Senior Automation Support Specialist

Senior Automation Support Specialist

Join Aprio's Automation Team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Automation Support Specialist to join their dynamic team.

Responsibilities:

• Problem solver – Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail. Able to boil complex problems down to their constituent elements and then formulate and evaluate a range of alternative solutions.
• A foundational and working knowledge of the Accounting Industry, including Tax and Audit
• Analyze various micro and macro business processes to create a complete picture of workflows and technical requirements for automation solutions
• Analyze business processes to identify and document key opportunities for process improvement, standardization, and automation
• Become a Subject Matter Expert on all business processes being analyzed for automation
• Work with stakeholders to perform impact analysis to ensure business readiness for automation solutions, including facilitating business process documentation changes and employee/client readiness and adoption
• Evaluate business processes and align appropriate automation solution(s) to ensure they meet business requirements and needs
• Continuously analyze and monitor implemented solutions to ensure optimal performance and opportunities for continuous improvement as well as debug and quickly resolve any issues that periodically arise
• Execute work leveraging Agile and Scrum methodology; gather requirements in Epics, Features, and User Stories; define acceptance criteria, appropriately size stories.
• Serve as the team's Scrum Master, facilitating all Agile ceremonies — daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Own and maintain the team backlog, partnering with Process Owners and stakeholders to prioritize and groom work items ahead of each sprint
• Act as a servant leader to the team, proactively identifying and removing impediments to keep delivery on track
• Facilitate and coordinate requirements walk-throughs and signoffs working with key business and technology stakeholders
• Leverage influence to drive work among disparate teams with competing priorities
• Be a trusted automation and tooling advisor by providing objective, practical and relevant ideas, insights, and advice; work with teams to drive a continuous improvement mindset that is always looking for ways to improve efficiency
• Lead collaboration activities with internal and external business and technology members and stakeholders throughout automation lifecycle
• Work within defined Software Development Lifecycle governance processes

Qualifications:

• Hyper curious with a continuous learning and growth mindset; adaptive and innovative
• Demonstrated ability to work individually as well as within a team and build strong and collaborative working internal and external relationships through interpersonal skills
• Willingness to help colleagues and peers through coaching and mentorship
• Proven experience working with data problems to solve and come up with innovative ideas and make things happen without management direction
• Ability to communicate at all levels to present and articulate complex concepts in a clear manner
• Experience with documenting processes and practices while effectively prioritizing multiple tasks, priorities, projects and deadlines
• Expert knowledge of Excel and experience working within Office 365 (Flow, Forms, SharePoint, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Understanding of Agile methodology, Scrum Framework, and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Preferred

Skills:

• Foundational knowledge of computer science and software development fundamentals
• Prior consulting experience
• Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent)
• Experience with data analysis leveraging database principles:
  Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Experience and exposure to Automation and BPM tools and capabilities such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Pega, Work Fusion, Azure, Microsoft Power, AI, ML, NLP, etc. is a major plus

Why work for Aprio:

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