Product Owner Finance

Red King Resourcing; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Product Owner with 2-3 years experience in financial services to drive product success. The role involves being a voice of the customer, aligning product vision with user needs and business goals, and managing the backlog. An accountancy background is highly desirable. This opportunity based in London offers flexibility to work remotely up to 3 days a week, with competitive remuneration inside IR35.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience as a Product Owner in financial services or fintech.
• Strong background in financial principles and decision making.
• Experience managing product backlogs in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as voice of the customer and business for specific products.
• Align product vision and roadmap with business objectives.
• Own and prioritise the product backlog to meet user needs.

Skills

Experience as a Product Owner

Financial principles understanding

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Detail-oriented approach

Education

Accountancy qualification or background

Job description

My market leading Client is urgently recruiting for a commercially focused Product Owner, ideally with a strong financial bias to drive the success of their products. This role will play a critical part in ensuring their products meet user needs while delivering measurable business and financial value.

An accountancy or finance background would be a significant advantage, enabling the successful candidate to act as a trusted partner across Product, Finance, and Delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a voice of the customer and the business. Fundamentally, the Product Owner is a business partner for their specific product(s), ensuring alignment between user needs and commercial objectives.

• Serve as a gatekeeper of scope, ensuring focus is maintained and that only value-driven work is delivered.

• Align the product vision and roadmap to support user needs, strategic priorities, and financial outcomes.

• Monitor product performance, identifying opportunities for improvement and defining requirements for enhancement features.

• Own and prioritise the product backlog to address user needs, while ensuring the agreed scope of the product is adhered to.

• Balance regulatory, financial, and operational considerations when making product decisions.

• Support the Product Manager (PM), Business Partners (BP), and Professional Services (PS) teams to deliver a clear and compelling product value case.

• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure requirements are well understood and outcomes are measurable.

About You

• Demonstrable experience, circa 2/3 years as a Product Owner, ideally within financial services, fintech, or finance-led environments.

• Accountancy qualification or background (qualified or part-qualified) is highly desirable.

• Strong understanding of financial principles, commercial drivers, and value-based decision making.

• Proven experience managing and prioritising backlogs in Agile delivery environments.

• Confident communicator, able to engage with technical, financial, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Detail-oriented, pragmatic, and comfortable making decisions that protect product integrity and business value.

This role is a Product Owner, ideally 2-3 years experience, with a good grounding in Finance, working in London up to 3 days a week, inside IR35, if you are happy with this and have the skills / experience, please send an up to date CV for an immediate response and more information on a truly great role with a fantastic Client.