Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Huron is a global consulting organization that focuses on helping clients drive growth and enhance business performance. They are seeking a Data & Analytics Product Owner – Finance to lead the agile delivery of finance-domain data products and facilitate self-service BI adoption across the Finance & Accounting organization.
Responsibilities
- Owns and maintains the finance-domain product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development
- Translates finance business requirements into user stories, features, and acceptance criteria
- Leads backlog refinement, sprint planning, and story elaboration sessions
- Makes day-to-day decisions on scope and priorities to maintain team velocity and deliver value
- Participates actively in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Collaborates with Scrum Master to remove impediments and support team performance
- Maintains deep understanding of transactional systems and financial data across the Finance domain
- Applies knowledge of financial processes — including close cycles, financial reporting, and ERP workflows — to inform requirements and delivery decisions
- Navigates the intersection of ERP reporting and BI analytics, understanding which solutions are owned by the analytics team, the Workday/ERP team, or require cross-functional collaboration
- Ensures finance data products adhere to relevant financial data standards and governance requirements
- Acts as the primary day-to-day liaison between Finance & Accounting stakeholders and the analytics development team
- Conducts regular working sessions with F&A operational contacts to gather requirements, validate solutions, and provide delivery updates
- Facilitates alignment between technical capabilities and finance business needs
- Communicates clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
- Guides development of finance analytics solutions including dashboards, reports, and self-service BI tools spanning P2P, PSA, CLM, GL, Payroll, Tax, Treasury, Revenue, and FP&A
- Champions adoption of self-service Power BI capabilities within the Finance & Accounting organization, leveraging the enterprise semantic model as the trusted foundation
- Drives data literacy initiatives that enable finance stakeholders to independently access and interpret data
- Collaborates with data engineers and architects on data modeling and technical design
- Applies best practices in data visualization, financial reporting, and analytics
- Defines acceptance criteria for features, including data quality rules and financial accuracy standards
- Reviews and accepts completed work to ensure alignment with requirements and quality standards
- Monitors product performance metrics and user adoption across finance stakeholders
- Contributes to continuous improvement in product features and team processes
Skills
- 4-6 years of experience as a Product Owner, business analyst, or related role in data/analytics domains
- Strong understanding of financial processes and transactional systems across one or more finance domains (FP&A, P2P, GL, Revenue)
- Familiarity with ERP platforms and how finance data flows between ERP systems and analytics layers
- Proven track record of delivering data products in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Experience with modern BI and analytics platforms (Power BI preferred; Tableau, Looker, or similar also valued)
- Understanding of data engineering principles, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT processes
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Ability to translate complex financial concepts into data requirements and vice versa
- Strong experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintaining product backlogs
- Demonstrated ability to make prioritization decisions and manage trade-offs
- Experience with Workday Financials (HCM, FIN, or PSA modules)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar agile certification
- SQL proficiency and hands-on experience querying financial datasets
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality frameworks, and financial data standards
- Understanding of SOX-relevant data workflows and financial controls
- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Knowledge of dimensional modeling and semantic layer concepts
- Background in finance, accounting, or financial systems consulting
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program
- Eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs
Company Overview
Huron is a global professional services firm that collaborates with organizations to solve complex challenges and achieve ambitious goals. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Huron has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 40 in 2025, 42 in 2024, 37 in 2023, 31 in 2022, 44 in 2021, 32 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.