Product Owner - Finance

At Ridestore, we’ve always relied on tech and agile applications to lead the way to innovation. This is something that has resonated within Ridestore ever since Linus (one of our founders) built the first version of ridestore.com in his childhood bedroom.

That’s now almost 20 years ago, but this approach is still with us today, and for our finance team, it’s no different. By utilizing agile applications we’ve been able to automize a lot of traditional finance work. But we are not done. To let our team focus on what they do best, we are now looking for someone to step in and take ownership of our applications and help the Finance team to reach new heights.

Why are we looking for a Product Owner?
Simply put, we need someone that brings more tech knowledge to the team and makes our work more automated and systemized. You will have complete responsibility for all technical products in the finance team and be the link between developers and teams with all that it entails (coding, business logic, etc.).

What you'll be doing?
In the short term, we need you to take ownership of the Netsuite application and make sure we own our backlog and development projects internally and towards our IT partner. Taking your dedication and superpowers to take our way of doing things to the next level. The main short-term focus is to build a structure in and around Netsuite from a user perspective. You will ensure that the system is being used in the most optimal way and that our finance teammates have everything they need from the system.

In the long term, you will take ownership of all applications within Finance with the objective of building automation and effective processes. You might also have played a key role in building the internal reporting and analysis package that Ridestore uses as the single source of truth when it comes to analyzing business figures.

How the long-term perspective will look is impossible to say. But with a culture rooted in constant change and flexibility we are not in any way bound to the applications we use today. And if there are better applications that work better for us, you will be the driver of change and innovation within the team.

Sounds interesting? Then this is who we’re looking for!
You have an interest in both Finance and Tech and love to support your fellow colleagues with your technical expertise. We have set up our ways of working with asynchronous communication in the core - we use Asana as a shared productivity tool on which we base the majority of our work and Slack for culture, fast comms, and fun. This means we have a flexible environment where you can focus, but it demands a lot from everyone as you need to be the driver of your work. Being a driver means taking charge, getting information and resources, and solving problems. You don't have to do everything alone, but it's your job to keep the work moving and ask for help when needed.

Since we would like you to hit the ground running from day one, it’s crucial that you have the following:

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Strong financial knowledge and experience, including accounting principles and financial analysis, and experience with the Netsuite cloud-based financial system

- Understanding of agile methodology and experience working in an agile development environment

- Experience in developing financial products and services

- Experience with D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) e-commerce platforms and operations

It's an added advantage if you possess a familiarity with business intelligence tools and data analysis, along with proficiency in SQL. Experience with Commercetools as an e-commerce platform is highly desirable, as is knowledge of Third-Party Logistics (TPL) integrations and their role in supporting financial operations.

Where you’ll do it? 👩🏼‍💻
Mostly remote. But we want you in the CET zone plus/minus 2 hours as most of our teams are based in Europe. Ridestore has been remote since 2014, except for some people who work in Gothenburg, where we have our only office (https://career.ridestore.com/pages/gothenburg). In this particular role, we want you to be able to visit the office when needed, which means you should be open to traveling to Gothenburg once in a while.

We’ll offer you freedom in a passionate and somewhat snowy environment where you can significantly impact the Ridestore journey with your work.

We look forward to seeing what you can bring to the Ridestore team!

How we do it
We want to get to know you and your unique perspective, so we ask that you answer some questions that we find interesting as the first step in the application process. So do not put any time into writing a cover letter.
Hope to see you in the process!