Global Group Financial Reporting (OpCos) Product Owner

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The product owner is accountable for the end-to-end ownership and delivery of the Group Financial Reporting products​ at Operating Company level (i.e. local intracompany reconciliation, elimination and consolidation). He/she owns the products vision and definition of the product. The product owner represents the voice of the customer and is responsible to ensure alignment with all relevant stakeholders. The product owner creates, maintains and prioritizes the Product Backlog providing the team with required information what needs to be delivered and in which order. 

Your responsibilities would include:

• being responsible for the success of the global Group Financial Reporting​ Product at Operating Company level and secure that the product is in line with the RtR Blueprint by translating the RtR process, technology and organisational requirements into the product
• owning the user experience and works in collaboration with the business or end user to establish requirements in the form of User Stories
• maintaining and refining the Product Backlog with a view to maximise reusability between Operating Companies
• managing the product budget. Represents the end user and decides the order in which content is delivered with input from the team; based on value delivered
• ensuring end-to-end process and technology integration through collaboration with other global functions, by working closely together with other global product owners and stakeholders from Business and D&T
• driving product deployment in OpCos through a delivery organisation, e.g., programme/project teams
• taking a quality assurance role towards programme/projects deployments

You are a good candidate if you have:

• Bachelor or Master degree, preferably in business / IT, Scrum Product Owner
• 8-10 years work experience, including exposure to cross-functional and complex international environment.
• demonstrated experience in transactional finance and Record to Report process, specifically interintracompany reconciliation, elimination and consolidation
• understanding of the Record to Report process and the associated risks.
• experience with process design & mapping, project management, change management and platform deployment using Agile methodology.
• fluent English
• strong communication skills. Ability to manage senior stakeholder relationships, addressing conflicting priorities, ensuring tactical alignment. Working with and integrating broad areas within global finance and other global functions. Ability to switch between detail and helicopter view
• deep understanding of the business and the importance of creating value for the business and the customer, but also about architecture frameworks
• ability to connect IT & business and with multiple key stakeholders at various levels 

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