Product Owner - Finance & Analytics

Position: Product Owner

Experience: 7+ years

Location: Gurugram

Work Mode: Hybrid (2 days WFO & 3 days WFH)

About Us:

Techblocks is a leading global digital product development firm. We unify strategy, design and technology with continuous growth-centric digital product engineering solutions for F500 companies and global brands, including Bell Telecom, Bausch Health (Previously Valeant Pharma), Honda Motors, AES Corp, Thomson Reuters Carswell, First American and Colliers International.

Our passion is empowering innovators and changemakers at every level of the product life cycle. We specialize in building customized business apps that allow organizations and enterprises to improve their efficiency, collaboration and user experience.

Role Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner or Business Analyst to bridge the gap between Finance/FP&A stakeholders and technology delivery teams on data and analytics initiatives. You will translate complex financial concepts - P&L, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis - into clear business requirements, user stories, and data mappings for technology teams to build.

Key Responsibilities:

- Act as the primary liaison between business/finance stakeholders and technology delivery teams, translating business needs into actionable requirements.

- Gather and define requirements related to Corporate Finance and FP&A processes, including P&L, budgeting, forecasting, estimates, variance analysis, allocations, and capitalization.

- Define KPIs, business rules, data requirements, and data mappings in collaboration with finance and technology teams.

- Create detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for data/analytics solutions, ensuring alignment with business needs.

- Own and prioritize the product backlog, working within Agile delivery methodologies.

- Manage backlog and work items using Jira or Azure DevOps.

- Identify source systems, data owners, dependencies, and data gaps relevant to finance and technology data flows.

- Facilitate discussions and present findings/requirements to senior Finance, FP&A, and Technology leaders.

- Collaborate closely with Finance, FP&A, Technology, and Data Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery of data and analytics solutions.

- Support the definition of requirements for financial dashboards and management reporting where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience:

- 7+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or equivalent role within data, analytics, finance transformation or technology programmes.

- Strong experience working between business/finance stakeholders and technology delivery teams.

- Good working knowledge of Corporate Finance and FP&A, including P&L, Budgeting, Forecasting, Estimates, Variance analysis, Allocations, Capitalization etc.

- Strong ability to define KPIs, business rules, data requirements and data mappings.

- Experience creating detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for data/analytics solutions.

- Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies.

- Hands-on experience with Jira or Azure DevOps for backlog and work-item management.

- Experience identifying source systems, data owners, dependencies and data gaps.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

- Comfortable presenting and facilitating discussions with senior Finance, FP&A and Technology leaders.

Strongly Preferred:

- Knowledge of the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework.

- Experience with technology finance / IT finance reporting.

- Experience with technology cost allocation and TBM tower/sub-tower mapping.

- Experience working on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or other data/analytics platforms.

Skills

IT Product Management, Data Analytics, Project Management, IT Business Analyst