Do you get enthusiastic when you hear the words creating digital solutions, realising innovation and driving process optimisation? Does improving the key steering processes of the bank sound like a challenge to you? Then this Product Owner role is just the job for you!
Your job
You will be the Product Owner of the project scrum team (~10 FTE) that drives and implements the innovation and improvement of budgeting and forecasting in Tagetik (the tooling) for the Controlling community in a program called: OneForecast. The OneForecast program is a pivotal project, aiming to improve the budgeting and forecasting processes of Controlling through a more automated, robust and standardised way of working. Ultimately the goal is to move to data driven forecasting and predictive forecasting.
In your role as Product Owner you ensure the prioritization and execution for the OneForecast program as well as the stakeholder management. Your stakeholders include the MT Controlling and the OneForecast Sounding Board in particular. This is an important element of your role. You understand how to influence and have impact in a wide range of stakeholders and how to manage and converge towards clear choices in a high demand environment with scarcity of capacity. Together with the other Product Owners you support the Domain Lead in creating a prioritized roadmap which is frequently optimized and updated according to a quickly changing environment. You manage the dependencies the team faces with other teams and departments within Finance & Risk.
Although you don’t have a formal managerial role, informally you have attention for coaching and development of employees, especially the business developers in the team.
Working environment
The team is part of the department Controlling Domain and is responsible for supporting the Controlling function with high quality, value adding and efficient insights, reports and solutions. Ultimately the goals is to empower Controlling in its Co-Pilot role within ABN AMRO. We do this by managing Business as Usual processes and implementing the Controlling change portfolio. The BaU processes concern the data collection/processing, delivering and maintaining the right tools and an up to date, effective IT- and system landscape. Managing the Controlling change portfolio concerns realizing the vision of Controlling, with standardized and automated processes, being innovative and creating a fun place to work.
The Controlling Domain consists of 4 scrum teams (in total approximately 50 fte) and is itself part of the Finance Grid together with the ALM and Accounting Domains.
Your profile
4 - 6 years of experience in a similar position, preferably within the banking sector;
Work and reason at higher education level;
Experience with project/program and change management in a complex environment, preferably finance or risk IT (Tagetik knowledge is a bonus);
Experience with complex stakeholder landscape;
Result-oriented and problem-solving;
Used to working in an international environment - English is necessary.
We are offering
We offer you a challenging environment. You will work with colleagues with a passion for the job and who have a high standard for performance. You will be offered an excellent opportunity to develop yourself.
Market-conform Salary depending on work experience;
The opportunity to be the best you can be, work flexible hours and lots of room to grow both personally and professionally;
Substantial education budget of EUR 1.000 per year;
An annual public transportation pass, depending on the function;
A solid pension plan.
Interested?
Please apply to this vacancy online and send your resume and motivation letter.
Do you want to know more about this vacancy? Okke Faber (okke.faber@nl.abnamro.com).
Equal opportunities for all
The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.
Disclaimer external recruitment agencies
External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. In addition, a recruitment agency can only submit a resume when invited by a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the search for a right candidate. All unsolicited resumes sent to us will be considered property of ABN AMRO BANK N.V. In this case, ABN AMRO will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.
Who are your colleagues?
"At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we gave many of our customers a temporary moratorium on interest and redemption payments on their loans. It feels good to help businesses that are experiencing difficulties.”
"As controllers, we process the financial data and combining them into comprehensible reports. For example, we advise the management on the financial position of the company."