RPA
Filing expenses and booking leave are not the most thrilling bits of business administration , but RPA for basic HR jobs is turning heads
WRITTEN BY : PADDY SMITH
T here ’ s no denying the benefits that Robotic Process Automation ( RPA ) can bring to a business , especially in a department like HR which deals with repetitive , data-driven tasks on a daily basis . Allowing employees to ditch mundane tasks such as processing expenses and annual leave lets them focus on more impactful work , often resulting in substantial gains . While you ’ d be forgiven for thinking that investment in RPA solutions has dropped during the global pandemic , that ’ s far from the case .
This year , Gartner predicts that total RPA software revenue will hit close to $ 2 billion ( an increase over almost 20 per cent from 2020 ), with 90 per cent of large global organisations expected to adopt RPA in some form by 2022 . This is supported by recent findings from CFO Research and AppZen , which shows that reducing manual , time-consuming processes is a priority for 90 per cent of executives .
" Last year , we saw a huge acceleration of digital transformation in finance , and our research confirms that we ' ll see even deeper transformation in 2021 , championed by the finance organisation ," said Anant Kale , CEO and co-founder of AppZen . " With CFOs taking an increasingly strategic role , the need for agility and incorporating technologies that accelerate company-wide decision-making is imperative . Moving forward , we expect to see a rise in automation and AI among modern finance teams ." aimagazine . com 83