Key Responsibilities:
Requirements Analysis and Solution Design
Drive creating value for customers by translating customer needs into meaningful solutions.
Apply expertise to manage product requirements, and deliver product optimisation.
Introduce new tools and practices that will enhance the user experience.
Drive selection of solution options, working with IT to assess technical solutions to increase value.
Provide business context to ensure solution meets business needs and support business owner to provide clear guidelines in terms of business expectations.
Lead the integrations design based on business needs and best practices, while evaluating the impact thereof.
Prioritization and Value Management:
Maximise the value produced by the team and ensuring stories meet the users' needs.
Gather the requirements for the product and capture them in the form of a product backlog, consisting of user stories with acceptance criteria.
Work with business owners in determining the value of the deliverables.
Prioritise the delivery team's backlog assessing benefit vs. effort and ensuring alignment to strategic business needs on an ongoing basis.
Ensure the teams focus on delivering the highest value items first.
Product and Operational Delivery
Continuous refinement and sequencing of the Product Backlog.
PI planning preparation – confirm business priorities, and lead conversations on cross team dependencies.
Define user stories (with clear acceptance criteria) with extensive domain knowledge.
Participate in Iteration/Sprint planning and solution demonstrations with stakeholders/business owners.
Make business decisions to ensure the end-to-end build of a solution works as designed.
Oversee the planning and execution of testing by Finance ERP team, act as a subject matter expert drafting test scenarios and test cases, and provide approval.
Support Business Process Owner to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing.
Responsible for approval of final test results.
Apply compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, ensuring documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are current.
Drive reporting and analytics to provide visibility on the Finance ERP Teams performance, and monitor sprint metrics and user results.
Leadership and Stakeholder Management
Shape the Finance ERP vision & roadmap - communicate and align the vision and strategy across product and technology teams.
Align the stakeholder needs across business areas and engage with stakeholders on the product development process and product management mindset.
Steer the team in delivering products and features oriented around business impact.
Empower and inspire the team to deliver their best.
Interact with other teams as part of synchronization ceremonies to implement cross-team tasks.
Drive engagement with third parties to support delivery of team objectives.
Plan resourcing for the teams (i.e. new role, change in role), create requests, interview, select and onboard members to join the team.
Drive continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.
Skills:
Proficiency in ERP systems, integration, maintenance, and reporting.
Analytical and project management skills.
Deadlines and results driven.
Ability to work under pressure with agility.
Excellent problem solving and communication skills.
Qualification and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in finance, information systems or related field.
Chartered Accountant (SA) qualification is a plus.
Scaled Agile and Product Owner certification is desirable.
Minimum of 5 years' experience in Finance ERP applications and processes.
Experience in performing the role of the Product Owner.
Competencies and Behaviours for Success:
Communicates Effectively - conveys information and communicates ideas in a clear, concise and impactful manner.
Customer Focus - understands, anticipates, and meets the needs and expectations of customers.
Ensures Accountability - takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets.
Financial Acumen - understands and applies financial concepts and principles to make informed financial decisions.
Instills Trust - inspires trust and gains the confidence of others by displaying honesty and integrity.
Manages Complexity - interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems.
Optimizes Work Processes - assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes.
Organizational Savvy - understands and navigates dynamics created by processes, systems, and people.
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Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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