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