At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product development for innovative real estate solutions using Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Company: YAVICA, a diverse tech company passionate about real estate and technology.
- Benefits: Flexible work-life balance, hybrid working, and growth opportunities.
- Other info: Join a collaborative culture where your ideas truly matter.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the real estate industry with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in finance, accounting, and Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Operations.
About Us: At YAVICA, people are at the heart of everything we do. Founded in 2017 by a group of industry experts and tech enthusiasts, we have grown into a diverse and talented team from across the globe. Spanning Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, we combine our unique perspectives and skills with a shared mission: to provide the best end-to-end business solution for real estate visionaries. Our solutions are embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365, leveraging its power to deliver innovative, scalable, and efficient tools for the real estate industry. What makes YAVICA different? It’s our people. Here, every voice matters, and we support each other in achieving great things. We’re passionate about the real estate industry and the technology that fuels it, and we’re excited about the future as we continue to grow together.
About this role: As the Product Owner for the Property Accounting areas of our YAVICA products, you will be responsible for gathering and prioritising product requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver a high-quality software solution. Your responsibilities will encompass our range of solutions for accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, financial reporting, tax accounting, loans and treasury.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of finance and accounting, experience with Dynamics Finance & Operations, and the desire to create solutions that bring value to property finance teams.
In this role, your key responsibilities are to:
- Work closely with the Product Manager to understand the product vision, customer requirements, and feature priorities.
- Maintain the product backlog, ensuring all features are captured, clearly written, and reflect current priorities and statuses.
- Conceptualise and produce functional designs that meet customer needs, including diagrams, mock-ups, and documents.
- Engage with customers and other stakeholders to ensure designs meet requirements; capture feedback, and keep them informed.
- Stay on top of latest Microsoft features, evaluate and make recommendations where appropriate.
- Work closely with other Product Owners and the Head of Product Ownership to align features across teams; to ensure deliverables meet standards; to obtain peer review and endorsement on solution designs.
- Collaborate with technical architects to ensure technical and functional designs are aligned.
- Collaborate with developers to clarify acceptance criteria, answer questions, and make decisions during feature implementation.
- Be accountable for product quality, working with Junior Product Owner and testing resources to define acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and test cases for automated and manual testing.
- Perform acceptance testing of delivered features.
- Participate in defect triage, validation, resolution and testing.
- Ensure documentation and training materials accurately reflect features and functionality of the solution.
You might be a great fit if you have:
- A qualification in a relevant field (Computer Science, Accounting, Business, etc.)
- Domain knowledge in Real Estate, Property Management or Property Accounting processes or software.
- Domain knowledge in the Microsoft platform, especially Dynamics Finance & Operations.
- Communication skills: excellent written and verbal communication, to articulate functional designs, engage with stakeholders, and align team members on deliverables; clearly convey functional designs and acceptance criteria.
- UI/UX skills: familiarity with design standards, usability, user experience principles, and user-centric design.
- Customer understanding: understanding business processes, roles, and the underlying “why” of customer needs.
- Analytical skills: analysing business processes; identifying solutions that satisfy a range of use cases; analysing solution options for suitability; identifying minimum viable product; researching and evaluating tools and approaches.
- Technical skills: sufficient experience in software development to engage effectively with technical teams on design and decisions.
- Time management: strong organisational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, and help delivery to stay on track.
- Collaboration and teamwork: ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for successful delivery.
What we offer:
- Work-life harmony: We offer flexibility to help you balance your work and personal life in a way that works best for you.
- Hybrid working: Whether you’re collaborating in the office or focusing from home, our hybrid work model empowers you to do your best work, wherever you are.
- Collaborative culture: No micromanagement here. We trust our team members and value everyone’s input. Your ideas and contributions matter.
- Growth opportunities: We’re invested in your development. Enjoy opportunities for training, skill-building, and career progression as YAVICA continues to grow.
- The tools to succeed: You’ll receive all the equipment you need to excel - from hardware to software, we set you up for success.
We celebrate individuality and diversity, committed to fostering a workplace where everyone is valued, regardless of background, identity, or ability. Join us in creating something extraordinary together. If this sounds like a role for you, apply today.
