KPMG - New York, NY
posted 3 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
New York, NY
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
The Associate Director of Automation COE at KPMG is responsible for leading the design, development, and maintenance of automation applications that meet end-user requirements. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders, mentoring teams, and contributing to the continuous improvement of automation methodologies and tools. The position requires a strong background in Microsoft Power Platform and RPA technologies, along with a commitment to secure software development practices.
Responsibilities
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements; design, develop, and maintain applications to meet the end-user requirements; create detailed test plans, debugging plans, launch, and rollout plans
- Develop PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Flow, Power BI, Power Fabric, Dataverse and other Power Platform tools as necessary to meet business requirements
- Create and maintain reports and other required items like screens, dashboards and more to display data and other information for the business; develop and work with SharePoint Sites and lists to seamlessly integrate Power Platform and SharePoint
- Partner with and mentor Automation COE teams performing technical tasks related to development and management of automations
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the RPA CoE's methodologies and tools; guide other developers in best practices for secure Power Platform development; review code work for accuracy and functionality; make suggestions for technical modifications to prevent future problems; manage and support existing solutions with KPMG environments; utilize approved software and tools to follow Secure Software Development Lifecycle methodologies to meet KPMG's policies and requirements
- Support the migration of RPA Automations to Power Platform applications; continue to learn and implement best practices as Microsoft evolves the Power Platform products
Requirements
- Minimum five years of recent, hands-on experience with RPA platforms - Automation Anywhere
- Minimum three years of recent, hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Dataverse
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or higher in information technology, computer science, or equivalent experience
- Understanding and hands-on experience in secure design, development, and implementation on Microsoft technologies including Microsoft DevOps, GitHub, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Azure AD
- Solid understanding and experience with different development methodologies; familiarity with cyber security frameworks and secure code development
- Excellent customer service skills along with strong written and verbal communication skills; be self-motivated and accountable
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with complex and distributed organizational structure is preferred
Benefits
- Life insurance
- 401(k) plans
- Medical and dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Disability insurance
- Personal Time Off per fiscal year
- Firmwide breaks during the year
- Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health
