Senior Manager, Finance Automation

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When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific youll be part of a smart driven team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of $25 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.

Role Summary/Purpose

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 Senior Manager Finance Automation is responsible for providing most suited technological solutions to drive business simplification & transformation. By leveraging deep technology process and domain expertise drive execution across multiple interdependent projects within Finance function of PSG.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create awareness of emerging technologies and art of possible with automation across the Finance organization
• 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
• Collaborate with business and functional partners and technology leadership in defining features backlog and specifying requirements for each critical process
• 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
• Review and funnel automation projects perform Cost Benefit Analysis to focus on the top critical processes that need to be automated
• Drive monthly operating rhythm to review funneled projects to prioritize automation projects based on cost benefit analysis and hand-over for development.
• Improve overall idea pipeline and quality of pipeline through discovery sessions and with technology such as Celonis
• Drive technology discussion and strategy in line with business needs and company reference architecture and outline multi-generational project strategy aligned to deliver on the expected outcomes
• Define agile execution methodologies and project management practices to be followed by all projects within the program
• Lead a team of automation engineers to build sustainable and scalable automation solutions to support Finance function
• 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
• Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matching stakeholder expectations
• Track project outcomes realization and customer satisfaction levels through established metrics against service level. Ensure lessons learned are collected
• Perform initial and final financial reviews and ensure ongoing budget tracking

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems / Finance or any other relevant field
• 4 years of experience in driving finance automation initiatives using RPA Alteryx workflow tools etc.
• Working knowledge of transactional systems like Salesforce ERP MES Kronos and Oracle EPM applications.
• Willingness to work in a start-up style environment on new and upcoming technology like AI Machine Learning & Robotic Process Automation.
• Proven leadership and process skills in driving wing-to-wing business process transformation initiatives.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and/or related business process excellence trainings.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Finance or Accounting or successful completion of Thermo Fisher Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP)

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