
Finance AI & Automation Specialist
IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.)3 days ago
Valencia, SpainMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and deploy finance automation and AI solutions using Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, SharePoint, Dataverse, scripting, and agentic development tools.
- Integrate automations with SAP extracts, finance systems, reporting layers, and shared service centre tooling within governed environments.
- Implement audit evidence, human review points, access controls, credential management, logging, and tested shutdown or rollback procedures.
- Maintain runbooks, monitor deployed capabilities, support deployment issues, and lead reviews to improve recurring problems.
- Partner with finance analysts, process owners, champion networks, and end users to test, document, train, and release capabilities.
- Contribute to technical assessments of external vendors and tools, including integration constraints and lock-in considerations.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate and Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Python or equivalent scripting, agentic development tools, and system integrations through interfaces and APIs.
- Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting robotic process automation solutions, including SAP-connected automations.
- Experience applying controls, logging, documentation, exception handling, audit trails, and rollback procedures to automation solutions.
- Ability to work with finance data structures, reconcile outputs against source data, identify incorrect results, and exercise sound safety and implementation judgment.
- Strong documentation, analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills; fluent English is required and Spanish is an advantage.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least three years of experience building automation, integration, or data solutions in a business environment, including at least one year using AI or large language model-based tooling in production.
- Preferred experience includes production RPA management, incident resolution, controlled changes, rollback, post-incident reviews, Power Automate Desktop, UiPath, Blue Prism, Excel VBA, SAP-connected automation, regulated environments, and finance processes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage with optional family coverage.
- Pension plan, life insurance, and accident/disability insurance.
- Benefits Club discounts on everyday purchases and vacation packages.
- Employee Assistance Program providing wellbeing, financial, and personal support.
- Hybrid work arrangement based in Asturias or Valencia, Spain.
- The Food Ingredients business unit is expected to transition to CVC Capital Partners following the anticipated sale, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions.