Remote Product Manager - Public Sector Accounting SME

Nava Public Benefit Corp.; New Jersey; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Disability and life insurance

Vacation and holidays

Annual bonus

Wellness program

Virtual care

Sabbatical leave

401(k) match

Flexible work - remote-first

Home office setup

Utility reimbursement

Learning opportunities

Referral bonus

Commuter benefits

Supportive culture

Job summary

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking an experienced accounting/product professional to advise on accounting practices, systems integrations, and public-sector finance processes.

This role blends financial analysis with product leadership to improve government-facing software deployments and ensure compliance across contracts. You will collaborate with legal, policy, and IT teams, drive roadmaps, and translate data insights into actionable improvements while navigating government requirements and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting
• Strong understanding of financial measurement tools and accounting principles
• Experience with budgeting, financial reporting, and compliance with state government regulations
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience running and/or shipping consumer web applications
• Ability to generate very strong product plans and build buy-in across the team, our government partners, and other contractors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical, user experience, and project management trade-offs; ability to step up into team gaps and ambiguous situations to structure the team’s action plan
• Ability to identify market trends and shifts that will affect product direction and update plans based on future expectations
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
• Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
• May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract

Responsibilities

• Provide expert knowledge and insights in accounting practices
• Proficiency in accounting software and technology solutions, including experience with system conversions and integrations
• Lead and manage the integration of accounting software solutions to improve process efficiency and data accuracy
• Collaborate with IT teams to ensure audit logging, system integrations and system monitoring
• Define direction, scope, and priority of projects, from high-level initiatives to specific features, user stories, and business metrics
• Proactively socialize, iterate on, and build buy-in for product initiatives with the team, government partners, and other contractors
• Collaborate with the project management team to prioritize roadmaps and inbound units of work
• Represent Nava's outcome-centric and user-centric approach in discovery meetings with agencies and contractors
• Measure product progress toward business goals or user needs and translate data insights into action

Skills

Accounting proficiency

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder communication

Product planning

Public sector experience

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Accounting software

System integrations

IT collaboration

Job description

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking an experienced accounting/product professional to advise on accounting practices, systems integrations, and public-sector finance processes.

This role blends financial analysis with product leadership to improve government-facing software deployments and ensure compliance across contracts. You will collaborate with legal, policy, and IT teams, drive roadmaps, and translate data insights into actionable improvements while navigating government requirements and