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The Role 

The role of the Product Manager, Finance Operations is to manage the assigned product portfolio for Australia and New Zealand region across all corporate brands. Reporting into the Senior Product Manager, the successful candidate will be part of a highly skilled and motivated team of product managers, product analysts and UX designers. 

The key purpose of this role is to manage the finance operations accounts receivable portfolio and roadmap, in alignment with the corporate brands and finance division.  The role will focus on optimising the accounts receivable functions and drive finance automation and consistency within the corporate brands.  The successful candidate must become a local subject matter expert in corporate reporting, business intelligence and insights and data analytics and must provide expert product management for their assigned product portfolio. The role will manage all aspects of the product lifecycle enabling the products under their direction to meet the needs of customers and end-users and achieve financial and non-financial targets. 

The successful person will drive product optimisation and be passionate about ensuring the products are designed, sold, and deployed correctly, thus reducing the cost to serve, creating new sources of revenue, and compelling the customer by continuously improving customer engagement and experience.  The candidate will be responsible for prioritising product requirements and will own the local product roadmap and the product backlog under the guidance of the Senior Product Manager. Their decisions and actions will also be guided by continuous analysis of the external market and/or user research and feedback, expert opinions, and actual usage patterns to determine current and future needs and potential opportunities.  They will become the voice of the customer, will facilitate uptake of products by planning the development of product collateral with product marketing, and monitor product performance. They will be the driver behind the rollout of products trials and new product launches. 

The chosen individual will be competent in working solo and collaboratively to achieve the desired deployment rate. Impressive communication skills and a positive attitude towards the products are essential to influence others to achieve product optimisation. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Drive strategic change and optimisation of the Accounts Receivable functions
• Drive automation consistency in Accounts Receivable across all brands 
• Drive adoption of Accounts Receivable automation across all brands
• Work with UF to identify areas of improvement through automation 
• Evolve Business Vision by working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs for both existing and potential technology products  
• Deliver Technology Product Roadmaps in line with the business vision that clearly describes near term, intermediate-term, and long-term visions 
• Manage functional dependencies between products using common platforms and the need for integrated solutions. 
• Develop clear messaging and positioning of the products to both the internal and external stakeholders 
• Deliver deployment & adoption measurement and reporting 
• Work with stakeholders to develop training & support material to drive adoption 
• Customer Sales Support as required

 Experience and Qualifications 

• Product Management Experience – desirable  
• Demonstrated experience of deployment and optimisation of technology products - essential 
• A solid understanding of the corporate travel market & available products - essential 
• Ability to communicate with business stakeholders and/or customers the product’s features & benefits - essential 
• Technical pre-sales experience - desirable 
• Operational Understanding of the Business - desirable 

 

About the group

The FCTG Corporate Travel group comprises a diverse range of Corporate Travel brands including FCM Travel Solutions, Stage & Screen Travel, and our meetings & events business, Corporate Traveller.   We focus on growing and transforming our business to meet changing customer needs and we’re driven by a culture that puts our customers and team first.

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing

We work hard to create an inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.