Senior Finance Manager, P&T
About The Position
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing! At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance. Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers. Work, Play and Grow at BlackLine!
Requirements
- 10+ years of proven experience in a FP&A, FinOps, sales operations, finance, accounting, consulting, or related business function
- 6+ years experience in business partnership, preferably as a finance business partner, FinOps or sales operations, supporting software R&D or cloud functions
- Strong technical, analytical, communication, and influencing skills
- Strong modeling skills using large sets of data to model complex concepts
- Excellent modeling skills used to translate business metrics to financial measures
- Finance system proficiency, Adaptive a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, math, or other analytical field
Nice To Haves
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with the attitude to deliver and think ahead
- Persistence to drive things forward and be a proactive contributor
- Ability to adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment
- Understanding of SaaS accounting principles and business metrics - Revenue Recognition, ARR, Net Dollar Retention, etc.
- Experience with full P&L modeling including allocation methodology analysis and support
- Direct experience serving as a finance partner to senior Product Management and Engineering leaders.
- Proven ability to present complex financial information and strategic recommendations to senior executives (VP, SVP, C-level).
- Strong analytical skills with experience querying and synthesizing large datasets from multiple sources (e.g., financial systems, product telemetry, cloud billing). SQL proficiency is highly desirable.
- Experience with BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker) and financial planning systems (e.g., Hyperion, Anaplan).
Responsibilities
- Effectively monitor, support and track headcount in conjunction with business partners and talent acquisition
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to create annual operating budgets, regular forecasts, and long-term strategic operating plans
- Develop, prepare, and present reporting packages and presentation materials to Product and Engineering Leadership - Monthly Reporting Packages, Quarterly Business Reviews, and Executive/Board level presentations
- Deliver insightful analysis and reporting on product performance, profitability trends, and variance drivers to the executive team and product leadership.
- Partner with corporate FP&A and accounting to ensure the accuracy and integrity of product-line financial statements and to enhance reporting granularity.
- Serve as the primary finance lead for the product roadmap, guiding the financial evaluation and business case development for all major new products, features, and R&D initiatives.
- Develop and manage a robust capital allocation framework to help leadership prioritize a complex portfolio of investments, balancing between near-term ROI and long-term strategic value.
- Develop and use data analytics to drive business decisions with large data sets
- Turn business concepts into effective driver-based models used for decision making
- Participate in system enhancement projects to allow company to scale
Benefits
- short-term and long-term incentive programs
- robust offering of benefit and wellness plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
