IT Manager, Product Owner - Finance

Culligan Quench’s purpose is to impact people’s lives and improve the earth by helping to eliminate the 500 million plastic bottles consumed each year. We play a front-line role in the battle against single-use plastic water bottles by delivering on-demand filtered water solutions to more than 120,000 healthy and environmentally conscious customers across North America. Our bottle-free water coolers, ice machines, sparkling water dispensers and coffee brewers purify the existing water supply, providing an endless supply of clean water and water-based beverages for a fixed monthly fee, typically under a long term bundled service and rental subscription agreement.  Culligan Quench has grown from a small regional company to an international leader that had a successful NYSE public offering in 2016 and is now a strategic company owned by private equity backed Culligan.  Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Quench has more than 1,600 team members operating out of more than 90 locations across North America and Puerto Rico. For more information visit https://quench.culligan.com/

 

There’s nothing more fundamental to life on Earth than water.  At Culligan, we believe transforming water can transform the world. That's why we offer expert water services and industry-leading solutions globally. Local Culligan teams deliver better drinking water to people at work, at home and on the go. With expertise across service, science and sustainability, Culligan turns water you can live with into water you can love.  For more information visit www.culligan.com. 

 

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  Own and continuously refine the Finance Product Vision, ensuring alignment with Finance leadership and enterprise strategy.  

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  Maintain a transparent, prioritized product roadmap, balancing strategic initiatives, technical debt, compliance, and operational enhancements. 

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  Define measurable product outcomes (e.g., automation ROI, cycle time reduction, data accuracy improvements). 

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  Communicate the roadmap across Finance, IT, and executive stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared understanding 

 

• Act as the primary liaison between Finance leadership and technical teams.  

• Facilitate cross‑functional decision‑making and negotiate trade‑offs. 

• Communicate product progress, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership. 

• Manage relationships with third‑party vendors and implementation partners 

• Process Transformation: Oversee the documentation and continuous improvement of complex financial business processes, including General Ledger, AP, AR, Tax, and Collections. 

 

 Domain Expertise 

• Lead evaluation and redesign of financial processes (GL, AP, AR, Tax, Collections).  

• Ensure system design aligns with accounting principles, compliance, and audit standards. 

• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce operational risk. 

• Partner with Finance SMEs to validate requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs. 

• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across all financial systems and integrations.  

• Partner with architecture and data teams to maintain a robust data governance model. 

• Identify and mitigate risks related to data quality, system dependencies, and integration failures. 

 

 

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies with discipline and purpose, ensuring Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives drive transparency, alignment, and continuous improvement.  

• Translate strategic objectives into clear, achievable sprint goals, partnering with the Scrum Master and development team to maintain flow, remove blockers, and uphold Agile delivery standards. 

• Monitor delivery risks and dependencies across Finance systems, proactively escalating issues, adjusting scope, and guiding teams toward predictable, high‑quality delivery. 

 

Consulting & Innovation:  

 

• Advise Finance leaders on technology-enabled process improvements, offering data‑driven recommendations that balance innovation with operational feasibility.  

• Evaluate emerging financial technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to modernize the Finance ecosystem and strengthen automation, compliance, and scalability. 

• Facilitate ideation and solutioning workshops with Finance SMEs and IT partners to explore new capabilities, challenge assumptions, and co‑create forward‑looking enhancements. 

 

 Qualifications 

 

• Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years of Product Owner experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial capacity. 

• Education: 4-year degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or relevant work experience. 

• Technical Expertise: Strong technical knowledge of Salesforce.com, Zuora billing, and Certinia (FinancialForce). 

• Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of core finance and accounting business processes. 

• Agile Proficiency: Expert knowledge of Agile best practices, including requirements gathering, process mapping, and user story development. 

• Soft Skills: Mature presence and poise to engage with senior leadership, with excellent communication and technical writing skills. 

• "Quenchy": A collaborative team player with a positive outlook and a "company and team first" attitude. 

 

 

Nice to have: 

• Prior consulting experience 

• Familiarity with SQL and/or PowerBI 

• CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner), IIBA, or PMI-PBA certification.