Senior Product Owner - Financials / FMS

Overview

Senior Product Owner – Financials / Financial Management Software (FMS) | Location: Birmingham, UK. Hybrid Working – 2 days per month in the office (minimum). Full-time | Permanent.

At OneAdvanced, we help organisations across the UK run more efficiently through intelligent, integrated software solutions. As part of our ongoing investment in innovation, we’re growing our Financial Management Suite (FMS) — and we’re looking for a Senior Product Owner to help shape the next generation of OneAdvanced Financials.

This is a key role for an experienced Product Owner who understands the power of technology in transforming finance operations and who’s motivated by the opportunity to build products that make a genuine impact.

You’ll have a key design influence of the strategic product roadmap for our Financial Management solutions, translating it into a clear, actionable backlog. Working closely with Product Management, Business Analysts, and our Agile development teams, you’ll define, prioritise, and deliver enhancements that align to both customer needs and business objectives.

As the voice of the customer, you’ll ensure that every feature we design and release delivers measurable value. You’ll balance the demands of customers with the realities of engineering, ensuring our roadmap remains both ambitious and achievable.

You’ll also play a leading role in driving innovation, exploring how emerging technologies — including agentic AI — can enhance automation, insight, and intelligence within our financial products.

What You Will Do

• Take forward the strategic product roadmap for OneAdvanced Financials and associated modules.
• Own and maintain the product backlog, creating and refining user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Business Analysts and Agile teams to deliver timely, high-quality product releases.
• Act as the product expert, providing guidance to internal teams and insight to external customers.
• Evaluate customer feedback and requests to identify enhancements with broad market relevance.
• Drive the incorporation of AI and advanced technologies into our product strategy.
• Attend customer meetings, workshops, and industry events to stay connected to market needs.
• Communicate product vision, progress, and priorities to cross-functional teams.
• Produce supporting documentation such as release notes, specifications, and product collateral.
• Manage competing priorities, ensuring delivery against agreed milestones and release schedules.

What You Will Have

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical understanding and commercial awareness — someone who can confidently connect the needs of finance professionals with the realities of software development.

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in a software or SaaS environment.
• Knowledge of financial management systems, accounting principles, or related disciplines.
• A strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, ideally with experience using JIRA.
• The ability to translate business and customer requirements into clear, prioritised development work.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills — you can tell a compelling story and influence others at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• A proactive mindset — able to make informed decisions, even under pressure.
• Curiosity and creativity when it comes to leveraging new technologies like AI to solve business challenges.
• Communicate your own ideas effectively & assimilate those of colleagues and customers through effective storytelling.
• Be effective in communicating and translating organisation and product vision to engineering teams.
• Work collaboratively with developers to achieve team delivery objectives.
• Build proactive and strong internal and external relationships to secure high levels of stakeholder engagement.
• Manage and prioritise workload including the ability to work to targets and tight timescales.
• Deliver high-quality documentation.
• Support and contribute to departmental objectives.
• Make decisions under pressure.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing focused – Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral.

• Annual Leave – 26 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and the ability to buy additional days
• Employee Assistance Programme – Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7 through Care First

Personal Growth – Regardless of where you are at in your career, we’re committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally.

• Development Programmes – From Future Managers to Leadership Training, our development programmes help you get where you need to go
• Performance Bonus – Our Group-wide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success
• Online Learning Platform: SkillsHub! – Learning at your fingertips, anytime from anywhere. You can access our online library with relevant content for your career growth. We also offer a range of external training opportunities including apprenticeship.

Financial wellbeing – We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important.

• Pension Scheme – Our plan with Scottish Widows offers 5% matched contribution by the company
• Income protection insurance – Providing you with support and assistance when you need it most

Recognition – Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do.

• Performance & Talent – Our own technology platform that allows you to get real-time feedback, conversations and goals to help you become your best self

Making a Difference – we provide opportunities to help our people make a difference to the causes they care about.

• MatchIt! – Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Volunteering Time – Our volunteering leave scheme allows you to use your time to help those who need it
• Pennies from Heaven – donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Who We Are

OneAdvanced is one of the UK\\\’s largest providers of business software and services serving 20,000+ global customers with an annual turnover of £330M+. We manage 1.5 million 111 calls per month, support over 2 million Further Education learners across the UK, handle over 10 million wills, and so much more. Our mission is to power the world of work and, as you can see, our software underpins some of the UK\\\’s most critical sectors. We invest in our brilliant people. They are at the heart of our success as we strive to be a diverse, inclusive and engaging place to work that not only powers the world of work, but empowers the growth, ambitions and talent of our people.

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