Senior Finance Manager, P&T

Make Your Mark:

Looking to amplify your impact to the business? BlackLine is seeking an agile and technically strong Finance Business Partner to partner with our Product and Engineering teams to execute on finance operations, drive automation, and innovate on our finance practices, helping our partners make strategic and informed business decisions. In this role, you will have the ability to influence management decisions, drive decision through data, and challenge the status quo as BlackLine continues to scale for growth. You will also become the resident finance expert on our product and technology portfolio. This role is hybrid in our California offices in Pleasanton.

You'll Get To:

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

What You'll Bring:

Years of Experience in Related Field:

+ 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

Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

+ 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

We’re Even More Excited If You Have:

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).

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!

A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.

* A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week.

Salary Range:: USD $175,000.00/Yr.

• USD $219,000.00/Yr.