HR Specialty Operations Data & Automation, Vice President

The team is looking for a senior professional to help deliver process improvement and propose automation solutions across Human resource product areas. The role requires interacting with members of the Human resource product Leadership, Human resource Operations, Risk and Control, Data Governance and Technology engineering functions to deliver according to products strategies.

Job responsibilities

• Oversee business process reviews, identify opportunities for process improvement, and lead automation development.
• Define and lead data skills training programs to expand the knowledge and upskill the capability of ED&SE to utilize process mining and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools, such as, UiPath, Alteryx, Signavio, Instabase, and Pega Low Code Workflows.
• Lead process excellence feature teams and fluent at leading solid business outcomes.
• Diagnose and facilitate resolution of key issues and risks within projects.
• Ensure operational and business change readiness and support the definition and documentation of new and enhanced operating models when implementing process improvements or automation.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• 7+ years of relevant industry experience, ideally coupled with financial services experience, as well as direct line management experience and accepted qualifications such as PMP, Design Thinking, Agile, etc.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced consulting-style, matrixed environment. Confident leader capable of fostering relationships with business heads and senior partners.
• Technical and analytical skills, data manipulation (Excel, Alteryx, Tableau). Extensive experience with RPA Tooling (e.g. Alteryx, UiPath, UiPath Process Mining, Instabase, Signavio, Pega) and Process Improvement / Automation.
• Solution oriented, leveraging a network to identify solutions and implement them.
• Ability to execute multiple initiatives simultaneously and independently, while maintaining a high degree of communication and escalation at appropriate junctures.
• A flexible proactive approach, ability to adapt to business change

• Ability to execute multiple initiatives simultaneously and independently, while maintaining a high degree of communication and escalation at appropriate junctures.
• Technical and analytical skills, data manipulation (Excel, pivot tables, vlookup, macros, and PowerPoint to visualize data).
• Confident leader capable of influencing outcomes and fostering relationships.
• Ability to synthesize information to formulate a “story” for Senior Management.

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Takes responsibility for issues and follows through to resolution.
• Self-starter, proactive in taking initiative to improve business processes.
• Excellent quantitative, analytical problem-solving skills, and written and verbal communication.
• Leverages the organization to deliver good results quickly.

Why work here?

Employee Benefits

• Hybrid working pattern – 3 days in office/2 from home
• Dedicated mentoring programs to help you find and connect with employees across the entire firm
• Learning and development opportunities - $300m is invested every year in employee training
• Competitive salary with discretional annual performance bonus
• Attractive holiday entitlements
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Private medical care
• Life assurance
• Permanent Health insurance
• Opportunity to buy additional benefits such as dental insurance, travel insurance, bicycles and retail vouchers
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Onsite health and wellness centres
• Excellent shared parental leave and maternity policies
• Parental buddy programs and Finding Families networks

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