Senior Financial Automation Analyst - Corporate Accounting & Finance (Kansas City)

About the role

The Senior Automation Analyst will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and scaling intelligent automation solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Corporate Accounting and Finance Department at Burns & McDonnell.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of finance and business operations, identifying inefficiencies and mapping workflows.
• Collaborate with Finance subject matter experts, business leaders, and technology teams to drive strategic decisions.
• Lead requirements gathering and discovery sessions with process owners and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and scope automation opportunities.
• Establish and enforce automation best practices, documentation standards, and governance frameworks.
• Evaluate and champion emerging technologies, providing recommendations on adoption and integration.
• Own full lifecycle delivery of RPA projects, from solution design through production deployment and post-launch support.
• Architect and manage UiPath automation environments, including bot orchestration, scheduling, machine configuration, and performance monitoring.
• Design and implement enterprise-level data integrations across ERP platforms, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices, leveraging AI tools to accelerate delivery and improve automation outputs.
• Lead technical design and implementation of complex, cross-functional automation solutions.
• Partner with business users to lead testing, change management, and training efforts for new automation solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Minimum eight (8) years' experience in a related field required.
• Master's degree preferred; dual major with Accounting a plus.
• Demonstrated expertise with UiPath, including enterprise deployment and administration is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Alteryx for data blending, analytics, and workflow automation is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Query is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record leading end-to-end RPA implementation projects is strongly preferred.
• Strong foundation in business analysis with experience translating complex financial processes into scalable technical solutions is strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ambition for process improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor others in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong drive for continuous process improvement and innovation.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, preferred.

Qualifications

• Entry level or higher proficiency with Python, SQL, VB.Net, and/or C# is a significant asset.

Skills

• UiPath
• Alteryx
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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