.Job DescriptionJob Title: Automation Process ManagerRequisition 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 RicaHow 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 the Finance function. The Automation Process Manager is responsible for providing the 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 the 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 the 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.Education: Bachelors' degree in Information Systems / Finance or any other relevant fieldExperience: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
