Senior Product Manager - Financial Consolidations

BlackLine Systems Development and Services (India); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackLine is hiring a Product Manager II for Financial Consolidations in Bengaluru. You will own the vision, strategy, and execution for multi-entity rollups, intercompany eliminations, currency translations, and consolidated reporting across global enterprises.

You will write Epics and PRDs, collaborate with UX designers, and work with Security, Architecture, Compliance, and Legal to deliver scalable, compliant consolidation features. You will mentor junior PMs and lead cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years hands-on with Financial Consolidations, corporate closing software, or ERP financials.
• 3–4 years in Product Management with 6–10 years in software/product/fintech/enterprise accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Business/Finance or related field; CPA or audit/financial controller background is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of multi-entity consolidation concepts, intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, and group reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and execution for Financial Consolidations features across global customers.
• Create, publish, and maintain product roadmaps; balance features, architecture, and technical debt to align with strategy.
• Lead cross-functional teams in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and delivering high-quality software.

Skills

Financial consolidations

Product management

Executive communication

Education

B.A./B.S. in CS/Business/Finance

Active CPA or audit/finance background (plus)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Cloud Financials

Workday

OneStream

Anaplan

HFM/FCCS

Job description

Make Your Mark: The Product Manager II – Financial Consolidations

serves as the primary owner for the Financial Consolidations capability within BlackLine’s Financial Controls & Automation Platform. In this role, you will lead the vision, strategy, and execution for modernizing and enhancing how complex, global enterprises perform multi‑entity financial roll‑ups, intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translations, and consolidated group reporting.

You'll Get To:

• Research: Constantly gather insights from global clients, enterprise prospects, industry analysts, accounting advisory partners, and internal stakeholders. Keep abreast of market shifts, competitive intelligence, statutory financial reporting standards (e.g., US GAAP, IFRS), and enterprise financial software trends.
• Roadmap: Create, publish, and maintain both internal and external product roadmaps. Balance new features, architectural enhancements, design refinements, and technical debt to ensure engineering efforts directly align with BlackLine’s strategic financial consolidation vision.
• Feature Design: Own the lifecycle of product initiatives from concept to production. Write detailed Epics and Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), collaborate with UX/UI designers to craft intuitive workflows for complex financial processes, and partner with Security, Architecture, Compliance, and Legal stakeholders.
• Product Development: Serve as a core leader within the engineering team responsible for delivery. Write clear user stories, participate actively in backlog grooming and sprint planning, and help clear blockers to maximize output quality, performance, and code reliability.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as BlackLine’s domain expert on Financial Consolidations. Maintain a deep understanding of corporate accounting operations, multi‑subsidiary rollup structures, currency revaluation/translation, and equity eliminations. Leverage this knowledge to support sales enablement, customer success, product marketing, and executive discussions.
• Leadership: Provide clear, decisive leadership across cross‑functional technical teams. Act as an informed voice who drives complex projects to successful release while inspiring teams around a shared vision.

Specific Duties & Focus Areas

• Lead the strategic direction and functional evolution of BlackLine's Financial Consolidations solution, enabling customers to automate and streamline enterprise group closings. Translate CFO, Controller, and Consolidation Manager priorities into high‑impact software features and scalable technical requirements. Drive innovation across key consolidation workflows, including: Multi‑entity account mapping and trial balance aggregation. Intercompany balancing, automatic elimination entries, and cross‑border settlement logic. Multi‑currency translation, foreign exchange (FX) gain/loss calculations, and CTA (Cumulative Translation Adjustment) tracking. Non‑controlling interest (NCI) calculations, complex ownership hierarchies, and joint venture/subsidiary consolidation rules. Financial reporting workflows, statutory reporting compliance, and audit trail validation.
• Foster a collaborative development environment, establishing robust processes to ensure high‑quality software delivery on predictable schedules.
• Mentor junior and incoming members of the Product Management team.

Scope of Responsibility

Receives general strategic direction while maintaining full discretion to set the vision and roadmap for the Financial Consolidations product suite. Operates with autonomy, driving product execution with limited day‑to‑day oversight while meeting project milestones. Serves as the primary Product Owner for one or more dedicated engineering and UX scrum teams.

What You'll Bring

• Domain Experience: Minimum 2+ years of hands‑on experience with Financial Consolidations, Corporate Closing Software, or Enterprise ERP Financials (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud Financials, Workday, OneStream, Anaplan, HFM/FCCS).
• Overall Experience: 3–4 years in Product Management, with 6–10 years of overall career experience in software product management, financial engineering, or enterprise accounting tech.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related technical/business discipline. An active CPA or background in audit/financial controller roles is a plus.
• Technical & Specialized Skills: Deep knowledge of multi‑entity financial consolidation concepts, intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation mechanisms, and group financial reporting standards.
  Strong ability to translate complex financial concepts into intuitive UI design requirements and technical user stories.
  Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage CFOs, controllers, enterprise architects, and software engineers alike.
  Proven leadership abilities with a proactive approach to decision‑making and cross‑functional project management.
  Excellent quantitative, analytical, and troubleshooting skills with high attention to precision and data integrity.

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.

Accommodations

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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.