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Role overview
The Director of Finance Transformation co-leads ALS's global Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) programme, turning manual finance and operational processes into automated, measurable savings. The role sits within the Robot Factory, Data & AI team and owns the automation portfolio end to end, from process discovery and business case approval, benefits tracking and executive reporting.
The role works across all business streams in multiple regions, and is the main link between technical delivery teams and senior business leaders.
Key responsibilities
Strategy and portfolio
• Set and evolve the global IPA strategy, including strategic pillars, KPIs and the multi-year automation roadmap.
• Own and grow the automation portfolio, prioritising opportunities by financial benefit and strategic fit.
• Maintain the opportunity pipeline and benefits framework,
including tiered financial benefit categorisation and FTE/TEC savings commitments.
Discovery and business cases
• Lead process discovery with business stream SMEs and process owners to identify and assess automation opportunities.
• Build business cases with quantified labour, cost and quality benefits, and secure sponsor sign-off.
• Advise on the right solution for each problem, including RPA versus native platform changes (e.g. ALIMS, TM1, ERP).
Delivery and governance
• Support the RPA and business analysis teams through design, build, testing and deployment.
• Coordinate general rollouts, from pilot sites through to regional waves.
• Maintain the solution catalogue, documentation standards and naming conventions for all robots in production.
Reporting and stakeholder engagement
• Produce the monthly IPA performance review and executive dashboards for the EGM and senior leadership.
• Audit reported savings agains
📌 Director of Finance Transformation (Madrid)
🏢 ALS
📍 Madrid