Compensation and Shadow Payroll Product Owner

Job description

At EY, technology is embedded in the solutions and services we provide to our clients and underpins everything that we do – we create value through developing transformational solutions across tax, risk, strategy, finance, law, people and operations.

 

Our clients are turning to us to understand how they can gain business value in their people function from emerging technologies. We use modern techniques and approaches to solve new and existing business challenges, learning from contemporaries in the technology world.

 

People Advisory Services (PAS) integrates all of our people-related offerings and services into a single global sub-service line of over 10,000 people delivering over $1.4bn in revenue, through solving our clients’ biggest workforce challenges.

 

Our Technology and Analytics Centre of Excellence team in PAS focusses on incubating new business ideas and experiments into fully realised client solutions and services.

 

The opportunity

 

We are looking for an accomplished Product Owner to join the Technology and Analytics Centre of Excellence team in our People Advisory Services (PAS) business.  

 

The Agile Product Owner will be responsible for guiding, developing and maintaining the Shadow Payroll technology, as part of our broader Payroll & Compensation offering. The role is highly collaborative, working closely as part of the design function and development teams.

 Our Innovation team has strong links with other advanced technology and innovation teams in EY both in the US and worldwide and offers excellent career potential in joining a rapidly growing team.

Your key responsibilities
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Own and maintain the Shadow Payroll backlog, and define and write all user stories

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Collaborate with key stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, development leads and peers to ensure regular backlog refinement and prioritization

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Work with Product Management to clearly communicate the business requirements to the team

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Prioritize the Journeys and Features in the backlog in preparation for Program Increment planning

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Attend Program Increment planning sessions, assisting in and defining stories where required

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Help the Scrum Master organize Sprint Review meetings

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Attend Sprint Planning meetings

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Responsible for quality control, testing of the user stories delivered by the development team

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Look out for market trends and get feedback from stakeholders, particularly the Product Sponsors

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Build and maintain a relationship with stakeholders, including key engagement teams and Product Sponsors

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Responsible for producing a system demo

Skills and attributes for success

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Knowledgeable of end-to-end product lifecycle management

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Ability to build strong relationships at all levels with all personality types

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Ability to anticipate problems before they occur, define the risk, identify solutions

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A pragmatic approach to business requirements, willingness to adapt quickly and initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision

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A high level of drive and commitment to delivering high quality work

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A structured approach to problem solving

To qualify for the role, you must have

 

We expect our teams to be agile in the technology they use, therefore, we are not prescriptive about the technologies you have experience using, as long you as you are eager to use the best available technology for the project and open to working with new tools and approaches.

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Experience in a technology product owner role

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Experience working in an Agile development process

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Experience in end-to-end product lifecycle

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Outstanding written and verbal communication

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Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities and ambiguity

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An ability to work well under pressure and work decisively

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Excellent decision-making capability

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Experience coaching junior staff

Ideally, you’ll also have

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Hands-on technical experience of software development

What working at EY offers
 

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

·  Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
·  Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
·  The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you   

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

 
About EY
 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

 

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

 

Join us in building a better working world. 

 
Apply now.
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