Finance Systems product Owner
Finance Systems product Owner
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Finance Systems Product Owner (Workday)
Are you an experienced finance professional with a strong background in Workday Financials
We are excited to announce a newly created position within our Finance team focused on overseeing and enhancing our Finance systems. If you are passionate about finance systems and enjoy working at the intersection of technology and finance we want to hear from you!
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time. Where possible we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns. Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.
Salary: TBC
Reporting to: Financial Controller
London docklands
Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office.
As the Systems Product Owner youll be at the heart of our Finance transformation journey. With one direct report you will collaborate closely with subject matter experts (SMEs) across our Finance team and wider organisation to identify their needs translating them into actionable requirements.
Your strategic oversight will create a robust finance systems roadmap ensuring seamless system changes across the department.
Key responsibilities
- Collaborating with finance SMEs HR operations and IT stakeholders to understand needs and challenges
- Translating business requirements into prioritised product backlog items
- Defining user stories testing acceptance criteria and product specifications with the development team
- Managing a clear and uptodate product backlog
- Owning the longterm product roadmap and strategic direction
- Improving Workday Financials and other systems through user research and data analysis
- Own and deliver system engagement plan ensuring training materials in respect of financial systems are developed and kept up to date and delivering training to end users.
- Identifying automation opportunities in current business processes
- Monitoring and reporting on process efficiency and data quality
- Championing improvements to selfserve reporting and dashboarding
- Fostering a collaborative and agile product team environment
- Implementing small change and records management
To be considered for this role youll need to show us that youve got the skills and capabilities. Youll have to meet the following minimum criteria:
Minimum Criteria
- Extensive experience as a super user in Workday Financials with exposure to other finance platforms.
- Strong understanding of financial systems and processes.
- Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for engaging with both technical and nontechnical individuals.
Desirable Criteria
We would also like you to have the following skills:
- Strategic thinker with a big picture perspective for systems and processes
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with experience in structuring and manipulating large datasets
Why Financial Ombudsman Service
We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture influence our decisions and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose Ambition Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here: also offer an attractive competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Heres a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
- 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to buy extra or sell days
- Generous pension
- Various Family Friendly Policies including enhanced maternity pay carers and dependants leave
- Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance virtual GP Critical illness cover Life assurance cover to name a few
- Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme Cycle to work scheme Willwriting service amongst others
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Extensive opportunities for personal and career development
- Fully equipped onsite gym open 24 / 7 (London office only)
- Extensive Wellbeing resources including onsite therapists (London office only)
- Beautiful and bright London office looking over the Thames and near to mainline stations
- Our employee led networks (a couple of examples being our Womens Network Carers network and Neurodiverse Network) do fantastic work in educating and raising awareness across a range of experiences and support us in being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. You can get involved too!
How do I apply
To apply please upload a current CV an option is available to leave a supporting statement we would love to hear more about you and how you feel you would align to the role.
Applications need to be submitted by 23:59 on Tuesday 15th April 2025
Successful applicants will be invited to a telephone call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team
We welcome internal applications to apply you must have passed probation be meeting or exceeding expectations and have no live performance plans in place
Due to high application numbers this advert may end earlier than the date specified so please dont delay and apply now!
A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted to the first stage of the assessment process.
Were proud to be an inclusive employer
We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities.
Were committed to being a great place to work attracting and developing people from the widest possible range of backgrounds. We want everyone to perform at their best and feel able to be themselves. We understand that if were diverse and inclusive well better understand different perspectives which is fundamental to our job resolving financial complaints.
We welcome applications from Black and other ethnic minority candidates and female candidates for all positions and particularly so for senior leader positions as they are underrepresented within the Financial Ombudsman Service at this level.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. This means that we will put disabled candidates entering under the scheme through to the next stage of the recruitment process should they meet the minimum criteria for a role. A minimum criterion needs to be measurable from reviewing a candidates CV/supporting statement. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about any reasonable adjustments you need please email and let us know your preferred method of contact.
Find out more
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- LinkedIn: Financial Ombudsman Service
- Our careers page: luck with your application!
Employment Type
Full Time
