Product Owner Job at The Ash Group, Phoenix, AZ

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  • The Ash Group
  • Phoenix, AZ

Job Description

*** W2 Contract – No C2C – No 3rd Parties ***

Position: Accounting/Finance Product Owner

Location: Phoenix, AZ or Atlanta, GA (can be worked from either city)

Setting: Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week

Type: Direct Hire

Additional: May require travel

Overview:

The Accounting/Finance Product Owner maximizes the business value their products create by articulating the product's “what” and “why,” translating user needs into meaningful features and user stories, prioritizing and managing the agile team backlog, and acting as the ultimate decision maker to manage the backlog to best execute the product roadmap. The Product Owner works closely with finance business executives, management, end users, agile teams, and functional/technical team members to rapidly deliver quality solutions to customers and employees.

Duties:

  • Develop deep functional technical understanding and become the "go-to” person for products you own.
  • Develop a deep understanding of finance business processes within the assigned functional area and related to the products you own.
  • Build, refine, and prioritize product backlog to maximize value delivery.
  • Apply analytical skills to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements.
  • Make recommendations regarding unique testing strategies for stories, features, and/or products.
  • Author Features and User Stories, clearly defining acceptance criteria, and accept user stories as "Done"
  • Provides escalated (Tier 2) application support, including on-call (after hours, weekends, holidays) for priority issues. Troubleshoot complex production issues.
  • Evaluates and follows through on issues and problems until resolved or escalated in accordance with the specified process and service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Clearly communicate product goals and priorities to the delivery team.
  • Conduct demos for stakeholders.
  • Identifies and leads process improvements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Organizational Impact:

  • Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with significant impact on the area of responsibility.
  • Contributes to developing goals in the area and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.).
  • Manages large projects or processes with moderate impact on the achievement of sub-family results.
  • Work is performed with limited oversight.
  • Typically responsible for coaching, reviewing, and delegating work to lower-level professionals.
  • Provides measurable input to new products, processes, or standards in operational plans to implement operational objectives.

Leadership & Talent Management:

  • Typically, responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area.
  • Typically, responsible for managing major/complex projects at this level, involving delegating work and reviewing work products.
  • Additional responsibilities for this role:
  • Recruits, selects, coaches, and develops team members.
  • When direct reports are assigned, conduct performance reviews per HR guidelines. When necessary, take corrective actions, including Performance Improvement Plans and terminations. Also, manage professional growth and development plans.

Knowledge & Experience:

  • Requires deep accounting knowledge, typically obtained through higher education combined with experience. Typically viewed as a subject matter expert within the discipline.
  • May have broad knowledge of project or program management.
  • Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 6-8 years of prior relevant experience.

Required Skills:

  • Demonstrated leadership, consensus-building, and problem-solving skills.
  • Effective analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Excellent listening, oral, and written communication skills.
  • Excellent facilitation, presentation, and reporting skills.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Contract work, Weekend work, 2 days per week,

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