Finance Automation Architect

BlackCube Labs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Pension

Private Medical Insurance

25 days annual leave

Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Dental & Travel Insurance

Cycle to Work

Salary Sacrifice Cars

Gym Membership

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Universal Music Group UK is seeking a Business Process Automation Specialist to join the Finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will identify automation opportunities, gather requirements, design and deliver end-to-end automation to improve efficiency, accuracy and controls.

You will work with SAP ECC, Excel and BI/reporting platforms, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery, with emphasis on stakeholder collaboration and continuous improvement across Finance operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Power Automate and Power Query.
• Advanced Excel skills and data reporting experience.
• Proven ability to design and implement automation in finance.
• Strong business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience writing BRDs and documenting processes.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot.
• Understanding of APIs, integrations and data transformation.
• SQL knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to automate manual finance processes.
• Gather business requirements and document them clearly.
• Produce BRDs, process maps and solution designs.
• Recommend appropriate automation technology per problem.
• Design, build, test and deploy automation solutions.
• Improve existing reporting and data processes.
• Integrate data from finance systems including SAP ECC, Excel and reporting platforms.
• Utilise AI-enabled development tools to accelerate delivery.
• Document solutions and provide knowledge transfer to Finance users.
• Drive continuous improvement across Finance operations.

Skills

Power Automate

Power Query

Advanced Excel

Business Analysis

BRD Writing

Stakeholder Management

AI Tools

APIs & Integrations

SQL

Independent Working

Tools

Microsoft Power Automate

Power Query

Excel

AI Tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT)

APIs & Integrations

SQL

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Universal Music Group UK is seeking a Business Process Automation Specialist to join the Finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will identify automation opportunities, gather requirements, design and deliver end-to-end automation to improve efficiency, accuracy and controls.

You will work with SAP ECC, Excel and BI/reporting platforms, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery, with emphasis on stakeholder collaboration and continuous improvement across Finance operations.