Automation Architect

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward.

And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you’ll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we’ll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to.

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long‑lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working pro‑actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

The Automation Architect who will provide guidance and oversight on the strategic use of Automation solutions to support our Business work streams. At BDO, we recognise that through the adoption of Automation technology, we can grow our client base to increase the quality of our business processes and to reduce operational risk.

You will play a lead role in our team’s ambition to deliver the Automation strategy using Automation & AI technologies. You will understand how Automation compliments existing IT applications and how it can help support the wider Architectural strategy of an organisation. We are actively expanding our AI capability, and a significant part of your role will involve designing solutions that use Agentic AI to support our wider business challenges.

Through this role, you will play a vital part in helping to shape the future of Automation at a large global accountancy & professional services firm.

You will be responsible for:

• Defining the roadmap for Automation in line with the BDO IT Strategy and feed into wider architecture team
• Acting as an evangelist for Automation and to identify new Automation opportunities across the business.
• Leading the UK Automation Centre of Excellence which provides governance and compliance of all automation processes and solutions.
• Mentoring and leading our Automation delivery team.
• Leading and designing the architecture of Automation solutions and to represent Automation at a wider Architectural level at Technology Design Assurance meetings.
• Supporting initial feasibility of potential Automation processes through until the implementation stage.

You will have:

• Proven experience of designing Automation & AI solutions (ie Orchestration, LLM, RPA, OCR)
• Experience of leading Automation & AI technology stacks. Ideally UiPath but we would also value experience across Blue Prism, Appian, Azure, MS Platform or others.
• Experience with both On Premise and Cloud implementation and architectural patterns
• Understanding of complex workflow‑based logic and the ability to translate business requirements into a strategic or technical Automation outcomes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate and present technical details to a non‑technical audience.
• Strong written skills with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing ethical AI…