Pinewood.AI

Associate Product Manager – Accounting, Taxation, Payments

Pinewood.AI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Birmingham • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Support the definition and execution of product strategy for accounting, taxation, and payment solutions within the Pinewood.AI platform.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers to shape product enhancements aligned with business goals, customer needs, and regulatory requirements.
  • Own and develop expertise in defined problem spaces and user segments, particularly within financial and accounting workflows.
  • Translate customer feedback, market insight, and regulatory change into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and product requirements.
  • Conduct user interviews, surveys, and research to validate problems, identify gaps, and inform product decisions.
  • Contribute to roadmap development and backlog prioritisation, defining clear outcomes and success measures.
  • Use financial data, product metrics, customer feedback, and KPIs to support prioritisation and data-driven decision-making.
  • Work with engineering, finance, operations, and compliance teams to ensure smooth delivery while balancing speed, quality, and risk.
  • Ensure products align with accounting principles, tax regulations, and payment security standards across relevant markets.
  • Support audits, risk management activities, and regulatory reviews in collaboration with legal and compliance teams.
  • Help manage the full product lifecycle, from discovery and design through to release and value measurement.
  • Support communication of product progress, delivery plans, and feature benefits across the business and with external partners.
  • Drive continuous improvement by incorporating insight from users, stakeholders, and live product performance.

Requirements

  • Background in taxation, accounting, finance, or a related field, with a strong understanding of core accounting and regulatory concepts.
  • Experience working as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Associate Product Manager, or in a similar role within a SaaS or software delivery environment.
  • Experience working on financial, accounting, taxation, or payment-related products.
  • Strong understanding of accounting systems and professional user workflows.
  • Proven experience reviewing legislation, tax rules, accounting standards, or regulatory guidance and translating these into practical requirements.
  • Familiarity with Agile delivery methods and tools such as Scrum, Jira, or similar.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial and regulatory content for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Knowledge of payment gateways, multi-currency taxation or transaction handling, and ledger systems.
  • Understanding of compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, IFRS, GAAP, or SOX.
  • Experience working with financial data analysis, reporting, and performance metrics.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Bonus scheme
  • Share scheme
  • Hybrid working
  • 25 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays
  • 4x life assurance
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave - 5 months' full pay for maternity or adoption, plus 2 weeks' fully paid paternity/adoption leave and an extra 2 weeks to use as paid annual leave within 24 months of birth or adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - free, confidential 24/7 support for you and your immediate family (including counselling, legal & financial advice, and wellbeing resources)
  • Ongoing training & professional development
  • Free onsite gym (Birmingham)
  • Cycle to Work scheme - save up to 40% on bikes and accessories through salary sacrifice
  • Eyecare vouchers - free eye test and contribution towards prescription glasses
  • Regular social events
  • Employee recognition and awards

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
accountingtaxationfinancial data analysisreportingpayment solutionsuser storiesacceptance criteriaproduct metricsKPIAgile delivery methods
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsattention to detailcommunication skillscollaborationcontinuous improvementcustomer feedback incorporationroadmap developmentbacklog prioritizationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
CPACMACFAIFRSGAAPSOXPCI DSS