FPSL Product Owner

Location: Swindon / London / Northampton / Bournemouth Operating at the heart of Nationwide’s Finance Systems team – you will lead a team which will have a material impact on Nationwide’s journey simplifying its Financial Accounting sub-ledgers and managing the General Ledger, through change, efficiency, and risk reduction. You will understand the needs of the business teams through partnership to drive value add change, create efficiencies, bolster system integrity, and reduce risk. You will be accountable for the implementation and maintenance of technology and key regulatory deliverables and ensure they are fit for the future. Your primary area of focus will be Finance’s use of FPSL and Peoplesoft Finance through control, integrity, resolution, and delivery of enhancements. You will manage the demand backlog for change in Finance, ensuring that outcomes are aligned to strategic objectives and teams involved are aware of priorities. You’ll work closely with multiple teams across the Function to support the growth and development of our business through project activity, focusing on developing and improving our processes. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job you\’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you\’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London, Swindon, Bournemouth or Northampton office. If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can. What you’ll be doing From reviewing and managing requests for new demand, to working with our Business Analysts, Engineers and Architects to shape solutions to meet desired outcomes, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining the roadmap of change for our Financial Accounting Sub-ledger, FPSL and General Ledger, Peoplesoft Finance. To do this, you’ll work closely with the Finance Systems Value Stream Product Owner to understand the strategic priorities of Finance and how these support the achievement of Society’s blueprint. You’ll be proactive working with your stakeholders to understand their priorities and how we can maximise the value that we deliver to our customers. You’ll also be a key point of contact for stakeholders regarding key deliveries, keeping them updated on progress and working with delivery colleagues to help resolve issues when they arise. We’ll need you to develop a good understanding of the applications and systems that we maintain (as well as the key processes, journeys and products that they support), so you are able to develop a backlog of improvements and enhancements. You’ll also be proactive in working with other product owners from around the business, business stakeholders, architects and engineers to shape our roadmap for the medium and long term. As a member of a wider community of Product Owners, you’ll also have the opportunity to share and inform best practice across the organisation, as well as continuously enhancing your own skills and capabilities through the support available to take ownership for your own development. About you As a minimum requirement, we\’ll need you to have: A qualified Accountant with knowledge of associated Financial Accounting systems. A strategic thinker, enabling you to build a roadmap of change that aligns with business goals and customer needs, as well as challenging stakeholders to think beyond the short-term and/or tactical. A strong collaborator, who builds effective relationships with cross functional, technical teams and stakeholders to define and prioritise product features and requirements in line with business needs. A proven track record of communicating with and successfully influencing business and technical stakeholders at a range of levels to share the product vision and roadmap and provide updates on progress. Decisive when assessing demand, even when the decision may not be an easy or popular one and effectively manage the team’s backlog and work based on changing requirements. A strong customer focus with the ability to assess whether proposed solutions effectively meet customer and business need. Able to act as the primary point of contact for delivery teams and stakeholders regarding product-related issues, taking ownership for the resolution of problems. Commercially aware, helping you to assess the strategic and financial benefits of demand, as well as developing business cases for product’s own backlog of change. Confident in managing and prioritising a diverse and fast-paced workload, using your judgement to identify what is most important, maintaining momentum of key initiatives and escalating effectively where support is needed. Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these. Say it straight – This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. Push for better – This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members. Get it done – This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome. The extras you’ll get There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including: A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16% Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year Life assurance worth 8x your salary A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness Access to an annual performance related bonus Access to training to help you develop and progress your career What makes us different Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank. As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Finance, Other, and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr