BLACKLINE Consultant
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Expert knowledge on Blackline transformation
- Account reconciliation (must have)
- Lease accounting (desired but not mandatory)
- Blackline configuration and administrator work
Responsibilities
Collate requirements post understanding of finance processes, and support central project team to define to-be process design.
Participate and document the outputs, agreements and questions from scoping, fit gap and design workshops and provide inputs from a Blackline and process perspective to align key design decisions.
Configuring and customizing the Blackline platform to align with organizations specific needs.
Conducting data mapping and integration with existing SAP financial system.
Assisting in the development of project plan and timelines for sub streams.
Providing training and support to end users on Blackline functionalities.
Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure a seamless Blackline implementation.
Collaborating with key stakeholders to gather requirements and understand the organizations financial processes.
Gather and help to cleanse the data needed to help prepare the system for go-live (both master data and, if necessary, transaction data).
Support central team to collate functional requirements and devise solution documentation.
Create test scripts and data to ensure the new system meets the design brief and business requirements.
Coordinate and participate in user testing of the new solution.
Receive direction from integrated project team to create documentations e.g. BRD/solutions/technical capabilities for ensuring comprehensive document repository.
Create BP specific training materials for adopting the new processes and system.
Provide application feedback to Project team in order to enhance or resolve functionality for future releases.
Deliver user training pre go-live and act as SME in first line operational support immediately post go-live.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in SAP S/4 HANA FICO (Record to report / Finance)
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in BLACKLINE