CSA Configuration Analyst

Team Overview

The RPA Developer role sits within Schroders’ Cognitive Science and Automation (CSA) Group. The group is responsible for Schroders’ digital workforce – configuration, run, optimisation and related operational change.

The group engage and collaborate with other business teams within Schroders such as compliance and risk, business consulting, data and insights, and Global Technology to identify, prioritise and automate business processes. Once automated, the group is responsible for the ongoing support and optimisation of the digital workforce.

Overview of role

The RPA Developer works closely with other group members and the Business to automate processes. This CSA resource should ideally have strong configuration experience with relevant CSA toolsets, such as RPA and Machine Learning to:

• Design, build, test and implement process automation using RPA tools
• Engage effectively with Business SMEs to understand and document the business requirements
• Engage effectively with multiple stakeholders across Technology and Business SMEs
• Manage configuration project deliverables through the automation lifecycle
• Analyse and solve complex business problems with speed and efficiency and develop technology solutions to these problems
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure configuration priorities are aligned to overall strategy and business need
• Create Process Design and Solution Design Documents
• Collaborate with the CSA Global Practice on process automation opportunity identification

Essential Skills

• Experience with RPA tools (Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, UIPath)
• Able to understand RPA requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Experience with process analysis, design, and implementation; business and technical requirements; problem-solving; and system(s) testing, including UAT and bug fixes
• Understand the importance of tracking, managing and documenting all configuration issues to ensure overall project cohesion and appropriate risk management
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable Skills

• Blue Prism Developer qualification
• Professional experience in programming, including scripting/coding (preferable in Java / .NET (C#, VB, etc.)/ VBA / HTML/ SQL) e.g. .NET (C#) and .NET framework application development, JS,  VBS,  JavaScript)
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Experience with cloud services, especially OCR & machine learning solutions (Textract, LUIS etc)
• Undergraduate degree in Science / Technology / Engineering
• Basic understanding of Lean and Agile principles, frameworks and tools, and the ability to apply these principles in RPA solution design
• Lean Six Sigma qualification
• Familiarity with process improvement and transformation programmes of work
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking; carry out objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to inform decision making  

Note to Agencies:

Schroders does not accept speculative CV’s from agencies. We do have a PSL who are invited to support us when required.  We only pay fees to agencies instructed to send CV’s and are submitted through our recruitment portal.  We do not pay fees on speculative or unsolicited CV’s sent to Schroders or Schroders employees and reserve the right to contact unsolicited CV’s directly.