Associate Product Manager

Job Description

Fincent is a new age finance firm whose mission is to bring financial and accounting services into the modern era. We like to think of ourselves as all of the good parts of a startup, without the downsides. We're a tight-knit team of smart, friendly people solving problems together with a shared passion for design, technology and creativity. Fincent stands at the intersection of neo-banking and SaaS and aims to be a complete financial hub for SMBs. We offer an AI-powered finance team with a real-time dashboard to manage all the finance functions for your business on one platform – banking, bookkeeping, yearly taxes, bill pay & invoicing, financial projections & budgeting, reimbursements and more. What you will do Explore and develop new product ideas through market and user research, competitive analysis, and reverse engineering of existing accounting systems Define business and technical requirements for new products and features through clear and precise user stories, use cases, workflows, product specifications, and mock-up designs Collaborate with the design team to create a simple, sleek and frictionless user experience Work closely with the operations/bookkeeping, engineering and design teams to identify feasible and scalable financial and accounting solutions Determine requirements for integrating with external bookkeeping, financial, banking and payment systems (Eg. ERP Next, Quickbooks Online, Stripe, etc.) Manage the end-to-end product development process (Includes: discovery, design, spec'ing, developing, testing and launch) Create test plans and conduct product testing for product launch Oversee the product's launch and go-live activities (Includes: Testing, Training, Marketing roll-out) Utilize your proficiency in data analysis and customer feedback to continuously iterate and develop products that resolve customer and operational pain points. What you need 5+ years of relevant experience with strong domain knowledge and solid foundation of bookkeeping, accounting & financial procedures. Experience with ERP next, QuickBooks and Stripe Inter CA, CFA, ICWA, Management accounting inter / Diploma in IFRS Having prior experience working with US based accounting processes and familiarity with US GAAP Product management experience developing products and workflows for bookkeeping and accounting processes Experience testing bookkeeping and accounting workflows and solutions in ERP next, QBO, or any other accounting or financial tool Experience with or a willingness to work with AI tools to research and develop bookkeeping workflows and solutions Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail. Comfortable working in a tech driven environment, includes working with APIs and having technical discussions with engineering Loves solving complex technical issues and is passionate about figuring out why things happen and how they should work Has a strong understanding of the product development lifecycle