Cash
Head of Product, Financial Business Systems
Cash, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Head of Product, Financial Business Systems
Full-timeBlock is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Bring yours to Block.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. Key outcomes of this work will be automating our monthly close process, building new data products to provide our F&S team with higher quality data more quickly, and working across multiple BU reconciliation processes to improve overall GL health.Success in this role will require creativity to re-imagine possible future processes that will enable our ability to scale through automation. The scope will include a range of financial planning requirements that will improve or create operational processes and automate key steps.You will:Manage stakeholders across multiple BUs, Finance F&S, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, 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.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.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.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.To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.Full-time employee benefits include healthcare coverage, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Plans including company match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, wellness programs, paid parental and caregiving leave, paid time off, paid sick leave, learning and development resources, and paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.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 believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter.
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Full-timeBlock is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Bring yours to Block.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. Key outcomes of this work will be automating our monthly close process, building new data products to provide our F&S team with higher quality data more quickly, and working across multiple BU reconciliation processes to improve overall GL health.Success in this role will require creativity to re-imagine possible future processes that will enable our ability to scale through automation. The scope will include a range of financial planning requirements that will improve or create operational processes and automate key steps.You will:Manage stakeholders across multiple BUs, Finance F&S, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, 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.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.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.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.To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.Full-time employee benefits include healthcare coverage, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Plans including company match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, wellness programs, paid parental and caregiving leave, paid time off, paid sick leave, learning and development resources, and paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.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 believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter.
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