Global Product Senior Manager - Fin-Core Accounting & Compliance

Who We Are

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What You'll Do

The Finance and Procurement Product Portfolio plays a critical role at the intersection of BCG’s Global Finance and IT functions. Its purpose is to deliver best-in-class financial systems that enable the organization to transact efficiently and responsibly, capture, enrich, and report core financial data to BCG’s business leaders, and comply with the complex fiscal requirements of a multinational organization. The portfolio also ensures that its platforms provide exceptional user experience, aligns with BCG’s global IT enterprise architecture

and security standards, and minimizes the total cost of operations. It embraces the latest technologies and Agile ways of working to enhance financial systems and deliver business value at scale.

BCG’s global finance function is undergoing a major transformation, with technology serving as a core enabler. A key part of this transformation is the deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud as the firm’s global ERP platform. This new platform creates exciting leadership opportunities, including the Core Accounting and Compliance Product Owner role. In this role, you will work closely with the global finance organization to drive an efficient period-end close through continuous improvement, further expansion of SAP capabilities, increased automation, and the use of cutting-edge technologies such as generative AI. You will also ensure that the capture of accurate accounting transactions is governed by proper internal controls and remains compliant with applicable statutory and tax requirements.

To deliver results, you will collaborate with stakeholders, including functional Business Process Owners, to understand business priorities, translate them into a product roadmap, prioritize a backlog of enhancements, and build business cases for potential investment. Leveraging your expertise in finance, accounting, and SAP, and following Agile principles, you will break down enhancements into meaningful segments of work for your squad to deliver and will track progress toward the desired outcomes.

Among Your Responsibilities, You Will

Share information about the Squad’s output and priorities with other Product Owners to ensure alignment across the organization

Enable the organization’s way of working

• Actively create and maintain a Squad culture based on BCG’s values and Agile behaviors
• Model behaviors to support the organization’s adoption of new ways of working including how AI can enhance productivity
• Provide informal and formal feedback within context of larger performance management system
  

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner
• A passion for Finance with a master’s degree in finance or accounting, and a professional accounting designation preferred (e.g., CPA)
• 8 years’ relevant experience in a global accounting organization
• Understanding of Agile principles and ways of working
• Divergent thinker who can converge ideas into tangible products
• Exceptional communications and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in consulting or professional services is a plus
  
  

Who You'll Work With

• All members of your squad, for whom you will be their servant leader

Two Product Analysts who will report to you and support you in your role

Internal clients including functional Business Process Owners, translating their voice and needs into user stories and engaging users as needed

Product Lead who will be your line manager and coordinate work across SAP squads

Product Portfolio Lead who will set the vision, roadmap, budget, priorities and OKRs for the Portfolio and subsequently, for the squads

Scrum Leads, who will act as your right hand to remove impediments and will assist you in preparing the required artifacts and managing ceremonies

Chapter Leads and Technical Lead for technical solutioning and delivery

Agile Coaches, with whom you will share passion for Agile ways of working

Other Product Owners within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between squads and culture

Additional info

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Critical thinking and balancing information from multiple sources (technical and functional) to guide the squad to the correct outcome
• Applying a consultative approach to interactions with the squad and stakeholders to build strong relationships and trust 

Being customer-focused and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirements

Operating with a transparency mindset, communicating clearly and openly 

Working with ambiguous requirements and multi-disciplinary teams 

Influencing stakeholders up to the senior levels of the organization

Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs

Looking for opportunities to innovate and get things done better and faster

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