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RPA opportunities in finance

The processes that lend themselves to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) are those that are manual, repetitive, high volume and low complexity. Within finance functions there are many opportunities, here we highlight some of the processes with most potential, and reveal real-life subjects of RPA pilot programmes.

Any process that is rules based, digital and repetitive has potential for RPA, according to David Wright Consulting, Director at Deloitte.

In a webinar for ICAEW's 2018 Virtual Conference on digital disruption, he argues that the first question to ask when considering implementing RPA is: "Where do you have people doing lower value-add, rules-based and repetitive activities?"