Solution Advisor in London

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!

What You’ll Do: As a Solution Advisor (Pre-Sales), you will be a driving force in our most strategic sales pursuits. This is more than a pre-sales role; you are the technical and value-based conscience of the deal, a trusted advisor to the Office of the CFO, and a mentor to the wider solution consulting team. You will leverage your deep domain expertise and commercial acumen to architect compelling, enterprise-scale solutions that solve complex business challenges. Your mission is to shape our largest deals, elevate the capabilities of the team, and act as a key conduit between the field and our product strategy, ensuring we continue to dominate the market.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multi-threaded discovery workshops with senior finance and IT stakeholders to uncover and quantify critical business challenges.
• Design and deliver compelling, persona-driven solution demonstrations that connect our products to tangible business value and strategically differentiate us from the competition.
• Partner directly with prospects to build data-driven business cases, including compelling ROI models that create the financial justification for change.
• Own the technical and value strategy for top-tier accounts, orchestrating resources and acting as a key mentor for the wider presales team to elevate performance.
• Architect and lead the solution for complex RFPs and competitive proofs of concept (POCs), ensuring a clear path to a technical win.

Qualifications:

• A consistent track record as a top-quartile performer in a senior enterprise presales role, with 5+ years of experience selling complex SaaS solutions to the Office of the CFO.
• Demonstrable expertise in leading consultative discovery sessions and co-creating compelling, data-driven business cases and ROI models with enterprise customers.
• Headliner-level presentation skills; you are a captivating storyteller who can command a room of executives or an audience of thousands.
• Deep domain knowledge in a relevant area (e.g., Financial Close) and the commercial acumen to act as a trusted advisor in competitive deals.
• A passion for mentoring and leadership, with proven experience lifting the performance and capabilities of your peers.
• Bonus points for a background in technology consulting or a chartered accounting qualification.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience with financial software, a plus.
• Experience creating and delivering compelling presentations, preferred.

Why BlackLine: 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 has 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 3 days a week.