Business Analyst

Summary Job Description

Play a crucial role in ensuring the effective management and continuous improvement of BlackLine solutions within our organization. Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify inefficient processes and drive implementation of solutions that deliver defined results. Reports to BlackLine System Lead

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

• Act as primary contact for BlackLine related inquiries, including performing administrative functions to support organizational changes.
• Perform reconciliations for targeted accounts while implementing optimized solutions.
• Business process evaluation, identifying and implementing process improvements that produce quantifiable results.
• Provide hands-on, ongoing cross functional end-user training.
• Liaison with IT on projects as it relates to BlackLine integrations.
• Stay abreast of new functionality and drive deployment across the organization.
• Prepares management ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Develops integrated test plans for new processes or changes to existing systems configurations.
• Conduct regular quality checks (recons, tasks, journals) to ensure adherence to established policies. 
• Participates in development of functional specifications for projects and ensures configurations are defined, documented, and tested.
• Ensures general ledger accounts are maintained in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Prepare and maintain Policies and Procedures documentation.
• Promotes teamwork between operational groups and departments.
• Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• 2 years accounting experience
• Proven experience in implementing and administering BlackLine Solutions, including Transaction Matching, Journals, Accounts, Tasks, Variance and Reporting
• Basic knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures as relates to general ledger accounting.
• PeopleSoft experience preferred.
• Strong analytical skills
• Problem solving abilities.
• Detail oriented
• Excellent computer skills, especially with Excel
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Strong work ethic
• Team player