About Us

BACB is a UK bank that offers trade finance and complementary products to clients in specialist markets, especially Africa and the Middle East.

We have been helping businesses with trade finance and complementary products for over half a century, focusing on trade flows to and from Africa and the Middle East as well as real estate in the UK.

Our in-depth knowledge of the countries and practices where our clients operate ensures that we put them first.

Additional Info

• Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite, 2 from home
• Location: City of London
• Contract Type: Permanent

Job Summary

This is a Automation Developer role that will be part of a small team responsible for development, maintenance & support of automation processes of business workflow using technologies including both UiPath and Power Automate. The role requires strong Automation industry experience (7+ years), preferably within financial services and experience with UiPath is a MUST.

Familiarity with UiPath RPA automation is ESSENTIAL, experience of Microsoft Power Automate (Power Platform) would be good to have as we are currently transforming from one workflow tool to Power Platform. UiPath administration (Orchestrator) and development skills required. This role would be expected to cross train and eventually work across all of these technologies as the current automation robots employ both Power Automate and UiPath.

The idea candidate will have the background and experience of analysing business requirements and existing manual workflows and automate them using UiPath and Power Platform. The role is also expected to maintain and support existing automation robots and participate in review of the existing automated processes and propose and implement improvements to the existing process automation delivery approach and process configuration management. Backend experience in upgrading UiPath Orchestrator and Studio as well as Power Project environment management experience would be ideal.

Key Work Outputs and Accountabilities

• Design, build and support automated processes using UiPath or Power Platform where appropriate (UiPath experience is a MUST, Power Project would be beneficial)
• Participate in Business and automation workshops, contribute to application delivery, recommend best of the breed solutions.
• Provide business and functional analysis
• Manage & execute the engagement along all change phases: requirements, functional specifications, technical analysis/design, Build, Test, and Deployment.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to understand stakeholder needs and offer analytical support.
• Document automation processes and required configurations.
• Work closely with the Application Services team to ensure any automation platform improvements do not impact existing automations and workflows.
• Work closely with business analysts and SMEs to help and mature existing solution and process collectively.
• Upgrading UiPath (Orchestrator and Studio components) and experience with backend Power project skill would be useful
• Update existing technical documentation and produce new where missing.
• Migration from the use of shared folders to Microsoft cloud storage solutions such as Sharepoint
• Introduce configuration management to track changes to Automation platforms and processes through their whole delivery lifecycle.
• Recommend best of the breed solutions to improve SDLC, bring the best industry standards.
• Propose and implement improvements to existing Office automation delivery processes, i.e. introduce automated solution delivery solutions
• Propose and implement improvements to production incident troubleshooting process.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• At least 7+ years of experience working with automation UI Path (and/or Power Project)
• Very strong knowledge and experience delivering Automation solutions – both development and administration.
• UiPath Certified Professional Automation Developer
• Power Platform certifications would be beneficial
• Hands-on regular knowledge and use of products such as workflow and OCR based tools.
• Broad IT knowledge, skills and experience – including appropriate tools, processes and policies used in the development space.
• Knowledge of SQL
• Experience of working in a structured and regulated software development environment
• Previous exposure to Banking/finance operations/process background and Trade Finance would be beneficial
• Experience of office productivity tools such as OCR and translation products
• Practical knowledge of Software Delivery Processes
• Experience of full SDLC with process analysis, design, and implementation; business and technical requirements; problem-solving; and system(s) testing, including UAT and bug fixes
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience in design of RPA/Power Project solutions working alongside business analysts and the business itself
• Experience of adding enhancement and automation to a Microsoft/365 environment
• The role holder must be self-motivated, able to work on their own initiative and liaise effectively with professional staff and customers throughout the business
• Able to understand Business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Ability to track, manage and document all issues to ensure a successfully delivered solution
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Able to operate calmly and effectively in complex and challenging tasks.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Ability to quickly understand how systems and applications across the business hang together

Nice to Have skills:

• Ui Path and/or Microsoft Solution Architect Certifications a big advantage.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical language for non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Skills:

• Business Process Analysis
• Business Process Modelling
• Financial Services
• Requirements Analysis
• Solution Analysis
• Data Analysis
• SQL
• Systems administration