Senior Finance Data Product Owner, Workday & Azure

IT Minds LLC

Cary (NC)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

IT Minds LLC in Cary, NC is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead the Finance data, integration, and reporting backlog for a Workday/ERP transformation as part of a modern data hub on Azure. You will collaborate with Finance teams, Workday consultants, and the Azure data engineering group to translate close, reporting, and control needs into governed finance data products.

The role requires 8+ years in ERP Finance with strong ERP knowledge; hybrid schedule; on-site several days per week in

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in ERP Finance, Finance Systems, finance data, business analysis, or product ownership.
Strong functional knowledge of Finance modules in at least one major ERP: Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.
Strong knowledge of GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, financial close, reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting.
Experience with ERP implementation, modernization, migration, or finance transformation programs.
Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, process/data documentation, and UAT scenarios.
Ability to work effectively with both Finance stakeholders and technical/data engineering teams.
Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work a hybrid schedule from Cary, NC.

Responsibilities

Own, groom, and prioritize the Finance backlog for data, integrations, and reporting.
Translate Finance requirements into epics, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
Maintain a roadmap aligned with close cycles, cutover milestones, and downstream dependencies.
Lead backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and demos.
Provide functional leadership across GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, financial close, intercompany, reconciliations, controls, and reporting.
Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand processes, data definitions, and reporting requirements.
Support PeopleSoft-to-Workday Finance data mapping and integration decisions.
Define finance data-quality rules, reconciliation requirements, and reporting validation criteria.
Work with engineering teams to develop trusted and certified finance data products.
Coordinate UAT, defect triage, data validation, reconciliation, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
Drive adoption of new data products and reduce dependency on legacy extracts and manual reporting.
Serve as the connection point between Finance teams, ERP consultants, and technical delivery teams.