Product Owner, Manager, BDOADVANTAGE

Job Summary:

The Assurance Manager, BDOADVANTAGE is responsible for supporting assurance professionals to sustain quality of work while innovating the audit experience through the assessment of business demands to support a technology driven assurance practice.

Job Duties:

• Works with industry leaders to brainstorm ideas, prioritize features, define scope, and iterate with continuous feedback from industry leaders and teams

• Effectively prioritizes and manages the scope of projects and product releases (as applicable) to deliver key practice benefits

• Ensures product and project backlog are well defined, organized, and prioritized on a continuous basis

• Aligns and influences stakeholders and resources across the organization to drive planning and execution; manages a cross-functional process for prioritizing and planning the roadmap and major deliverable releases

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams such as IT or Learning and Communications, as needed

• Identifies and manages dependencies among projects to ensure efficient resource utilization and higher end user adoption

• Prepares and participates in release and sprint/project planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and other development events

• Provides updates to stakeholders and product management throughout the lifecycle of products and projects

• Coordinates with key stakeholders to ensure deliverables are in compliance with regulatory and firm-wide requirements

• Monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure deliverable performance and identify optimization opportunities

• Leads product development efforts for audit and assurance engagements performed under various standards, which may include US GAAS, PCAOB, SOC, TPA, WebTrust, Employee Benefit Plans, and/or SSARS reviews/compilations

• Coordinates and assists with developing, updating, and organizing various audit and assurance services tools

• Participates in testing of audit/assurance software projects, including:

• Pilot, expansion, and deployment of new audit/assurance engagement software

• Library maintenance for previous audit/assurance engagement software

• Develops, coordinates, and presents training materials for audit/assurance engagement software updates

• Assists with new audit/assurance engagement software user support

• Additional responsibilities and projects as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Acts as a direct supervisor to team members, as assigned

• Acts as a mentor, as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Information Systems, required

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Information Systems, preferred

Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of relevant work experience, required

• Experience collaborating with distributed/remote teams, required

• Audit or assurance client service experience, preferred

• Assurance methodology/software experience, preferred

• Supervisory experience, preferred

License/Certifications:

• CPA, preferred

• Certifications from organizations such as Scrum Alliance and Project Management Institute (PMI) a plus (e.g., PMP, Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner), preferred

Software:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, preferred

• Experience with SharePoint, preferred

• Experience with enterprise content management solution, preferred

Language:

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• High level of curiosity and eagerness to learn

• Ability to think critically to solve problems

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills

• Demonstrates attention to detail while also understanding the big picture

• Ability to work effectively in a team setting

• Positive attitude and willingness to take on challenging assignments

• Can take initiative and self-direct in the absence of detailed guidelines

• Comfortable managing deadlines for multiple deliverables and thrive in a fast-paced, open environment

• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams and developing others

• Strong leadership and management skills

• Superior written and verbal communications skills

• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle

• Knowledge of US GAAP, US GAAS and SEC/PCAOB standards

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $110,000 - $142,000
Maryland Range: $110,000 - $142,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $110,000 - $142,000