Product Owner - Finance

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About the role

Product Owner - Finance (12 month max term opportunity)

This role is responsible for delivering the finance capability underpinning Retail Transformation’s Future State Architecture, ensuring finance requirements are embedded across the program as new capabilities are designed and implemented. Acting as a trusted advisor to key Retail Transformation workstreams — including Payments, Affordability, Credit & Collections, and Billing & Metering — the role also provides critical finance guidance to enable seamless, compliant outcomes. It also ensures robust reconciliations and remediation processes are in place to support customer migration activities, while building strong, collaborative relationships with the stakeholders to ensure readiness for the operational and financial changes introduced by the Retail Transformation program.

What you will be doing:

• Deliver complete finance capabilities in the future state architecture by acting as a trusted partner, advisor, and decision-maker for platform teams responsible for technology solutions and supporting them on a day-to-day basis.

• Develop a deep understanding of specific business requirements and technology solutions articulating how the Future State Architecture will deliver finance capability that meets future Finance needs to a range of stakeholders internal and external to the transformation program.

• Refine the finance capability backlog, specify detailed user stories and acceptance criteria in collaboration with the Product Manager – Financial Accounting and prioritise deliverables based on business value. Capabilities include the development of new ledger structures, new finance reporting and key operational processes performed directly on the finance ledger (such as account balance management, clearing rules, miscellaneous adjustments and balance transfers).

• Responsible for validating the testing of finance features built to ensure that they are build to requirements as part of SIT and UAT.

• Responsible for the sequencing of features to ensure that the capabilities are mature enough to support finance requirements whilst at the same time adhering to the program delivery timeline.

• Develop a robust finance migration reconciliation to support trial and actual AGL migrations ensuring no financial impact.

• Supporting the creation of standard operating procedures (SOP)s) as part of the delivery of the FSA to ensure that change is embedded as seamlessly as possible including s unbilled accrual and provision for expected credit loss (ECL).

What we would like to see you bring:

• Proven experience as a Finance Functional Lead or Manager, bringing strong finance capability and the ability to build effective relationships across the business. Consulting or Big 4 Accounting background will be highly regarded.

• Comfortable operating in complex, fast‑moving program environments, with a strong track record of execution and effective collaboration with delivery partners.

• A confident decision‑maker who takes accountability, communicates with impact, and can influence, mediate and bring stakeholders together.

• Pragmatic, organised and energetic, with the agility to learn quickly and deliver outcomes in situations with ambiguity or limited prior knowledge.

• A future‑focused leader who is comfortable challenging the status quo and leading cross‑functional business and IT teams through discovery, delivery and operational adoption.

What’s in It for You?

Join AGL and play a key role in delivering finance transformation within a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment. You’ll help shape future‑fit finance capabilities that support the organisation’s strategic evolution.

We offer flexible working, competitive remuneration and the opportunity to make a real impact.

Ready to apply?

Click Apply and submit your CV. For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact the Talent team.

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Inclusion at AGL
 

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