Automation Community of Practice Lead

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Automation Community of Practice Lead to drive transformative initiatives within Finance. This role offers the opportunity to define automation strategies, collaborate with IT and Risk teams, and lead a diverse group of professionals to deliver innovative solutions. You will play a key role in shaping the future of Finance processes while ensuring they are efficient and future-proof. With a competitive salary and a range of benefits, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Pension contribution up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Holiday entitlement

Discounts

Share plans

Wellbeing support

Volunteering days

Policies supporting parental leave

Policies supporting carer’s leave

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance transformation and automation.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Automation Community of Practice for Finance.
• Coordinate transformation efforts across global Markets and Group Functions.

Skills

Data Engineering

Automation Tools

ETL Technologies

Data Visualization

Project Management

Consultative Mindset

Problem Solving

Agile Methodology

Tools

Power Automate

Appian

Dataiku

Informatica

AWS Glue

Snowflake

PostgresSQL

Qlik

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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Automation Community of Practice Lead, Bristol

Client: Aviva

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 84c06ccf5872

Job Views: 3

Posted: 02.05.2025

Expiry Date: 16.06.2025

Job Description:

Automation Community of Practice Lead

Location: London, Norwich, York or Bristol

Are you passionate about transformation? Do you have a consultative mindset? Are you interested in deploying the latest tools and technology to automate and digitise processes including enabling GenAI? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Change professional to lead our Automation Community of Practice.

A bit about the job:

The Finance Automation Lead will define our automation strategy and lead a Community of Practice to coordinate transformation efforts across Aviva’s global Markets and Group Functions. You will support solution design and report benefits to senior stakeholders. Reporting to the Global Head of Aviva’s in-house transformation team for Finance, you will need to be a self-starter supporting Finance in its transformation objectives. The role involves working closely with IT and Risk colleagues, managing a team in the UK and India, and leading change professionals and data engineers to build automated solutions, including ETL processes, workflows, and GenAI. Ensuring deployment of future-proofed Finance processes is essential.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Technical knowledge of data engineering and automation tools (e.g., Power Automate, Appian, Dataiku, WTW Unify), R and Python (development skills not required), ETL technologies (Informatica, AWS Glue, Snowflake, PostgresSQL), data visualization tools (Qlik, Power BI, Tableau), system architecture and integration.
• Soft skills include a consultative mindset, problem-solving, a natural self-starter, collaborator, leader, strong communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong project management skills with Agile methodology experience.
• Transformation experience from management consultancy or in-house change, working with business and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Finance processes and associated risk and control environments.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Salary: around £70,000 (National) - £85,000 (London), depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Bonus: 12% of annual salary, based on performance.
• Pension: Up to 14% contribution from Aviva, depending on your contribution.
• Additional benefits include holiday entitlement, discounts, share plans, policies supporting parental and carer’s leave, flexible benefits, volunteering days, and wellbeing support.

Learn more by using the salary calculator provided. Aviva is committed to inclusivity and welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds. Flexible working arrangements are considered, including part-time and job shares, with a flexible approach to location, hours, and working patterns.