Full Job Description
Your role at Vantive
The Senior Manager, BlackLine & Kyriba Center of Excellence will support the implementation, optimization, governance, and ongoing use of Vantive's close, controls, and treasury technology platforms. This role will partner across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, IT, and Finance Transformation to help deliver practical, well-controlled system and process solutions.
The ideal candidate brings strong accounting process knowledge, hands-on system experience, a controls mindset, and the ability to work effectively in a changing environment. This role is a good fit for someone who can connect business requirements, system functionality, and process governance while helping teams adopt consistent ways of working.
What you'll be doing
Blackline & Kyriba Implementation and Optimization
• Support the implementation, stabilization, and ongoing improvement of BlackLine and Kyriba capabilities across Finance.
• Partner with Accounting, Treasury, IT, and external partners to translate business requirements into practical system-enabled solutions.
• Maintain configuration standards, workflow designs, approval structures, user roles, and operating procedures for supported platforms.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation, reduce manual work, improve visibility, and strengthen close and treasury processes.
• Support testing, issue resolution, release readiness, and post-go-live support to ensure successful adoption.
Accounting Process, Controls and Governance
• Apply accounting and controls knowledge to system design, reconciliations, journals, treasury activities, and related workflows.
• Partner with Accounting and Treasury teams to ensure processes align with policies, controls, audit requirements, and business needs.
• Help manage governance routines for system changes, master data impacts, access administration, workflow updates, and process exceptions.
• Support standards for reconciliations, close tasks, journal workflows, cash management activities, and related control points.
• Track adoption, compliance, and process effectiveness through metrics, reporting, and stakeholder feedback.
Center of Excellence Development
• Help build and maintain a sustainable BlackLine and Kyriba Center of Excellence.
• Create and maintain process documentation, support routines, and knowledge resources for consistent global platform use.
• Serve as a liaison between Finance Transformation, Accounting, Treasury, IT, and other key stakeholder groups.
• Support the transition from project implementation to steady-state operations, including handoffs, roles and responsibilities, and service expectations.
• Identify enhancement opportunities and help prioritize roadmap items based on business value, controls, and operational impact.
Cross-Functional Finance Collaboration
• Partner closely with Accounting, Treasury, Finance Transformation, IT, Internal Audit, enterprise master data teams, and other finance technology stakeholders.
• Coordinate with ERP, master data, and integration teams to assess upstream and downstream impacts of system, process, and data changes.
• Facilitate working sessions with business users to understand needs, solve problems, and align on practical solutions.
• Prepare clear status updates, decision points, and recommendations for Finance Transformation and Accounting leadership.
• Advise business users by connecting system knowledge with accounting outcomes and control requirements.
Change Leadership and Adoption
• Support change management, training, and communications to drive adoption of new tools and processes.
• Develop and maintain user guidance, process documentation, training materials, and support routines.
• Reinforce the benefits of standard processes, strong controls, better visibility, and improved efficiency.
• Help users understand how to use the tools and why consistent governance matters.
What you'll bring
• 8+ years of experience in Accounting, Treasury, Finance Transformation, Finance Systems, Shared Services, or consulting.
• Strong understanding of accounting operations, the financial close process, account reconciliations, journal entries, controls, governance, and audit requirements.
• Experience with BlackLine required; experience with Kyriba, treasury systems, ERP platforms, or finance technology administration strongly preferred.
• Experience with system configuration, workflow design, user access, testing, issue resolution, and release or change management.
• Ability to connect system functionality to business process outcomes, accounting controls, and operating model requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to work across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, IT, and transformation teams in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain system and process topics in clear business terms.
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and help build new capabilities, governance routines, and operating practices as the organization evolves.
• CPA, MBA, accounting certification, or equivalent experience preferred.
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Vantive, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $140,000 to $192,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.
US Benefits at Vantive
This is where your well-being matters. Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan ("Aon PEP"), Vantive's 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future. The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently. The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals.
We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Vantive's US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Vantive
