Finance Data Product Manager

Location: Durham, NC (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)

Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent

Base Salary: $140,000–$150,000

Additional Compensation: 10% annual bonus + long-term incentive opportunity

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a Finance Data Product Manager to join a growing financial services organization in Durham, NC.

This position will serve as the primary bridge between Finance, Accounting and Data Engineering teams, helping translate financial data needs into scalable, reliable data products and solutions.

The ideal candidate brings a strong hands-on Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering background and has since transitioned into Product Ownership or Product Management. This individual should be comfortable working directly with Finance stakeholders, understanding complex financial data requirements, and partnering with technical teams to deliver solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the roadmap, backlog and priorities for Finance data products and initiatives.
• Partner directly with Finance, Accounting and FP&A stakeholders to gather requirements and understand reporting, reconciliation and data needs.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria for Data Engineering teams.
• Work closely with Data Engineers to design, develop and improve data pipelines, data models and reporting solutions.
• Support financial data integration across ERP systems, data warehouses and downstream reporting platforms.
• Prioritize enhancements, resolve data quality issues and ensure data products meet business needs.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders throughout development, testing and implementation.
• Drive improvements in data accessibility, accuracy, automation and overall Finance reporting capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience across Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Product Management or related disciplines.
• Strong hands-on Data Engineering foundation, ideally 4–5+ years building and supporting data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes and data warehouse solutions.
• Approximately 2+ years of Product Ownership or Product Management experience, including roadmap planning, backlog prioritization and requirements management.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with Python for data processing, transformation or automation.
• Experience with modern data warehouse technologies, preferably Snowflake.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data integration and data quality.
• Experience working directly with internal Finance, Accounting or FP&A teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with financial data such as general ledger, reconciliations, accruals, financial close, budgeting or forecasting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across both technical and nontechnical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within financial services, insurance or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with ERP and financial systems integrations.
• Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms and tools such as Snowflake, Databricks, dbt or Azure Data Factory.
• Experience supporting Finance data modernization, automation or reporting initiatives.
• Experience working in Agile environments and managing Jira backlogs, user stories and sprint priorities.