**Job Title: Automation Process Manager**
**Requisition ID**:
When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be part of a smart, driven team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of +$30 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.
**Location/Division Specific Information**
Lagunilla, Costa Rica
**How will you make an impact?**
Finance Digital Transformation team is an exciting and evolving organization that provides the required structure, governance, and skills to implement technology solutions such as Robotic Process Automation, Data analytics and Artificial Intelligence to enable business transformation. The team is focused on partnering with the business and digital technology teams to drive standardization, simplification and productivity gains across Finance function
The Automation Process Manager is responsible for providing most suited technological and process simplification solutions to drive business simplification, standardization & transformation. This individual will work collaboratively with all levels of business stakeholders to drive global initiatives and strategies for adopting Automation Capabilities (RPA, Process Mining, Smart OCR, Process re-engineering etc.) and lead the execution of automation solutions that optimize Finance function of AIG division.
**What will you do?**
- Proactively engage with finance business experts to identify and define business problems that can be addressed through Automation.
- Drive lean value stream mapping events. Build the end-to-end process map across different functional processes. Understand the AS-IS processes, eliminate waste and redundancies within the AS-IS processes & then define a streamlined TO-BE process to enable the suitable automation solution.
- Manage backlog of automation opportunities and continue to look for opportunities that align with program objectives.
- Review and funnel automation projects. Perform Cost Benefit Analysis to focus on the top critical processes that need to be automated through automation.
- Drive monthly operating rhythm to review funneled projects with the Automation Governance Council, prioritize automation projects based on cost benefit analysis and hand-over for development.
- Identify repetitive manual tasks & justify the value-add through automation. Focus on driving the productivity improvements at a micro-process level & to add value through robotic process automation (RPA) or other automation methods
- Define agile execution methodologies and project management practices to be followed by all projects within the program
- Collect core functional/business requirements and work with Solution Architects and developers to execute timely completion of Automation projects.
- Ensure requirements are documented, traceable, and testable through to implementation.
- Evangelize Automation by working across functional groups to educate and promote the capabilities and efficiencies that can be achieved through automation.
- Organize project teams comprising from internal and external technical and functional experts based on budget, scope and timeline
- Manage day-to-day execution of multiple interdependent projects by working directly with global technical teams.
- Coordinate execution across multiple projects and drive shared approach and outcomes tracking
- Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies. Partner with technical and operational teams external to the project to ensure their tasks are completed as required
- Manage project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout the life of the project
- Manage stakeholder communication and progress reporting at various levels of the organization including leadership and executives
- Manage the financials of the entire automation portfolio and report total investment and value for Automation program.
- Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matching stakeholder expectations
**Education**
- Bachelors' degree in Information Systems / Finance or any other relevant field
**Experience**
- 2+ years of hands-on experience on RPA tools and cognitive platforms such as UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Process mining etc. UiPath experience is a plus.
- 5+ years of Finance and Accounting domain expertise
- Experience with Scrum /Agile development methodologies
- 2-3 years' experience leading and managing project teams is preferable.
**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**
- Ability to quickly learn and analyze the requirement, terms and propose a viable solution
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and/or related business process excellence trainings are a plus
- Advanced Excel is a must and VBA skillset is a strong plus.
- Strong presentation skills
- Credible change agent with demonstrated initiative, facilitation & interpersonal skills; exhibits confide