IT Manager, Product Owner - Finance

Quench USA, Inc. is dedicated to improving lives and the environment by providing sustainable water solutions. The IT Manager, Product Owner - Finance will oversee the financial systems ecosystem, ensuring that business needs are met through clear requirements and high-quality deliverables while driving process improvements and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities:

• Own and continuously refine the Finance Product Vision, ensuring alignment with Finance leadership and enterprise strategy
• Maintain a transparent, prioritized product roadmap, balancing strategic initiatives, technical debt, compliance, and operational enhancements
• Define measurable product outcomes (e.g., automation ROI, cycle time reduction, data accuracy improvements)
• Communicate the roadmap across Finance, IT, and executive stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared understanding
• Own the end‑to‑end product backlog, ensuring items are value‑driven, refined, and prioritized
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and iteration reviews in partnership with the Scrum Master
• Ensure backlog items are sliced into incremental, deliverable units that support continuous delivery
• Make real‑time scope decisions during sprints to keep the team unblocked and focused
• Act as the primary liaison between Finance leadership and technical teams
• Facilitate cross‑functional decision‑making and negotiate trade‑offs
• Communicate product progress, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership
• Manage relationships with third‑party vendors and implementation partners
• Oversee the documentation and continuous improvement of complex financial business processes, including General Ledger, AP, AR, Tax, and Collections
• Lead evaluation and redesign of financial processes (GL, AP, AR, Tax, Collections)
• Ensure system design aligns with accounting principles, compliance, and audit standards
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce operational risk
• Partner with Finance SMEs to validate requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across all financial systems and integrations
• Partner with architecture and data teams to maintain a robust data governance model
• Identify and mitigate risks related to data quality, system dependencies, and integration failures
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies with discipline and purpose, ensuring Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives drive transparency, alignment, and continuous improvement
• Translate strategic objectives into clear, achievable sprint goals, partnering with the Scrum Master and development team to maintain flow, remove blockers, and uphold Agile delivery standards
• Monitor delivery risks and dependencies across Finance systems, proactively escalating issues, adjusting scope, and guiding teams toward predictable, high‑quality delivery
• Advise Finance leaders on technology-enabled process improvements, offering data‑driven recommendations that balance innovation with operational feasibility
• Evaluate emerging financial technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to modernize the Finance ecosystem and strengthen automation, compliance, and scalability
• Facilitate ideation and solutioning workshops with Finance SMEs and IT partners to explore new capabilities, challenge assumptions, and co‑create forward‑looking enhancements

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5-7 years of Product Owner experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial capacity
• 4-year degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or relevant work experience
• Strong technical knowledge of Salesforce.com, Zuora billing, and Certinia (FinancialForce)
• Deep understanding of core finance and accounting business processes
• Expert knowledge of Agile best practices, including requirements gathering, process mapping, and user story development
• Mature presence and poise to engage with senior leadership, with excellent communication and technical writing skills
• A collaborative team player with a positive outlook and a 'company and team first' attitude
• Prior consulting experience
• Familiarity with SQL and/or PowerBI
• CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner), IIBA, or PMI-PBA certification