Job Details
NO C2C or 3rd Parties - NO RELOCATION CANDIDATES CONSIDERED
PRODUCT MANAGER with Revenue Accounting and Finance experience
#891901
Location: Glendale, CA. (On-site 4 days a week)
Contract length: 5 or more months.
Pay range: $85-90/hr. W2
The Product Manager will focus on these key areas of responsibility: Controllership, Revenue Accounting and Finance teams, Business Engagement, Project Delivery, Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Production Support while interacting with on and offshore development resources, vendors, professional service providers, and global business partners.
The Product Manager needs to have a global perspective, looking across all regions when developing solutions to meet the needs of the organization. The Product Manager will ensure IT processes are repeatable, recommending smart approaches to gather requirements and deliver projects while providing business value. The Product Manager will identify and assess potential forward-thinking solutions for both technical and business feasibility.
Basic Qualifications
- 8 years in business systems analysis with at least 5 years of experience with large scale and complex systems
- 5 years of Project Management experience on complex level projects is desirable.
- Master and Agile certification is preferred.
- PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Google Docs, SharePoint, Jira
- of Licensing and Consumer Products industry with demonstrating problem-solving experience in Revenue Accounting, Finance and Contract Management Systems including, but not limited to contract processes and practices, licensee royalty statement submission processes, royalty, and revenue transaction processing.
- with highly integrated accounting applications, including interfaces to SAP, forecasting, data warehouses, master data management, and product master is desirable.
- of KPIs and terms to support reporting for Revenue Accounting, Contract Management, Legal, and Category Management business partners.
- with MicroStrategy reporting or equivalent reporting system.
- communication, collaboration, and client engagement skills
- analytical, trouble shooting and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- to lead cross-team projects.
Responsibilities
- strong working knowledge of accounting, finance, and IT standards.
- an advanced level of knowledge of the concepts, capabilities, and integration of relational databases and packaged software.
- in the management of lower-level team member performance by providing leadership and direction, setting clear expectations, and communicating feedback regularly.
Business Engagement -
Follow established demand management and governance processes to engage global business partners on requirements gathering and request prioritization
Develop business analysis deliverables, including but not limited to, workflows and process models, detailed business requirements, use cases, business rules, release notes, change management documentation, project approval requests, etc.
Conduct reviews and obtain consensus on requirements with global business users as well as with internal application teams
Project Delivery -
Partner with the project delivery team to assess technical feasibility and obtain estimates for backlog items
Review design documents and obtain regional consensus and user approvals
Manage blockers and impediments to the release plan
Identify and mitigate project risks
Demonstrate knowledge and mastery of Agile project methodology and change management principles
Project Management -
Develop and maintain project plans to track milestones and detailed tasks and drive the implementation of projects
Write and communicate project status including, but not limited to weekly project status reports
Manage resource allocations across projects
Quality Assurance -
Oversee planning, organization, coordination, and execution of quality assurance activities
Create test strategy, test scenarios, and produce and execute test scripts for new applications and enhancements.
Conduct functional, integration and user acceptance testing for new applications and enhancements to existing applications
Ensure a stable and predictable operating environment for the user community, which includes proper problem identification, timely escalation and resolution, and thorough testing of software changes.
Production Support -
Lead analysis efforts to resolve day-to-day production issues which are escalated from Level 1/Level 2 Support teams.
Education
BA in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Finance or Accounting
MBA or other advanced degree, preferred
Compensation:
The estimated pay range for this position is $85/hr. - $90/hr. and is an Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.
Benefits:
We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring process.