What are the responsibilities and job description for the Blackline system Administrtor(level K) position at Empresent Global, LLC?
Team Overview
The Global Financial Technology organization is a strategic partner for all finance functions and a service delivery organization that ensures finance initiatives and dependencies are completed on time and within budget. As part of the Financial Close, Planning, and Compliance (CPC) team, you will work on the platforms that power the financial close process for Expedia Group — ensuring Accounting teams can close the books accurately, completely, and with full audit confidence across a complex global legal entity structure.
Position Responsibilities
Serve as the primary BlackLine System Administrator responsible for day-to-day platform operations, month-end close execution, and ongoing system health across all active modules — Account Reconciliations, Task Management, Transaction Matching, Journal Entries, Automated Journals, and Reporting & Analytics.
What You Will Do
Month-End Close Operations
- Execute all BlackLine close cycle activities within the WD-3 to WD 5 PST window: monitor interfaces, resolve data import errors, schedule and run FX rate loads, GL and FCCS balance imports, Journal Master jobs, AJD runs, and Import Definition jobs.
- Monitor Oracle-to-BlackLine journal entry posting and troubleshoot failures; coordinate resolution with the Oracle GL team and Finance Operations within close windows.
- Coordinate COA updates from Oracle Cloud GL to BlackLine in support of period-end accuracy and Project Unity migration activities.
- Support and maintain Alteryx workflows used for JE and balance load automation; troubleshoot errors affecting Import Definition file delivery and AJD execution.
System Administration & Configuration
- Manage user access, roles, entity permissions, and team configurations; process provisioning and deprovisioning requests per SOX access control and change management standards.
- Manage account assignments, reconciliation groupings, task dependencies, period configuration, and organizational settings to support accurate close execution.
- Maintain master data, lookup tables, import definition configurations, and static descriptions to ensure accurate data flows and reconciliation mapping.
- Coordinate BlackLine instance cloning to keep non-production environments aligned with Oracle non-production instances.
Intake, Support & Documentation
- Manage the Jira intake queue for BlackLine change requests, access requests, and issues; triage and execute or escalate as appropriate.
- Respond to Slack support requests from Accounting and Finance Operations; escalate platform-level issues to GFT engineering as needed.
- Maintain the BlackLine knowledge base, SharePoint SOPs, and the Master List of Import Definitions, AJDs, and account configurations.
- Provide user onboarding and training support; confirm required training is completed before granting system access.
SOX Compliance & Controls
- Perform quarterly user access reviews and maintain audit evidence packages; ensure all administration activities follow EG IT change management, and SOX compliance standards.
- Proactively identify access control risks and SoD concerns; escalate remediation to the Engineering Manager.
Continuous Improvement
- Surface and help execute opportunities to automate recurring manual tasks (exchange rate loads, Import Definition triggers, AJD scheduling) in partnership with GFT engineering.
- Contribute to Alteryx workflow documentation, error handling improvements, and COA remapping for the Oracle Cloud GL migration.
Who You Are
- 3–5 years of experience in BlackLine system administration or financial systems support in an enterprise environment.
- Solid understanding of financial close processes, period-end cycles, and month-end close operational cadence.
- Able to work reliably within fixed, non-negotiable close windows with minimal supervision and strong attention to detail.
- Clear communicator; comfortable managing a Jira intake queue, responding to Slack support requests, and maintaining operational documentation.
- Experience working in Agile or structured delivery environments with cross-functional finance and technology teams.
Technical & Platform Experience
- BlackLine: Account Reconciliations, Task Management, Journal Entries, Automated Journals (required); Transaction Matching, Reporting & Analytics (preferred)
- AJD configuration, scheduling, and troubleshooting; Import Definition management and SFTP-based file ingestion
- User access, role, and period administration; instance cloning coordination
- COA update coordination between Oracle GL and BlackLine; GL-to-BlackLine data flow awareness
- Alteryx workflow execution and error troubleshooting (required); workflow modification (preferred)
- SOX access controls, ITcompliance, and user access review processes
- Jira for intake and change management; SharePoint for documentation
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