and external academic institutions.

• Develop partner-readiness pipelines and align learning with career advancement and promotion criteria.

• Create metrics that connect learning investments to retention, readiness for promotion, utilization, and quality of client service.

• Manage the performance management philosophy, framework, annual cycle, goal-setting methodology, competency models, rating guides, calibration standards, and feedback practices.

• Collaborate on CPE compliance strategy, governance, documentation, approval processes, and audit preparedness.

• Act as the executive owner for LCvista, PerformYard, and the learning and performance technology ecosystem.

• Ensure seamless integration among learning platforms, HRIS, and reporting environments.

• Oversee vendor management, contracts, renewals, cost allocation, and enterprise content platforms, including Becker, LinkedIn Learning, and LumiQ.

• Develop executive reports and dashboards for tracking completion, adoption, performance distribution, promotion readiness, and retention risk.

• Assess new platforms, automation, and AI-driven capabilities.

• Manage learning and performance initiatives for firm integrations from due diligence through to steady state.

• Create repeatable playbooks for M&A integration.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a cross-functional team focused on learning, performance, systems, and integration.

• Collaborate with the CHRO and executive leadership on talent strategy and workforce planning.

• Represent learning and performance in executive forums, board-level reports, and partner meetings.

• Influence firm leaders and provide guidance on organizational design matters.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in learning and development, talent management, or performance management.

• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.

• Experience in accounting, professional services, or a multi-entity environment with distributed leadership.

• Proven success in establishing learning or performance functions from scratch.

• Strong understanding of goal frameworks, competency models, rating systems, instructional design, and manager enablement.

• Experience managing learning or performance technology, including implementation, data governance, and vendor relations.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, navigate sensitive discussions, and maintain standards under pressure.

• Ability to operate in uncertain environments and create structure where none exists.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise content libraries such as Becker, LinkedIn Learning, and LumiQ.

• Direct experience with CPE compliance, NASBA sponsor registration, or state board requirements is preferred.

• Prior experience supporting or integrating acquired firms in an M&A context is preferred.

• Familiarity with platforms such as LCvista, PerformYard, UKG, Rippling, or similar is preferred.

• Understanding of firm operational structures and service line dynamics across tax, audit, and advisory is preferred.

• Strong analytical and reporting skills are preferred.

• Experience managing partnerships with external academic or university programs is preferred.

• Prior experience managing learning content provider relationships from start to finish is preferred.

• Typical working hours aligned with EST.

• Approximately 30% travel required for leadership programs, integration support, and firm-facing sessions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, with options for fully covered employee-only health and dental plans.

• Company-paid Life Insurance and Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance.

• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, and accident insurance options available.

• Classic Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan with employer contributions.

• Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and development.

• Access to Becker and LinkedIn Learning resources.

• Flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance.