Full-Time

Senior Product Manager

European Tax & E-Invoicing Automation

Posted on 7/24/2025

AppZen

AppZen

201-500 employees

AI-powered SaaS for financial process automation

No salary listed

London, UK

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Requirements
  • 5–8+ years of product management experience.
  • Mandatory: 3+ years of hands-on experience with European tax technology, e-invoicing solutions, ERP tax modules, or VAT compliance software.
  • Deep understanding of the European regulatory environment for electronic invoicing (e.g., Italy SDI, Spain SII, France Chorus Pro, PEPPOL standards).
  • Experience delivering SaaS or enterprise software products with compliance or regulatory components.
  • Familiarity with T&E platforms (e.g., SAP Concur, Coupa, Expensify) and/or ERP financial modules (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday).
  • Proven track record of integrating with external tax authorities, government portals, or real-time invoice clearance systems.
  • Strong technical fluency: able to work with engineers on APIs, document validation pipelines, and compliance integration architecture.
  • Outstanding communication skills with the ability to explain regulatory concepts clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset; able to create and interpret dashboards tracking tax reclaim, filing success, and compliance KPIs.
  • Ability to manage complex cross-functional initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Expert prioritization skills in high-pressure, evolving regulatory landscapes.
  • In-depth knowledge of VAT processes, T&E spend compliance, and e-invoicing obligations across major European markets.
  • Awareness of upcoming tax digitalization initiatives (e.g., EU ViDA proposal).
  • Familiarity with OCR technologies, digital signatures, e-invoice formats (XML, UBL), and data validation standards.
  • Working knowledge of GDPR, financial data security, and electronic document archiving laws.
Responsibilities
  • Own the full product lifecycle from ideation through launch and iteration, focusing on European tax automation and e-invoicing modules.
  • Translate evolving tax regulations (e.g., VAT, e-invoicing mandates like Italy’s SDI, France's Chorus Pro, etc.) into actionable product features.
  • Work closely with engineering, finance, tax, legal, compliance, and design teams to develop innovative, compliant solutions.
  • Define and prioritize the product roadmap based on regulatory timelines, business value, and customer needs.
  • Collaborate with external partners, government platforms, and tax advisors to ensure product compliance and technical feasibility.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage OCR, RPA, APIs, and ML for data extraction, document validation, and compliance automation.
  • Monitor emerging European tax trends and legislative changes to anticipate product adjustments.
  • Set KPIs for product success (e.g., VAT reclaim rates, regulatory adherence, user adoption, e-invoice submission success rates).
  • Ensure products meet the highest standards for security, privacy, auditability, and financial compliance.
Desired Qualifications
  • Background in tax technology consulting, Big 4 tax tech teams, or in-house tax/finance product roles (preferred).
  • Degree in finance, accounting, law, computer science, or a related field.
  • Professional qualification in tax or accounting (e.g., CTA, ACCA, CPA) is an advantage.

AppZen uses artificial intelligence to automate financial workflows for businesses through a SaaS platform. It provides three core capabilities: Accounts Payable (AP) automation that entries invoices and maps them to the correct general ledger codes and purchase orders; Travel and Expense (T&E) management that analyzes receipts to flag non-compliant or suspicious purchases and speeds up reimbursements; and card monitoring that watches card activity in real time, categorizes expenses, and detects fraudulent behavior. The product integrates with existing systems with minimal IT effort and claims to show a return on investment within days of implementation. Compared with typical finance tools, AppZen focuses on end-to-end AI-driven automation across AP, T&E, and card expenses to cut manual work and improve compliance. Its goal is to help businesses run their financial processes more efficiently, stay compliant, and reduce fraud through rapid deployment and ongoing AI-driven insights.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$281M

Headquarters

San Jose, California

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AP reviewers spend one week monthly on vendor emails; AP Inbox Service Center captures this manual work.
  • 1,500+ enterprise customer base creates network effects improving fraud detection through anonymized spend benchmarking.
  • Strategic partnerships with JAGGAER and Amadeus expand serviceable addressable market into integrated spend ecosystems.

What critics are saying

  • SAP Concur bundles advanced AI expense auditing directly, trapping enterprises and blocking AppZen integrations.
  • Vic.ai surpasses AppZen's AP accuracy with superior generative AI, winning Fortune 500 pilots.
  • OpenAI releases enterprise Finance Agents API integrating natively with ERPs at 80% lower cost.

What makes AppZen unique

  • SAP-certified integrations with real-time bidirectional data sync across ECC, S/4HANA, and Ariba platforms.
  • AP Inbox Service Center deploys eight AI agents handling vendor email end-to-end with full auditability.
  • Mastermind AI detects AI-generated receipts and analyzes expenses across multiple languages and currencies.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

2%
PR Newswire
Mar 17th, 2026
AppZen completes Workday integration for AI-powered expense audit with fraud detection

AppZen has completed a Workday Design Approved Integration for its expense auditing application, enabling streamlined AI-powered expense management for Workday customers. The integration allows finance teams to audit expense reports before reimbursement, detect policy violations and identify emerging fraud techniques, including AI-generated receipts. The solution processes expenses autonomously using AppZen's Mastermind AI Platform, which analyses receipts across multiple languages and currencies. Low-risk transactions proceed quickly whilst exceptions are flagged for review through near real-time, bi-directional integration with Workday Expenses. AppZen serves over 1,500 enterprises and maintains compliance with SOC 1/2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and GDPR. The integration is available on the Workday Marketplace.

AppZen
Mar 2nd, 2026
AppZen appoints Nick Butrym Chief Revenue Officer to scale global growth.

AppZen appoints Nick Butrym Chief Revenue Officer to scale global growth. San Jose, CA, March 2, 2026 - AppZen, the leader in autonomous finance operations, today announced the appointment of Nick Butrym as Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Butrym will lead AppZen's global revenue organization across sales, pre-sales, and the partner ecosystem, with a focus on accelerating growth and expanding customer lifetime value, as enterprises adopt AI agents for finance operations. Butrym will drive go-to-market execution and help build the scalable architecture required to support predictable growth and measurable business outcomes across new and existing customers. "Enterprises are moving beyond automation toward fully autonomous finance operations," said Anant Kale, CEO of AppZen. "Nick brings a rare combination of operational discipline and enterprise GTM leadership. He has repeatedly built revenue engines that scale efficiently while improving customer outcomes. As adoption of agentic AI accelerates, his leadership will help us expand globally and deepen the value we deliver to our customers." Butrym joins AppZen from HungerRush, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer, scaling the company's revenue engine by operationalizing processes, strengthening channel leverage, and improving expansion performance across the customer base. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at PTC, ServiceNow, and EMC. "Finance teams are under pressure to do more with fewer resources while maintaining control and compliance," said Butrym. "AppZen is uniquely positioned to solve that challenge by enabling autonomous execution, not just automation. I'm excited to help customers realize measurable outcomes faster and to help scale a durable growth engine around the company's agentic AI platform." The appointment comes as global enterprises increasingly adopt AI-driven finance solutions to reduce operating costs, improve accuracy, and scale accounts payable, expense audits, and compliance without adding headcount. AppZen's platform executes complex finance workflows end-to-end with agentic AI that includes built-in governance, auditability, and security. With it, CFOs are halving OpEx, automating work by 80% or more, and rapidly increasing ROI. To learn more about AppZen and why the company is trusted by over 65 of the Fortune 500, visit www.appzen.com. Finance AI

SiliconANGLE Media
Sep 22nd, 2025
AppZen raises $180M to automate enterprise finance operations

In August, AppZen announced a partnership with Sales Innovation, a go-to-market firm, to expand its operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

PR Newswire
Sep 22nd, 2025
AppZen Raises $180 Million Growth Round Led by Riverwood Capital to Take the Next Step in Autonomous Finance

/PRNewswire/ -- AppZen, the leading Agentic AI platform for finance teams, announced it raised $180 million in growth funding. This round was led by Riverwood...

FinSMEs
Sep 22nd, 2025
AppZen Secures $180M for AI Growth

AppZen, a San Jose-based provider of an AI platform for finance teams, raised $180 million in growth funding led by Riverwood Capital. The funds will support its AI studio and accelerate global market growth.

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