Principal Presales Consultant

Get to Know Us:
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!
Make Your Mark:
The Principal Solutions Consultant will perform and demonstrate all of BlackLine's accounting modules to prospective customers. Principal Solutions Consultants will support the sales team and their development of positive and effective relationships with prospective clients and internal departments to ensure prospective client expectations are exceeded.
You'll Get To:

• Partner with the Sales team through answering prospect technical, software, and accounting questions
• Perform needs analysis calls on prospective clients to thoroughly and accurately understand their challenges
• Keep current on new product functionality and its proper use
• Deliver relevant and pertinent demonstrations of all BlackLine modules based on prospect needs
• Complete ROI Analysis for prospective clients
• Assist with completion and review of requests for proposal and information (RFPs and RFIs)
• Provide and review BlackLine best practices, use case scenarios and prospective client stories both internally and externally (including community) to assist prospective clients with expanded use of application functionality
• Serve as a Moderator in the BlackLine Community
• Educate prospects and clients through webinars, on-site training presentations, and trials
• Prepare and deliver effective custom demonstrations using prospect data
• Provide coverage, education, and application expertise by attending client/prospect roundtables, conferences and other events
• Document relevant activities in Salesforce and other tools as assigned
• Serve as a mentor to Solutions Consultants and Senior Solutions Consultants
• Work with the Solution Consulting Enablement team to improve the quality of BlackLine demonstration systems
• Participate in product review activities to provide insight in desired enhancements to BlackLine solutions
• Other duties as assigned
• Travel Requirement: 30% minimum

What You'll Bring:

• Strong ability to demonstrate and persuade using influencing skills and relating to prospective customers in a consultative manner
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and trust with prospects/clients
• Proven ability to understand and address prospective client objections
• Strong ability to match product functionality to the prospects' business needs
• Demonstrate integrity, trustworthiness, and good judgment
• Expert knowledge of the operation of commercial business accounting departments
• Strong accounting knowledge
• Minimum 4 years enterprise level experience as a Solutions Consultant
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration or work equivalent
• Previous enterprise level experience as a Solutions Consultant

We're Even More Excited If You Have:

• Experience with: Record to Report, Financial Close, Invoice to Cash, Intercompany Financial Management, and Consolidation and Financial Analytics
• Experience creating and delivering compelling presentations for BlackLine Solutions

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 have 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 2 days a week.
Salary Range:
USD $148,000.00 - USD $185,000.00
Pay Transparency Statement:
Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.
In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.
We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.
BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.
Accommodations:
BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.