Product Owner SAP Product Costing

Position Title: Product Owner SAP Product Costing 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 42284 

At McCain, we believe in meaningful technology – using digital technology not just for innovation, but to make a difference globally. Join a team where innovation drives purpose and technology shapes the future. This is your chance to develop sought-after expertise, work on exciting, high-impact projects, and create solutions that truly make a difference. If you're ready to push boundaries, tackle purposeful challenges, and build a career that matters, we want you on our team. As we embark on a strategic digital transformation journey, the role of Product Owner, S/4HANA FI-CO will be pivotal.

About the role. 

Reporting to the Sr. Director Finance Portfolio Product Services the Sr. Manager Finance Portfolio Product Services will effectively manage, and be accountable for delivery of a standardized end to end process for McCain using industry best practices within the planned time frame at an acceptable level of cost and quality for the Record-to-Report (RtR) process area and responsible applications in the Finance space.

The Product Owner, S/4HANA FI-CO will partner with Technology teams and business functions to deliver and maintain solutions to support the Finance Portfolio. He/she will manage the portfolio of products from ideation through to execution, including the adoption and stabilization of the product, and the coordinated transition to the Infrastructure and Operations team.

The Finance Technology Portfolio team has accountability to lead the successful design, build, and deployment of our Core and Surround applications and will leverage our data and solutions to ensure the realization of organizational efficiencies and value from our investments.

This is an existing vacancy for McCain which is actively seeking to be hired. 

What you'll be doing. 

• Ensure Allignment between the Finance stakeholders and the technology teams on priorities that span both Global and Regional Finance functions


• Ensure that regional and country specific needs are raised and addressed at the global level and are accounted for in business demand


• Sign off on blueprints before handing over to the build team


• Provide oversight, leadership and alignment to overall timelines, budgets, milestones, deliverables, and prioritization of initiatives


• Track utilization of products and create heat map of functions used


• Ensure business cases are developed and stakeholders are accountable for value realization


• Maintain alignment with business stakeholders on global business processes 


• Communicate regularly with business stakeholders to understand business needs


• Coordinate with the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure design compatibility across functions


• Participate in change impact assessment / identification of value realization opportunities


• Engage with Vendors to assess and select new products and services, along with detailed reviews of SOW’s and license agreements


• Drive detailed design and solution development using core systems and bolt-on tools


• Manage completion of key test preparation and execution activities


• Engage with business users to plan for User Acceptance Testing


• Support end user training using TTT (Train the Trainer Approach)


• Lead sub-process teams for respective process area


• Monitor quality of deliverables / key project risks for the assigned process area


• Accountable for integration with Enterprise Process Management efforts and support business readiness efforts


• Forecast and manage spend of ongoing Projects


• Contribute to budget tracking exercises and periodic submissions to Finance group on ongoing Project spend

What you'll need to be successful.   

• 10- 12 years’ experience in variety of finance and accounting roles


• Experience working as part of, or closely with, an Information Technology group


• Experience working on medium to large scale projects


• Broad and complete understanding of finance, including the tools and best practice processes associated


• Strong presentation and facilitations skills


• Experience working with detailed information and numerical data and presenting it in a way that is easily understood by people at different levels in the organization


• Strong project and change management capability to handle multiple projects (small and large) with conflicting priorities and deliver projects on time with excellence


• Functional and technical expertise in SAP and other finance systems


• Demonstrated technical proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint


• Independent and tactical with a proven ability to develop professional relationships and work in a team-oriented environment


• Works well under pressure, change and ambiguity


• Ability to work in a matrix organization and influence project team members


• Experience in risk management on global projects


• Demonstrated data analytics capabilities with the ability to identify insights, alternative solutions and recommendations

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know  and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. 

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Job Family: Information Technology      
Division: Global Digital Technology 
Department: ​GTPS Finance Portfolio ​
Location(s): IN - India : Haryana : Gurgaon 

Company: McCain Foods(India) P Ltd