ace has partnered with a prestigious, leading global Hedge Fund to appoint an experienced Automation Specialist (RPA & AI)

ace has partnered with a prestigious, leading global Hedge Fund to appoint an experienced Automation 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 will operate as 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 and maintain robust UiPath automations (attended/unattended) with production-grade engineering patterns: resilience, retries, idempotency, exception handling, monitoring, logging and supportability.
• Implement AI-enabled automation using Gemini/LLM integrations where appropriate (e.g., extraction, classification, summarisation, triage), ensuring controls, traceability and appropriate human-in-the-loop design.
• 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 and maintain continuous 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, evidence packs and support procedures.
• Identify and remediate automation risk: breakpoints, failure modes, data-quality issues, access/credential risks; escalate by exception with clear options and trade-offs.