Senior Solutions Consultant

BlackLine; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackLine, a leader in Finance Automation, seeks a Senior Solutions Consultant in a hybrid Birmingham-based role to support UKI prospects across the Invoice to Cash area. You will partner with Sales to uncover client challenges, tailor solution recommendations, and guide deals from first contact to purchase decision.

You will deliver product demonstrations, run ROI analyses, and support RFI/RFP responses, ensuring deliverability with Implementation teams while traveling 15–20% across the UKI.

Qualifications

• Background in pre-sales/solution consulting, or related customer-facing consulting role.
• Experience translating business challenges into tailored solutions and ROI.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to present figures clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own the pre-sales solution-consulting process end to end for UKI opportunities.
• Conduct needs-analysis conversations and translate findings into tailored recommendations.
• Design and deliver product demonstrations and proofs of concept.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP responses with technical accuracy and thoroughness.
• Complete ROI analyses and business cases to support investment decisions.
• Build product/domain expertise through certification and keep pace with roadmaps.
• Collaborate with Implementation/Customer Success to ensure deliverable handoff.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Solution consulting

Sales engineering

AR/credit management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

Travel 15–20%

Job description

## Senior Solutions ConsultantApply: Hybrid: Birmingham: Full time: Posted Yesterday: 000395**Make Your Mark:**The Solutions Consultant is a customer-facing, pre-sales role supporting prospects across UKI as they evaluate BlackLine’s Invoice to Cash solutions. Partnering closely with the Sales team, this person uncovers each prospect’s real business challenges, demonstrates how BlackLine solves them, and helps guide deals from first conversation through to a confident buying decision. Invoice to Cash is one of BlackLine’s fastest-growing areas, and this hire will have real input into how the EMEA team’s practices take shape as it scales. **You'll Get To:*** Own the pre-sales solution-consulting process end to end for prospects evaluating BlackLine’s Invoice to Cash solutions across the UKI territory, partnering closely with the Sales team throughout each deal;* Run needs-analysis conversations with prospects to uncover their real business challenges, then translate those into a clear, tailored solution recommendation;* Design and deliver product demonstrations and Proof of Concept engagements, using prospect data where possible, to show how BlackLine addresses each prospect’s specific needs;* Own or contribute to RFI/RFP responses, bringing technical accuracy and a high level of attention to detail to every submission;* Complete ROI analyses and business cases that help prospects build an internal case for investment;* Build deep product and domain expertise through BlackLine’s implementation-certification program, the same training completed by BlackLine’s own delivery consultants, and keep pace with a fast-evolving product roadmap;* Partner with the Implementation/Customer Success team to validate that proposed solutions are deliverable, supporting a smooth handoff from sale to onboarding. **What You'll Bring:*** Background as a pre-sales/solution consultant, sales engineer, or similar customer-facing consulting role, or senior experience in credit or AR management with hands-on delivery/implementation exposure. A blend of both is a plus; we don’t expect every candidate to have both;* A track record of uncovering a customer’s real business challenge, guiding them to a clear recommendation, and articulating the resulting business impact;* High attention to detail, particularly when presenting figures, calculations, or written materials to prospects. Accuracy builds trust when the claim on the table is a significant cost saving;* Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to build trust with prospects and internal stakeholders alike;* Comfortable working at pace and managing a high volume of concurrent opportunities in a fast-moving sales environment;* Travel to customer sites, workshops, and industry events across the UKI (and wider EMEA as needed) to support in-person evaluations (~15–20% of time). **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 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.**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.