Senior Customer Success Manager

BlackLine•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

With very limited direction, the Customer Success Manager 3 (CSM3) delivers post-sales efforts to their assigned customers via a consultative Customer Success program strategy specifically associated with BlackLine onboarded customers. This program strategy encompasses the activities, resources, and relationships necessary to optimize customers' adoption of subscribed licenses and products, prevent attrition and churn, and continually enhance customer health and satisfaction. The CSM3 uses their immense expertise in the Company's platform and products as well as their domain expertise to provide best practice deliverables. These deliverables include coaching, Business Reviews, Customer Success Reviews, Success Planning that aligns to the customer corporate goals and objectives and are required to ensure the customer is receiving the value expected from their BlackLine subscription and moving through their customer journey. Due to their extensive accounting industry knowledge as well as their BlackLine knowledge, the CSM 3 is able to effectively provide guidance to clients on how to best adopt BL tools considering the entire finance transformation client journey. The CSM3 acts as a mentor and assists the Customer Enablement team with onboarding new CSMs. The CSM3 leads customer events with ease and may or may not produce their own presentation content relevant to the audience. They develop a trusted advisor relationship with key customer stakeholders and executive sponsors such that all BlackLine activities are closely aligned with the customer's business and strategic initiatives, allowing the full potential of their BlackLine solution to be realized. Their knowledge and experience provides clients with additional consulting and vision for using BlackLine.

Requirements

Years of Experience in Related Field Domain expertise - 7+ years of experience in accounting/auditing and/or in accounting/auditing/financial industry software solutions
Prior experience as a Controller and/or Director or Finance
Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics or Business Administration Master of Business Administration or equivalent
Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
5+ years BlackLine experience required or equivalent
6 Years Customer facing experience (internal or external)
CPA, CIA or related professional accounting certification
Updated knowledge of current accounting practices and changes in the industry
Knowledge of Gainsight, Salesforce CRM, etc.
Ability to deal with changing priorities and high-pressure situations with poise diplomacy and tact
Highly process-oriented mindset, with a love of telling stories with data
Strong interpersonal and consultative skills and proven results building relationships working as a Trusted Advisor to drive business value for customers.
Excellent listening, diagnostic and empathy skills: you identify with the customer and want to help solve their problem
Strong verbal and written professional communication
Demonstrate natural strong presentation skills natural comfortable passion for presenting
Prioritization and time management skills
Self-motivated, proactive team player with a natural curiosity and passion for learning

Responsibilities

Deliver on Customer Success program strategy specifically associated with BlackLine onboarded customer as it relates to assigned customers.
Track, validate, and provide feedback to AM team to ensure the customer moves through the entire BlackLine journey after initial contract implementation.
Deliver actionable advice, coaching and expertise regarding the features and usage of BlackLine's solutions to increase product adoption and to assist the Account Management team in license expansion.
Expertly educate clients on existing and new product features and functionality, and how it can contribute to their business objectives.
Perform Success Planning activities (Business Reviews, Success Reviews and Success Path creation) for onboarded clients to ensure BlackLine understands their corporate goals and objectives and the client understands their usage and the path forward to gain more efficiency with the solutions.
Continually communicate BlackLine value to customer through the entire customer journey.
Work as a team with sales executives and other departments on account planning focused on account expansion, reduction of license and product adoption whitespace, increased customer sentiment, and reduced churn risk.
Perform effective, Success Reviews, Business Reviews, Success Reviews, customer advocacy activities, solution coaching and other adoption deliverables via webcasts, teleconferences and/or onsite visits.
Address assigned client activities' impact on BlackLine and provide best practices. Includes, but not limited to organizational changes, global rollout, and ERP changes. Ensure ERP changes that result in risk of churn or attrition is document.
Keep current on all BlackLine solutions, including detailed product functionality and its proper use.
Communicate competitive differentiation as needed to further opportunities and prevent churn.
Identify and report on œat-risk clients, including impact on renewals, and guide customers through a successful œRed â†’ Green process.
Participate in 1 or more Expert Team to provide feedback to Product Management team through the Customer Team Enhancement Process related to new functionality requests and specifications
Provide feedback to various internal customer teams to improve customer experience.
Provide BlackLine best practices, use case scenarios and client stories both internally and externally (including Community) to assist other clients with expanded use of application functionality.
Assist with the provision of customer references.
Provide coverage, education, and application expertise by attending and participating in BlackLine Meet Ups, Client Roundtables, Customer Success Labs, Best Practice Summits, conferences, and other events.
Acts as a SME in BlackLine Reconciliations. Also acts as a SME in at least seven other complex BlackLine solutions
Log client communication and document relevant activities within internal customer relationship management software and other tools as assigned.
Show passion for BlackLine application and desire to enhance customer satisfaction.
Travel may be required
Other duties as assigned