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What will you do? 

A day in the life of a Principal Product Manager, Central Finance at VF looks a little like this. 

The Principal Product Manager, Central Finance  is responsible for the product strategy, roadmap, and delivery of VF's SAP Central Finance platform. This role serves as the primary liaison between Global Finance, Accounting, Shared Services, and Technology teams to drive the implementation of a unified finance execution layer that standardizes global processes across AP, AR, General Ledger, Intercompany, Fixed Assets, Treasury, Cash Management, and Financial Close.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more. 

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Own the Central Finance product vision, roadmap, and deployment strategy aligned to VF's global finance transformation program.
• Prioritize business capabilities that support process harmonization and finance back-office centralization.
• Develop and maintain product backlogs, release plans, and business value realization metrics.

Business Partnership

• Partner with Corporate Finance, Controllers, Shared Services, Treasury, Tax, and accounting leaders to support the design and implementation of future-state business processes.
• Translate business requirements into scalable SAP Central Finance solutions.
• Partner with Finance Data teams to define and implement master data requirements supporting global finance harmonization

Product Delivery

• Lead implementation of Central Finance capabilities including:
  • General Ledger
  • Intercompany Accounting
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Credit Management
  • Vendor Payments
  • Fixed Assets
  • Treasury and Cash Management
  • Advanced Financial Close
• Coordinate system integrations with operational ERPs and supporting finance applications.
• Oversee testing, cutover planning, deployment, and adoption activities.

Data & Governance

• Drive master data governance requirements supporting global finance harmonization.
• Partner with Finance Data and Analytics teams to establish common financial data standards.
• Ensure SOX-compliant controls are embedded into solution design.

Leadership

• Lead cross-functional teams consisting of business stakeholders, system integrators, architects, and delivery managers.
• Lead cross-functional product teams without direct organizational authority

What do you need to succeed? 

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 8 years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are: 

• 8+ years of experience in Finance Technology, ERP Product Management, or SAP Finance transformations.
• Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Central Finance.
• Strong understanding of Record-to-Report, Close, Treasury, AP, AR, and Intercompany processes.
• Experience delivering SAP Finance capabilities as part of enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence senior business stakeholders and drive adoption of standardized finance processes and technology solutions.

Now WE have a question for YOU.  

Are you in? 

Hiring Range:

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com  and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.