Senior Finance Product Owner - Project Accounting

Senior Finance Product Owner - Project Accounting

Eaton's Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Senior Finance Product Owner - Project Accounting. The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Job Summary: The Accounting Senior Product Owner will set and communicate the product vision, develop and maintain the product roadmap, and define key operational processes like the product release schedule. The individual in this role will work closely with business partners and customers to define epics that align with key business objectives for the Scrum or Kanban team. This Senior Product Owner tracks and manages product funding and defines work priorities for individuals dedicated to the product team. They will balance new features against continuous improvement, system health, and support. The Senior Product Owner works directly with a team of analysts, engineers and other product team members to execute the product roadmap, guide the product development lifecycle, define user stories, and provide voice of the customer within product processes. This position is responsible for maximizing the value, prioritizing, and managing the product backlog. The Product Owner is responsible for simple products with small levels of impact on Eaton Business Outcomes. Work on these products is foundational to the business.

** Please note. This role requires someone with significant Corporate Finance/Accounting principles to work with our internal finance teams. Finance Product Ownership or Project Management experience alone is not enough for this role. Previous experience working as a Sr Finance/Accounting professional will be required for this role.

Job Responsibilities: Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and epics to meet customer and business needs. Own the product backlog, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and continuous improvement work. Plan, manage, and track product funding. Is fully responsible for product budget and profit plan. Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys. Work closely with business stakeholders and customers, understanding their priorities and defining business outcomes and KPIs for the product in collaboration with those key stakeholders. Communicate goals for product increments and releases. Define goals for team sprints. Support the onboarding of internal and external resources. Accountable for product support, stability, and governance: including data, policy, cybersecurity, and usage. Act as a functional expert in areas related to the product. Define product processes (e.g., release schedule) and support process improvement activities across product processes (Lean, Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps, etc.). Understand the different types of projects and full end to end lifecycles to enable robust process definitions with other key capability owners. Understand commercial, business and go-to-market strategies where applicable. Support a Secure Product Development Lifecycle approach that establishes a strong cybersecurity focus and culture across the entire engineering lifecycle. Manage contracts with software and service vendors to support the product strategy. Drive development of features that provide rigorous project financial tracking and cost control. Champion capabilities like project budgeting, cost forecasting, and profitability analysis to give stakeholders real-time visibility into project spend vs. budget. Set product outcomes around improved cost transparency. Embed robust financial controls and compliance checks into the product. Ensure all project accounting processes and data handling meet corporate and regulatory standards (e.g. SOX, revenue recognition policies, capital vs. expense treatment). Ensure the product supports complex project structures spanning multiple business units or legal entities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution. Min 5+ years specifically in highly complex Accounting projects and programs. Minimum of 7 years of experience as an analyst, project manager, engineer, business manager or program lead on moderate to highly complex Accounting projects and programs. 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position within large global corporation. Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc. Must be able to work without sponsorship now or in the future. Must currently reside within 50 miles of posted locations(s). Relocation is not available for this role.

Preferred Qualifications: MS/ MBA with concentration in Finance or Accounting. Significant understanding of Corporate Accounting Principles. The Product Owner should have expertise in SAP's Project Systems module and Oracle's Project Accounting module, including how they handle Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project lifecycles, and financial postings. Understanding of integration points between the project accounting system and other enterprise tools. Product Owner must also have expertise in financial compliance requirements and internal controls. Practical knowledge and experience with product management and modern product delivery processes. Practical knowledge of and experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban software delivery teams. General understanding of DevSecOps principles. General familiarity with modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.

Skills:

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. This position will often work with other business analysts, project managers and business teams on a regular basis. Good team-oriented interpersonal skills. Assists with facilitation sessions, may require some coaching on how to lead and influence others, and to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people. Good team player, self-motivated and committed with an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.