RPA Developer (Senior Associate) at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We’re one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: RPA Developer (Senior Associate)

Job ID: 238181WD
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time
Line of Service: Assurance
Specialism: Intelligent Automation
Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
The Team:

The Data & Analytics Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future.
The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Key Responsibilities of Role

Modelling and developing out robotic processes during the project development stage
Updating and maintaining Developer Standards around RPA best practices
Mentoring and guiding peers via code reviews, dev sessions and pair-programming
Investigating and documenting better practices/alternative solutions that could be used in future development.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum 3 years of experience in a software development role (Fullstack preferred)
Experience architecting and developing workflow based solutions or functionality
Experience with web development technologies preferential
Experience with RPA Software (e.g. BluePrism, UI Path) advantageous
Willingness to learn and become an expert in RPA and other automation technologies
Experience leading a team
Must be able to multitask and willing to work on multiple projects at a given time
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable interacting with business stakeholders and external clients
Ability to work to deadlines and manage expectations
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Object oriented programming with Microsoft .Net (VB and C#) or VBA
Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server
Familiarity with web service interaction (REST/SOAP)
Excellent communication skills with ability to manage multiple priorities
Ability to work on own and in a team-oriented environment
Strong use of Microsoft Office productivity tools including, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Understanding and ability to work under Agile project delivery methodologies
Experience with Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Pega Robotics OpenSpan and other RPA platforms a plus.
Experience with ABBYY, OpenText, Ephesoft, Kofax capture and other Intelligent OCR / Document Capture platforms a plus.