Senior RPA Automation Engineer at Ecobank Nigeria

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a public limited liability company, was established as a bank holding company in 1985 under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior RPA Automation Engineer

Job Identification: 823
Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Senior RPA Solution Architect role is key in the evaluation of requirements for Robotic Process Automation and the development of these processes on Blue Prism. 
• This role ensures implementation of the agreed functional requirements identified by the RPA Solution Architects.
• The role is responsible for implementation of automation activities as it relates to the approved RPA procedures supporting the creation and evolution of the RPA delivery framework.
• The Senior RPA Solution Architect will supervise the RPA Solution Architects.

Job Context

• The Senior RPA Solution Architect role involves automating all identified and approved processes across the group for various functions including Group operations, Commercial bank, Consumer bank, Finance, Compliance, Credit Admin etc.
• The role will perform second level support for RPA activities in production.  
• The Senior RPA Solution Architect role will validate identified business processes that are potential candidates for automation. This also involve engagement with the business in the validation process.
• The Senior RPA Solution Architect role will execute, implement and deploy these automated processes.  

Key Responsibilities

• Perform an assessment to identify and prioritize business processes that are potential candidates for automation.
• Oversee the documentation of business processes to the granular level of detail (user story) and define acceptance criteria required for an RPA program. 
• Ensure delivery of solutions that meets the business requirements. 
• Participate with a consultative role in the phases of solution testing and implementation into production, managing the planning of future process on-boarding timely.
•  Validates business cases, based on opportunity assessment activities carried out by the RPA solution architect  
• Coordinate user stories and testing plan definition.  
• Monitor test scenarios outcomes and ensure the timely resolution of errors throughout development, testing, and post-implementation. 
• Manage the relationship with RPA vendor in case of RPA platform malfunctioning.

Requirements
Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Social sciences, Sciences, Business Administration, Physics, Computing/Information Systems, or related field of study. 
• Minimum of 8 years’ working experience with 5 years in Business Analysis roles.
• Strong knowledge of Systems Thinking, Business Analysis, Project Management, Banking Products, Creative Thinking, SDLC. 
• Relevant certifications – CBAP, Agile Scrum, ITIL
• Other certifications will be an advantage. 
• Master’s degree would be an added advantage
• Good understanding of  RPA Technology is a plus
• Experience with RPA processes or openness towards learning new technologies.
• Working knowledge of Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

Skills, Capabilities & attributes:

• Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
• Strong leadership capability 
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills. 
• Excellent at delivering and owning results  
• Process improvement
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Problem solving skills.
• Innovation skills
• Business writing and presentation skills
• Bilingual (English/French) is an advantage.

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025; 02:52 PM.