Senior Product Specialist

Senior Product Specialist role focused on managing finance systems, translating business requirements into technical enhancements, and overseeing system operations and integrations within a product strategy and management function at Deloitte. The role involves backlog prioritization, UAT, and collaboration with technology teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Translating finance strategy and business requirements into system enhancements and communicating requirements to technology teams for development
  2. Managing the finance systems portfolio, including backlog prioritization, program increment execution, governance tracking, risk escalation, and PMO oversight
  3. Leading user acceptance testing, release readiness, hypercare activities, and defect resolution for finance system enhancements and deployments
  4. Monitoring system operations, data integrity, and alignment between finance systems and the general ledger across manual and automated processes
  5. Evaluating system integrations, identifying process improvements, assessing design alternatives, and leading analysts in the US and India supporting finance-led systems

Skills

Required

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to provide clear guidance to others
  • 5+ years of experience in finance systems, financial operations, product management, portfolio management, or business systems support
  • 3+ years of project management experience managing cross-functional or cross-departmental teams on complex projects
  • 3+ years of experience with finance systems and processes, including SAP Primed, CP3 Pricing, Beacon, or other finance applications
  • 3+ years of experience using Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or another business or technical field
  • Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or another business or technical field
  • Experience working in a professional services environment
  • Experience managing finance system enhancements, deployments, or upgrades
  • Experience coordinating user acceptance testing, change management activities, or post-production support
  • Experience working with business, finance, and technology stakeholders in a matrixed organization
  • Experience supporting issue escalation, governance routines, or portfolio reporting for system initiatives

What the JD emphasized

  • finance systems
  • financial operations
  • product management
  • portfolio management
  • business systems support
  • finance systems
  • financial operations
  • finance systems
  • finance systems