Overview
Own the end-to-end product strategy and execution for Coupang's internal finance and accounting platforms within the Finance Platform & Accounting Engineering (FPE) team.
What you'll do
- Build product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Coupang's core finance and accounting platform products, aligning technical architecture with business growth and regulatory requirements.
- Lead cross-functional execution from discovery and technical requirements gathering (PRDs) through design, build, deployment, and post-launch optimization alongside engineering, data science, and accounting operational teams.
- Partner directly with Controllership, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and Internal Audit teams to understand their workflows, automate manual month-end processes, streamline continuous closing capabilities, and automate accounting operations.
- Author granular user stories, technical specifications, and clear acceptance criteria; maintain a well-prioritized backlog in an agile framework to ensure high-velocity, defect-free delivery.
- Establish product metrics and KPIs focused on data accuracy, reconciliation speed, automated ledger entry rates, and system processing latency.
- Present product updates, architecture decisions, and strategic trade-offs to senior finance and technology leadership, building alignment across business units.
- Embody a customer-first (and internal user-first) mindset, obsessing over operational efficiency, operational rigor, and zero-defect financial reporting.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or a related technical/quantitative field.
- 8+ years of product management, program management, solutions architecture, or software development experience delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade software products.
- Proven ability to break down complex financial processes into scalable software requirements; highly data-driven with exceptional problem-solving abilities.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of clearly conveying complex technical concepts to non-technical finance partners and executive leadership.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities, drive alignment in matrixed organizations, and consistently deliver complex platform initiatives under tight timelines.
- Strong commitment to working backwards from user pain points to deliver intuitive, high-impact internal platforms and tools.
Nice to have
- Engineering undergraduate, computer science or equivalent advanced degree.
- Prior experience defining APIs, data pipelines, microservices, or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities for enterprise internal users.
- Understanding of core accounting principles, general ledgers, sub-ledgers, revenue recognition, tax engine integrations, or enterprise ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle Financials).
- Direct experience in e-commerce, fintech, high-frequency transactional platforms, or payment gateway architecture.
Details
- Internal role; apply with your Coupang e-mail address and complete the Internal Transfer Request Form.
- Location: Bengaluru.
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