Finance Automation Product Owner

Job title:

Finance Automation Product Owner

Company

Primark

Job description

Job DescriptionFinance Automation Product OwnerBecause we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.Finance at Primark
What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.What You’ll Get
People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.What You’ll Do as Finance Automation Product OwnerIn your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Analyse new process improvement opportunities, remaining solution agnostic whilst ensuring that the candidate processes align with the Finance Transformation Strategy, quickly assessing the feasibility and value, and accurately facilitate the team to estimate development effort.
• Understand the risks, assumptions, and dependencies associated with the process.
• Document business processes to the granular level of detail (user story) and defined acceptance criteria.
• Support the creation and evolution of the Primark Finance Automation Delivery Framework.
• Maintain the opportunity backlog; assisting the team to deliver Sprint plans and project reporting.
• Work collaboratively across the finance team and other relevant teams across Primark, including Procurement and Technology.
• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders at a variety of levels, including finance leadership, in Primark and appropriately scope, analyse and deliver automation opportunities whilst managing high expectations from finance teams.
• Drive user acceptance test (UAT) and Hypercare/Post Live Monitoring documents, identifying all the process scenarios and exceptions and their expected outcomes.
• Create and document test cases for negative scenarios, in order to document workflow behaviour when certain systems malfunction, as well as performance scenarios, in order to stress test systems behaviour.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• 2-3 years’ experience designing and documenting workflows for automated solutions leveraging technologies such as RPA (preferably using Automation Anywhere) and/or data processing & presentation (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau) is essential.
• Experience with the Scrum Agile software delivery lifecycle is essential
• Finance background and/or a knowledge of industry-leading ERPs (Oracle Financials, etc.) would be an advantage.
• Experience presenting to senior leaders.
• Preferred 1+ year of experience running and monitoring automation software in an operational environment.
• An appropriate degree, equivalent qualification or experience
• Preferably a certification in Agile Product Ownership, Scaled Agile or equivalent
• Ability to both understand a business process from a workflow diagram and to conceptualize it as an automated solution.
• Understanding of formal change control and defect management
• Experience in monitoring, reporting, and auditing.
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future – and we’re excited to develop yours.About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we’re Caring and always strive to put people first. We’re also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.136850BRFunctionFinanceJob ProfileFinancial AnalystTime TypeFull-Time

Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:21:25 GMT

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