About the job
We’re looking for a Product Manager with an interest in finance and a great analytical mind with impeccable business judgment, who is passionate about automating Hopper’s financial reporting. Reporting to the VP of Finance Operations and Control and partnering with stakeholders across the organization, you will be the key person in charge of project management of Finance Automation (FinAut), a team of developers. You will see the big picture and help establish priorities to achieve our North Star Objectives.
Part of your mandate is to implement process improvement and automation initiatives wherever possible. You will be responsible for the output of a team of engineers, and have a high degree of autonomy and accountability for the success of the team.
The main product you will be supporting is a finance ledger that consolidates disparate sources into one common view in real time and is used for financial reporting, external partner billing, invoice reconciliation (payments and receivables), and business/product internal analysis.
What would your day-to-day look like:
- Develop, document and implement the FinAut (both Data Engineering and Solutions Engineering) roadmap working closely with the Head of Finance Engineering and key stakeholders in the finance organization.
- Identify opportunities and projects for FinAut to contribute to finance organization with an understanding of the business risks and growth areas as a guide.
- Define, scope and gather requirements for all FinAut team projects.
- Triage the daily engineering on-call requests by assigning priority, aligning on action plan and making quick decisions to shift priorities to address urgent items.
- Track FinAut’s project status and performance against roadmap and goals. The candidate will provide a business/finance perspective for technical implementation plans and decisions.
- Own the reporting of data integrity of the ledger as the single source of truth for financial reporting. This includes working closely with business/product teams on complex and detailed data issues and reporting solutions in a concise manner to a wide audience of technical and non-technical professionals.
An ideal candidate has:
- Track record: 3-4 years of product management experience, preferably a financial data product. Demonstrated track record of building out successful products and working on enhancements of existing products used by multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to work with data and make recommendations based on insights. SQL knowledge is preferred (or willingness to learn).
- Technical Ability: Technical depth that allows you to communicate with, understand and work closely with a team of software developers and finance organization (key stakeholder group).
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical content, with the ability to collaborate across teams of various technical and functional backgrounds.
- Flexibility: The flexibility to pivot priorities in order to align with business needs and support growth of the organization in a seamless manner.
Perks and benefits of working with us:
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
- Hopper covers 100% of the premiums for group insurance plan.
- Hopper offers life, short term and long term disability coverage.
- HSA that covers eligible medical and dental expenses.
- All employees and dependents have access to Dialogue’s telemedicine services, anytime, anywhere.
- All employees have access to an RRSP plan with automatic pre-tax withdrawals per pay.
- Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Carrot Cash travel stipend.
- Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
- Open communication with management and company leadership.
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
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