Finance IT Product Manager

The Finance IT Product Specialist will support the business in the implementation of the Finance solution, compliant to the current CBM solution in EVO and Governance acceptance for localisations. Furthermore, the Finance IT Product Specialist ensures the System integrator will deliver according to agreed requirements and the implementation follows the Vodafone Common Standard implementation procedure.

Finance IT Product Specialist is part of the wider EVO IT Finance Product Management Team and closely aligns with IT Product Managers to act as single point of contact for projects he/she is assigned.

Manage Solution Design & Architecture Strategy & Quality:

• Manage solution design for implementation with Business Product Owner
• Ensure alignment with the key stakeholders including Business Product Owner and System Architect among all relevant group functions and local markets
• Review submitted requirements specifications and to perform initial high level business and feasibility analysis, validate across products/stakeholders in order to eliminate duplication
• Ensure that agile teams fully understand the requirements, priorities and expected benefits.
• Agree scope, producing technical options and high level designs, working with the Strategy and Architecture teams
• Analyse the estimated time and cost of solutions proposed from the SI to fulfil demands in order to rationalize Vodafones spend.
• Ensure the consistency and scalability (across countries and companies) of the solution implemented.
• Perform functional, technical specification and PTC test script document reviews within agreed SLAs. Be accountable for all checks related to detailed level solution design’
• Support Business and Testers on UAT

Support Programme Management:

• Engagement management with key stakeholders (local Markets, Suppliers, FinOps, Service Integrators):
• Ensure demands are aligned with Product roadmap and approach
• Provide expertise and issue management in crisis situation

Be the trusted advisor for Finance solution and related queries

Technical / professional qualifications:

• Extensive experience of SAP/ERP implementations and methodologies.
• SAP Certified.
• Experience over 10 years of which at least 5 years in large-scale and complex Business Transformation Programmes across multiple countries.
• Good understanding of several of the following SAP FI modules: FI-CA, PTP, OTC, GL, AR, AP, Assets, Overhead Cost Management, COPA, TCM and integration with other business areas.
• Strong knowledge of HP Quality Centre, SAP Solution Manager, Microsoft Office Applications and Microsoft SharePoint.