Job description
The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.
We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 550+ team currently across 11 locations and 9 time zones.
The Role
Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development, and work-life harmony. We’re invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone it’s because they bring the skills, attitude and experience we’re looking for….so we let you do what you’re best at! Join us and be part of a community that’s passionate about harnessing technology’s potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.
The Value Propositionof the Finance Automation Lead and their team is supporting key Finance Automation projects which reduce operational risks and costs and support our business to scale.
As our Finance Automation Lead , your key responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
- Lead and mentor a small team of Finance Automation Engineers (split between APAC and Europe) ensuring consistent and high-quality solution development and operation, ensuring our Finance business leaders and other stakeholders are having their needs met
- Analyse existing Finance business processes and identify opportunities for optimisation and improvement using low-code and no-code platform’s standard functionalities and configuration options, where possible
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements for Finance Automation initiatives, ensuring that the solutions align with business objectives and our Data & Analytics Strategy
- Participate in technology selection, onboarding and workload migration for new process automation services or for enabling new service features
- Maintain and optimise existing bespoke Finance automation workloads and the cutover to enterprise solutions
- In conjunction with our Procurement function, manage licence, consumption costs, professional services and other factors influencing the Total Cost of Ownership for our Finance Automation platform and balance these against the non-functional requirements of our stakeholders
- Design and configure our automation platform, including user roles, profiles, permissions, workflows, case management, processes, AI tools, business rules, data flows, alerts, reports, and dashboards, with a focus on declarative solutions.
- Support the overall Enterprise Application team to ensure configurations align with overall platform strategy and to escalate complex requirements requiring code or heavy customisation
- Perform data analysis and profiling to ensure data quality and consistency, and to identify opportunities for data optimization and performance improvement.
- Develop and maintain clear and concise documentation, including process flows, configuration guides, and training materials, explaining the ‘why’ behind the solutions.
- Collaborate with our People & Culture and delivery teams to support stakeholders through change management, including planning, testing, training, defect resolution and tracking ongoing adoption and impact of solutions.
- Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure configurations meet business requirements and function as expected.
- Provide 2nd line support to troubleshoot and resolve issues with Finance Automation solutions in production
- Stay informed about the latest platform releases and features, particularly focusing on how they can be leveraged through configuration to enhance business processes.
- Forming, engaging and retaining a high-performing team
- Measuring, reporting and continuously improving the delivery velocity and quality of your own and your team’s output
- Creating transparency of delivery effort and outcomes by aligning to best practices to tracking work in Jira and ServiceDesk
- Perform other responsibilities and duties periodically assigned by manager to meet reasonable operational and/or other requirements.
About You
- 5+ years’ hands-on experience in delivering technology change initiatives in Financial Services of FinTech industries
- 7+ year’s hands-on experience in Finance Operations and / or technical roles
- 2+ years’ experience of leading a team of technical specialists
- A deep understanding of operational Finance processes such as journalling, reconciliations, pricing, rebate calculations, invoicing, etc. – particularly in the context of workflow automation
- Experience working in an Agile environment and in using tools such as Confluence and Jira
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Excel
- Strong proficiency in data modelling, process design and visualization
- Experience in one or more contemporary low-code or no-code development tools such as Appian, Microsoft Power Platform or Pegasystems (Highly Desirable)
- Experience in contemporary cloud data management and development technologies such as Redshift, DBT, AirFlow and Python (Highly Desirable)
- Experience in AI for process automation, particular Amazon Bedrock (Desirable)
- Ability and confidence to provide thought-leadership on contemporary Finance Automation architecture and operations
- Critical thinking and commercial acumen, with the ability to frame operational risks and opportunities in terms of commercial impact
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business needs into practical and robust solutions
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders and explain technical concepts in business terms
- Proactive and comfortable in working in situations with a degree of ambiguity
- Confidence in having robust conversations with auditors and internal stakeholders
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills
- Proactive and self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
Why you will enjoy working with us
- Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
- Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
- Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
- 15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
- 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
- Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
- Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
- Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
- A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas
About Pepperstone
We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/
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Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.
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Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.
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