Senior Principal Accountant - Blackline System Administrator

Senior/Principal Accountant- Blackline Admin (Techno-functional role)

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Job Duties

• Under general supervision, applies knowledge of the company's business systems, business processes and controls, including policies and procedures, relative to the location and department assigned.
• Demonstrates understanding of organizational structure and core businesses of the company and industry.
• Performs activities involving complex accounting reports and accounting analyses with related spreadsheets and applications input.
• Prepares and posts journal vouchers for complex accounting transactions. Reviews and monitors financial transactions for accuracy and timeliness.
• Researches and resolves complex accounting issues and transactions including related internal controls. Prepares, analyzes, and distributes financial results including variance explanations.
• Participates in multi-functional teams and develops project management skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge in moderately complex aspects of general accounting, internal controls, company policy, financial analysis and reporting, forecasting, and financial applications, as well as intermediate levels of proficiency with industry and company acumen.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in accounting related roles required.
• Requires completion of an undergraduate degree in accounting, business, or related field. Knowledge of US GAAP or country-specific accounting principles required.

 

Process overview:

The Account Reconciliation team is responsible for the performing the Reconciliations for the Halliburton Group. Blackline tool, SAP and SuccessFactors are primarily being used in this process and position is Blackline global system admin managing tool integrations with SAP, correct reporting and good in handling big data for MIS Reporting. As techno functional role, the system admin to ensure the controls and developments for smoother tool availability and operations.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Blackline system management
• very good understanding of various modules – Reconciliations; Journal Module, Match & Clear and Task module; manage day to day admin related tasks of Blackline application.
• Have good knowledge of integrations between Blackline to other accounting systems mainly SAP, API Integrations, troubleshoot issues.
• Good hands-on experience in handling job schedulers; templates; reports; notifications in Blackline; and new testing as required for S4 HANA implementation testing.
• Have good understanding of Account Reconciliations process and controls needed to manage data integrity.
• Daily, weekly and monthly reporting of activities and data management including variance analysis
• Ensure timely resolution of queries from Business/ Operations, stakeholder management
• Ensure process documentation are up to date; implement standardization and process improvements.
• Comply with financial policies and regulations; Support on Adhoc Projects/Tasks as assigned.
• Handle SOX testing and Internal Audit queries with respect to Blackline tool compliance requirements.
• Managing Stakeholders and quick query handling abilities
• Having knowledge of SuccessFactors admin knowledge is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Desired/Preferred Expertise:

• Reconciliation Tool Expertise - Blackline
• Accounting Experience
• SAP Experience
• Overall knowledge on Reconciliation
• Advanced Excel Knowledge
• Expert Analytical skills
• Stakeholder Management

 

Characteristics:

a) Team player; b) Ownership Attitude; c) Analytical Skills; d) Eye for details.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications/Experience:

 

• Post-Graduate(finance) / with Experience working in Blackline for 3-5 years as System Admin

 

Shift timing:

12:00pm to 09:00pm IST

 

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements will receive consideration for higher level roles given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs.  Depending on education, experience, and skill level, a variety of job opportunities might be available, including Senior Accountant and Principal Accountant.  

Halliburton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

 

Location

4th Floor, Gardenia 2D, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560103, India

 

Job Details

Requisition Number: 207652  
Experience Level: Experienced Hire 
Job Family: Support Services 
Product Service Line: Finance   
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Additional Locations for this position: 

 

Compensation Information
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Experience Level

Senior Level