[Remote] Data & Analytics Product Owner - Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Huron is a global consulting organization that focuses on helping clients drive growth and enhance business performance. They are seeking a Data & Analytics Product Owner – Finance to lead the agile delivery of finance-domain data products and facilitate self-service BI adoption across the Finance & Accounting organization.

Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains the finance-domain product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development
• Translates finance business requirements into user stories, features, and acceptance criteria
• Leads backlog refinement, sprint planning, and story elaboration sessions
• Makes day-to-day decisions on scope and priorities to maintain team velocity and deliver value
• Participates actively in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Collaborates with Scrum Master to remove impediments and support team performance
• Maintains deep understanding of transactional systems and financial data across the Finance domain
• Applies knowledge of financial processes — including close cycles, financial reporting, and ERP workflows — to inform requirements and delivery decisions
• Navigates the intersection of ERP reporting and BI analytics, understanding which solutions are owned by the analytics team, the Workday/ERP team, or require cross-functional collaboration
• Ensures finance data products adhere to relevant financial data standards and governance requirements
• Acts as the primary day-to-day liaison between Finance & Accounting stakeholders and the analytics development team
• Conducts regular working sessions with F&A operational contacts to gather requirements, validate solutions, and provide delivery updates
• Facilitates alignment between technical capabilities and finance business needs
• Communicates clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
• Guides development of finance analytics solutions including dashboards, reports, and self-service BI tools spanning P2P, PSA, CLM, GL, Payroll, Tax, Treasury, Revenue, and FP&A
• Champions adoption of self-service Power BI capabilities within the Finance & Accounting organization, leveraging the enterprise semantic model as the trusted foundation
• Drives data literacy initiatives that enable finance stakeholders to independently access and interpret data
• Collaborates with data engineers and architects on data modeling and technical design
• Applies best practices in data visualization, financial reporting, and analytics
• Defines acceptance criteria for features, including data quality rules and financial accuracy standards
• Reviews and accepts completed work to ensure alignment with requirements and quality standards
• Monitors product performance metrics and user adoption across finance stakeholders
• Contributes to continuous improvement in product features and team processes

Skills

• 4-6 years of experience as a Product Owner, business analyst, or related role in data/analytics domains
• Strong understanding of financial processes and transactional systems across one or more finance domains (FP&A, P2P, GL, Revenue)
• Familiarity with ERP platforms and how finance data flows between ERP systems and analytics layers
• Proven track record of delivering data products in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Experience with modern BI and analytics platforms (Power BI preferred; Tableau, Looker, or similar also valued)
• Understanding of data engineering principles, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT processes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts into data requirements and vice versa
• Strong experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintaining product backlogs
• Demonstrated ability to make prioritization decisions and manage trade-offs
• Experience with Workday Financials (HCM, FIN, or PSA modules)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar agile certification
• SQL proficiency and hands-on experience querying financial datasets
• Familiarity with data governance, data quality frameworks, and financial data standards
• Understanding of SOX-relevant data workflows and financial controls
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Knowledge of dimensional modeling and semantic layer concepts
• Background in finance, accounting, or financial systems consulting

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program
• Eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs

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