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.

We’ll broaden your horizons

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.

We’ll help you succeed

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 workstreams. 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 practices and governance frameworks to ensure responsible use of AI technologies, including considerations for bias, transparency, and accountability.
• Experience of modelling software beneficial (i.e., SparX or LeanIX)

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business.  We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture.  From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another.  At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.  BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.  With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.