Senior Automation Specialist (RPA & AI)

ace has partnered with aprestigious,leading global Hedge Fund to appoint anexperiencedAutomation Specialist (RPA & AI)who will take full ownership of end-to-end delivery of production-grade automation across core operational functions, with a strong preference for exposure to Legal, Compliance and control-driven environments.

This is an engineering-first role: you will design, build, test, deploy and run automations using UiPath, integrating AI capabilities (Gemini/LLM) where they tangibly improve outcomes. You willoperateas the delivery and product owner for automation outcomes, working independently, making day-to-day implementation decisions, and escalating by exception. Our client needs a high-output delivery operator who takes direction well and thrives in a demanding, high-performance environment.

Please note that this role requires presence in the client's London office 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end automation delivery: intake, process mapping, solution design, build, test, release,hypercare, BAU handover/runbooks.
• Build andmaintainrobust UiPath automations (attended/unattended) with production-grade engineering patterns: resilience, retries, idempotency, exception handling, monitoring,loggingand supportability.
• Implement AI-enabled automation using Gemini/LLM integrations whereappropriate (e.g., extraction, classification, summarisation, triage), ensuring controls,traceabilityandappropriate human-in-the-loopdesign.
• Act as the product owner for automation outcomes: manage an automation backlog, define acceptance criteria, prioritise delivery, and track measurable benefits (time saved, risk reduced, throughput increased).
• Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Treasury and (where applicable) Legal/Compliance stakeholders to embed controls into workflows (approvals, evidence capture, audit trails,SoD).
• Establish andmaintaincontinuous assurance / test automation for automation: automated regression checks, control validation routines, and operational health monitoring.
• Own documentation standards: solution design docs, SOPs/runbooks, release notes, evidencepacksand support procedures.
• Identifyand remediate automation risk: breakpoints, failure modes, data-quality issues, access/credential risks; escape by exception with clear options and trade-offs.
  

ace has partnered with aprestigious,leading global Hedge Fund to appoint anexperiencedAutomation Specialist (RPA & AI)who will take full ownership of end-to-end delivery of production-grade automation across core operational functions, with a strong preference for exposure to Legal, Compliance and control-driven environments.

This is an engineering-first role: you will design, build, test, deploy and run automations using UiPath, integrating AI capabilities (Gemini/LLM) where they tangibly improve outcomes. You willoperateas the delivery and product owner for automation outcomes, working independently, making day-to-day implementation decisions, and escalating by exception. Our client needs a high-output delivery operator who takes direction well and thrives in a demanding, high-performance environment.

Please note that this role requires presence in the client's London office 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end automation delivery: intake, process mapping, solution design, build, test, release,hypercare, BAU handover/runbooks.

• Build andmaintainrobust UiPath automations (attended/unattended) with production-grade engineering patterns: resilience, retries, idempotency, exception handling, monitoring,loggingand supportability.

• Implement AI-enabled automation using Gemini/LLM integrations whereappropriate (e.g., extraction, classification, summarisation, triage), ensuring controls,traceabilityandappropriate human-in-the-loopdesign.

• Act as the product owner for automation outcomes: manage an automation backlog, define acceptance criteria, prioritise delivery, and track measurable benefits (time saved, risk reduced, throughput increased).

• Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Treasury and (where applicable) Legal/Compliance stakeholders to embed controls into workflows (approvals, evidence capture, audit trails,SoD).

• Establish andmaintaincontinuous assurance / test automation for automation: automated regression checks, control validation routines, and operational health monitoring.

• Own documentation standards: solution design docs, SOPs/runbooks, release notes, evidencepacksand support procedures.

• Identifyand remediate automation risk: breakpoints, failure modes, data-quality issues, access/credential risks; escape by exception with clear options and trade-offs.
  

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience delivering automation in financial services (buy-side strongly preferred).

• Deep hands-onexpertisewith UiPath (Studio, Orchestrator, queues, exceptionframeworks; able to build independently without client upskilling).

• Practical experience integrating AI/LLMs into operational workflows (Gemini preferred) with a clear view on controls, auditability, and operational risks.

• Proventrack recordof shipping automations to production, not just POCs, and owning stability post go-live.

• Strong deliverydiscipline:works at pace, handles ambiguity, executes reliably in high-pressure environments.

Nice to have

• Experience/exposure to Legal/Compliance processes and control environments; familiarity with evidence-driven governance.

• Exposure to Equities / Fixed Income operational processes.
  

Benefits

• Initial 12-month contract, with likelihood of extension.
• 5 days per week in the London office (non-negotiable).
• Salary / rate to be discussed.
  

About us

ace is a specialist post-digital advisory and delivery partner helping financial institutions implement high-impact automation, AI, and post-digital solutions in regulated environments. We combine deep technicalexpertisewith a practical understanding of governance, controls, and operational risk to delivery production-grade outcomes at pace.

We are part of the G MASS group, a global financial services resource augmentation and consulting firm that provides expert talent and delivery support across transformation, change, and operational resilience.

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