Product Manager – Internal Audit and Analytics

The Product Manager plays a pivotal role as a visionary and evangelist for finance professionals within the internal audit and analytics markets. They define the strategic vision for the product suite and champion its success, working closely with the Product Executive to lead product development. The primary goal is to ensure that the right products are brought to market and driving sustainable client success.

If You Want To

• Own, maintain, and communicate the vision, direction, and roadmap of the Internal Audit & Analytics product suite. • Understand, define, and communicate what value-add is from a customer perspective and focus the product roadmap toward providing that value. • Define product marketing strategies and execute them in collaboration with sales and marketing teams to drive commercial success. • Define and deliver commercial success and profitable Return on Investment (ROI) for the product suite. • Act as a though leader in both an internal and external capacity. • Work closely with sales to understand and improve win rates. • Own and define roadmap goals and objectives for product releases. • Work closely with external content providers and Product Owner(s) to develop appropriately detailed specifications for product features so that they are clearly understood by development teams. • Set delivery dates and drive the overall delivery of products to market. • Partner with Product Owner(s) and Development teams to drive the resolution of product defects and high-quality deliverables. • Collaborate closely with the marketing team to ensure that product value is frequently communicated to customers. • Maintain a thorough understanding of customer needs to drive continuous value delivery. • Act as the leader that integrates cross functional teams required to deliver products to markets. • Work closely with customer facing teams to gain insight, resolve issues and help champion product strategy, delivery, and customer satisfaction.

And You Have

• BCom Internal Auditing, Accounting, or related degree (Minimum NQF Level 7); • 3+ years’ experience in an Internal\External Audit role, with strong knowledge of internal\external audit standards (e.g., International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing – IPPF); • 2+ years’ experience in a leadership or managerial role within internal\external audit; • Experience in designing, implementing, or optimising internal audit processes and methodologies; • Experience working with Internal Audit Management Software (e.g., Caseware IDEA, TeamMate, AuditBoard, or similar) or governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools. • Client facing experience. • Experience working in cross-functional teams. • Certified Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Chartered Accountant – CA(SA) or equivalent certification; • Client-facing or consulting experience within the internal audit domain; • Exposure to digital transformation in internal audit or data analytics for audit purposes; • Experience working in cross-functional teams; • A background in technology or software development is not a prerequisite but would be beneficial.

And These Essential Skills

• Audit and Analytics standards and methodologies. • Customer understanding and how they use software within in a market to deliver outcomes. • Caseware Working Papers and Caseware IDEA® user knowledge. • Budget management and guiding a development project. • Experience with the below tools is not essential, but would be advantageous: Jira, Confluence, Aha!, Slack / Teams