Learning and development specialist Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

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Global Internal Audit Governance Learning & Development (L&D) Vice President

This role sits within the Global Internal Audit Workforce Management (WFM) team and serves as the subject-matter expert for Global Internal Audit Methodology, Core Audit Skills, and related enabling technologies. The role is responsible for the end-to-end design, delivery, and maintenance of Global Methodology based learning to ensure the Internal Audit function maintains a consistently high standard of capability and a future-ready skill set across regions.

This role partners closely with the WFM L&D Vice President responsible for Global Internal Audit L&D strategy and framework, as well as the Global Methodology team to develop and deliver actionable, methodology-aligned learning content.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject-matter expert for Methodology, Core Audit Skills, and related enabling technologies, with responsibility for the quality, relevance, and consistency of associated learning content globally.
• Design, develop, and maintain methodology-based learning content, standards, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with governance requirements and audit execution expectations.
• Lead the development and ongoing evolution of the Global Methodology learning program, aligned with Global IIA standards and competency frameworks, translating methodology and regulatory expectations into practical, role-appropriate learning.
• Partner closely with the WFM L&D Vice President responsible for Global L&D strategy and framework to ensure program is embedded within a cohesive L&D approach, while maintaining clear ownership of content and subject-matter expertise.
• Collaborate with the Global Methodology team to ensure learning content remains current with methodology changes, tools, and audit practices, and that updates are translated into timely and scalable learning interventions.
• Identify capability gaps and deliver targeted, methodology-driven learning interventions, including initiatives to strengthen audit execution and leadership capabilities globally.
• Embed regulatory and emerging risk considerations into learning curricula, supporting consistent understanding and application across jurisdictions.
• Support professional certification attainment by ensuring learning content aligns with relevant certification bodies and continuously reinforces core audit competencies.
• Leverage learning and audit performance data to assess learning effectiveness and impact, and to inform continuous improvement of methodology-related learning content.

Education

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Certified Public Accounting (CPA) certification required.
• Other professional auditing certifications such as the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), are highly desirable.

Work Experience

• Minimum 10 years of internal or external audit experience in financial services.
• Must have proven experience within a large, highly matrixed, global organization with recent work related to internal audit methodology and industry standards (e.g. IIA).
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

Functional Skills

• Expertise in risk assessment, audit methodology, and execution.
• Extensive knowledge of regulatory environment.
• Strong project management and continuous process improvement skills.
• Strong stakeholder management experience and ability to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, and be viewed as a team player.
• Strategic thinking and ability to align learning initiatives with organizational goals.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to operate in a global, matrixed environment.
• Analytical mindset with ability to leverage data for decision-making.
• Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
• Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective.
• Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent.
• Exceptional organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities while adhering to established milestones and timelines.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $133K - $172K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws to the extent that they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.