IT Product Manager - Finance

Overview:

About Us

An American owned and operated company since 1898, W.B. Mason has been delivering workplace essentials to keep businesses running for over 120 years.  A leader in B2B eCommerce, Supply Chain Management and Distribution, you’ve probably seen our iconic red and yellow trucks, adorned with the image of our founder William Betts Mason, as they deliver tens-of-thousands of orders each day throughout New England and the Eastern United States.

Originally built on Office Supplies, we’ve since expanded to offer innovative, cost effective and customized solutions to an ever-evolving set of business requirements; selling and delivering over 15 product lines that span from Janitorial Supplies, Food Service, Shipping & Packaging, Breakroom and Furniture to everything in between for every type of business.

About the Opportunity

Acting as liaison between the Corporate Finance team and our IT Department, the Product Manager helps bridge the gap between business needs and technology solutions.  Supporting or having awareness on all aspects of Corporate Finance for W.B. Mason (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables & Accounting), you will work in partnership with business leaders in order to improve business processes through development, implementation and maintenance of business applications systems.

This is a remote position, with occasional travel required (less than 5%, primarily within the Northeast U.S.).

Over the last two decades W.B. Mason has built an in-house, onshore software development team to support its unique role in the market.  W.B. Mason believes in tailoring our services to the needs of each customer – which is why we develop our software to handle variety and complexity.  Managing software for ourselves allows us to focus on agility and continual delivery.  A role on our team will give you experience in a wide variety of technologies as well as an opportunity to learn about every part of our business.  From the web to the warehouse, our design & development teams have created the tools our company uses to compete with the largest distribution and e-commerce companies in the world! 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analysis and Requirements
• Elicit business and functional requirements from a diverse set of stakeholders and effectively compile and document these needs for systems design and development
• Add value by understanding the business partners needs and providing options and recommendations on how best to meet those needs
• Distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
• Participate in Solution
• Draft user interface design for new systems
• Identify data requirements for new systems or system modification
• Participate in the solution architecture and technical design
• Facilitate the decision process of build vs. buy and if buy participate in vendor selection process
• Adhere to the Software Development Life Cycle
• Validate that the requirements are covered by the solution
• Participate in creating the test plans
• Assist in User Acceptance Testing
• Provide input to project plan and risk assessment
• Participate in Quality Assurance and testing of new applications
• Occasional travel required (less than 5%, primarily within the Northeast U.S.)
• All other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively in both technical and business settings.
• Self-motivated, creative, passionate and able to acclimate into a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Working knowledge of all aspects of Systems Development Life Cycle, Change Management, Release Management, Configuration Management, Quality Assurance and Testing, Requirements Gathering, Project Management, and Systems Analysis and Design
• Self-directed and independent worker who can also lead cross-functional and cross-organizational projects
• Familiarity with Relational Design, Object Oriented and Service Oriented Architecture is a plus
• Any familiarity with SQL is a plus
• High-level understanding of financial procedures and terminology is a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Education and/or Experience:

• BS/BA Degree or equivalent required
• Finance or Technology related discipline preferred
• 2-4 years of business systems analysis experience
• Demonstrated experience in business process development and improvement
• Effective use of business modeling techniques: Process, workflow modeling and use cases
• Experience in eliciting and documenting requirements resulting in quality deliverables with limited direction
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or Dynamics 365 is a plus
• Experience supporting Accounts Payable or Accounting departments is a plus

Minimum Qualifications:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. 

Physical Demands:   The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, speak and hear.  The employee is frequently required to sit.  The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers for data entry.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

W.B. Mason Company, Inc. will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at ADAassistance@wbmason.com or 1-888-926-2766.

Location and Travel: This is a remote position, with occasional travel required (less than 5%, primarily within the Northeast U.S.).

Salary Range: $70,000 - $100,000. Salary range is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related experience/skills. For information on Benefits, please visit our Benefits page, here: https://www.wbmason.com/AboutUs/benefits.html

Equal Opportunity Employer
W.B. Mason Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.