Blackline Consultant

Summary

Join a fast-growing international consulting firm as a Blackline Consultant and lead high-impact projects focused on optimizing the Blackline platform. You will assess Blackline utilization, identify improvement opportunities, and deliver actionable insights. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maximize platform efficiency and implement improvements. This role requires expertise in Blackline, financial processes, and project management. The position offers a permanent, fully remote contract with a flexible schedule and opportunities for self-development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field
• 4+ years hands-on expertise with the Blackline platform, mastering setup, configuration, and optimisation to drive results
• Experience in leading impactful platform assessments and optimisation projects that deliver measurable improvements
• Deep knowledge of finance subjects, from reconciliations and close procedures to financial reporting
• Expertise in Blackline modules like Account Reconciliations, Task Management, Journal Entries, and Matching

Responsibilities

• Lead the charge on the Blackline utilisation assessment project, ensuring it's delivered on time and within budget
• Shape the project’s vision by defining clear scope, goals, and impactful deliverables that align with organisational objectives
• Partner with stakeholders to set meaningful success metrics and drive results
• Dive deep into how Blackline is currently being used across all business units and departments
• Assess how well Blackline’s features align with key financial processes like reconciliation, journal entries, and reporting
• Pinpoint gaps, uncover inefficiencies, and highlight untapped potential to make the most out of the platform
• Discover the most effective strategies for implementations and identifying requirements
• Implement BL with S4Hana or SAP ERP
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, and IT teams to dive into workflows, uncover challenges and identify key needs
• Present insights and recommendations clearly to stakeholders
• Deliver actionable, data-driven insights to create a clear roadmap for maximising Blackline efficiency
• Uncover training needs and design customised programs to boost user expertise with the platform
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, seamless integrations, and smart automation to unlock Blackline's full potential
• Create and share in-depth reports that showcase findings, actions and clear implementation steps
• Map out current and future workflows, emphasizing key improvements
• Support the seamless implementation of changes to Blackline processes and configurations, ensuring everything runs smoothly
• Track and evaluate the impact of improvements to see the results come to life post-implementation

Preferred Qualifications

• Blackline Administrator Certification
• A project management certification (like PMP or PRINCE2)
• Experience with data analysis tools and financial systems integrations is a plus

Benefits

• Permanent contract collaboration
• You will be working fully remote in a stable, multinational company located in UK working with the latest technologies
• You will have the opportunity of self development while working in a flexible schedule while maintaining a healthy work-life balance