Manager, Finance Transformation, BlackLine

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What will your typical day look like?

Picture yourself as an integral part of a team engaged in providing Finance transformation, controllership, and advisory services to help our clients improve their business. You will analyse issues, contribute to developing recommendations, help to design and implement technologies and construct creative presentations to deliver insightful solutions. On top of this, you will find yourself part of a team of talented professionals who are passionate about putting the client first and getting to the right answer.

Additionally, with a focus on BlackLine, you will:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of BlackLine solutions to support financial processes including reconciliations, analysis, journal entries, and intercompany.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable BlackLine solutions.
• Ensure alignment of BlackLine solutions with organizational goals and objectives.
• Administer and maintain the BlackLine platform, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate end-users on BlackLine functionalities and best practices.
• Oversee the integration of data from various sources into the BlackLine platform, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Review and optimize end-to-end financial processes and data flows to support efficient period-end closing and consolidation activities and identify opportunities for optimization and enhancement.
• Implement best practices for process and solution design including considerations for internal controls in various regulatory environments.
• Stay up to date with BlackLine updates and new features, incorporating them into the existing solutions as appropriate.

About the team

We love to help our clients achieve their objectives. The Finance Transformation team has a long history of collaboration and innovation with our clients to offer holistic solutions to the most complex business issues. We understand the real problems affecting businesses today and take the perspective of the Client to understand impacts to their teams, technologies, and processes. We draw on our global network of professionals and industry experiences to tailor solutions to our clients’ most urgent needs. Whether setting a vision, developing strategy, designing the operating model, improving processes or deploying technology solutions, we are passionate about helping Business leaders improve their operations and achieve their business goals.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

You are someone who is:

• 8+ years of relevant experience implementing one or more finance technologies
• 6+ years of experience implementing BlackLine including Financial Close & Consolidation, and/or Intercompany solutions
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing project teams
• Knowledgeable of the myriad issues Clients face, with a track record of providing solutions to those issues
• Able to develop and communicate new ideas and conceptualize innovative approaches and solutions
• Adept at creating long term business relationships at a senior level
• Energized by achieving goals in a collaborative environment, and mentoring team members to their highest potential
• Knowledgeable of market trends, competitor environment, and corporate and business strategies
  

Note: Canadian travel required with occasional international travel. You should be able to enter the USA to work on client assignments.

Preferred:

• Experience with Financial Reporting, Governance Risk and Compliance, Workiva, OneStream, Anaplan, SAP or Oracle considered an asset
• Strong functional knowledge around financial systems and processes
• Proven skills as a team member, team lead or project manager on at least one full life cycle implementation
• A proven resource in defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines
• Ability to work independently, manage small engagements or parts of large engagements
• Willingness to mentor junior staff
• Committed to gaining exposure to multiple industries
• Adept at implementing technology-enabled business solutions for clients as part of a high-talent team
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Ability to collaborate with clients

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $175,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.