Square Inc.
Head of Product, Financial Business Systems
Square Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Head of Product, Financial Business Systems
Full-time
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level.
The Corporate Engineering (CorpEng) Head of Product, Financial Business Systems role leads the Product organization responsible for financial technology systems across Block, including Finance and Strategy (F&S), Controllership, Tax, Reconciliation, Treasury, and Procurement. In this role, you will work with senior business stakeholders across Finance and multiple Business Units (BUs) to understand and define the requirements for transforming how our financial systems function to enable our next wave of growth.
You will:
Manage stakeholders across multiple BUs, Finance F&S, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Procurement etc.), Engineering, and integration partner teams to deliver technology solutions that meet business needs.
Represent the business point of view when designing and collaborating with other Product and Engineering teams, including integration partners.
Provide critical input and insight into planning system requirements based on prior experience, process knowledge, and future state vision.
Participate in internal process improvement initiatives to improve planning, reporting, analytics, and technical aspects of finance business processes.
Publish roadmaps and associated metrics with the wider Block leadership team on a quarterly cadence.
Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an Enterprise Architecture mindset, in-depth knowledge of the industry as well as our business and department objectives & requirements.
Participate in corporate development projects to provide guidance on M&A activities.
Lead, grow, and expand a team of accomplished product management professionals while encouraging an environment of learning and growth mindset.
Partner with the CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Head of GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) to ensure privacy, regulatory, and security requirements are incorporated into all Financial products and roadmaps.
You have:
15+ years of demonstrated success leading Product teams to deliver secure, business-critical software, platform migrations, and data and cloud solutions in a highly regulated environment.
Experience leading a product team that has partnered with engineering to design and deliver a financial transformation for a large multinational company is required.
10+ years of operational experience in managing finance business processes. Must have expert level understanding of the Finance world - Accounting, Tax, Treasury, F&S, Procurement etc.
Ability to understand complex business intent, identify gaps between current and desired future state, translate business requirements into required system functionality, and determine the best viable path to meet current and future business needs while considering delivery time and tradeoffs for each decision.
7+ years of experience in developing strategies and launching data platform product capabilities.
Experience in highly complex global organizations operating with large-scale ERP systems.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Full-time employee benefits include the following:
Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
Retirement Plans including company match
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
Paid parental and caregiving leave
Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
Learning and Development resources
Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.
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Full-time
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level.
The Corporate Engineering (CorpEng) Head of Product, Financial Business Systems role leads the Product organization responsible for financial technology systems across Block, including Finance and Strategy (F&S), Controllership, Tax, Reconciliation, Treasury, and Procurement. In this role, you will work with senior business stakeholders across Finance and multiple Business Units (BUs) to understand and define the requirements for transforming how our financial systems function to enable our next wave of growth.
You will:
Manage stakeholders across multiple BUs, Finance F&S, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Procurement etc.), Engineering, and integration partner teams to deliver technology solutions that meet business needs.
Represent the business point of view when designing and collaborating with other Product and Engineering teams, including integration partners.
Provide critical input and insight into planning system requirements based on prior experience, process knowledge, and future state vision.
Participate in internal process improvement initiatives to improve planning, reporting, analytics, and technical aspects of finance business processes.
Publish roadmaps and associated metrics with the wider Block leadership team on a quarterly cadence.
Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an Enterprise Architecture mindset, in-depth knowledge of the industry as well as our business and department objectives & requirements.
Participate in corporate development projects to provide guidance on M&A activities.
Lead, grow, and expand a team of accomplished product management professionals while encouraging an environment of learning and growth mindset.
Partner with the CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Head of GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) to ensure privacy, regulatory, and security requirements are incorporated into all Financial products and roadmaps.
You have:
15+ years of demonstrated success leading Product teams to deliver secure, business-critical software, platform migrations, and data and cloud solutions in a highly regulated environment.
Experience leading a product team that has partnered with engineering to design and deliver a financial transformation for a large multinational company is required.
10+ years of operational experience in managing finance business processes. Must have expert level understanding of the Finance world - Accounting, Tax, Treasury, F&S, Procurement etc.
Ability to understand complex business intent, identify gaps between current and desired future state, translate business requirements into required system functionality, and determine the best viable path to meet current and future business needs while considering delivery time and tradeoffs for each decision.
7+ years of experience in developing strategies and launching data platform product capabilities.
Experience in highly complex global organizations operating with large-scale ERP systems.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Full-time employee benefits include the following:
Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
Retirement Plans including company match
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
Paid parental and caregiving leave
Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
Learning and Development resources
Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.
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