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Senior Financial Analyst
Jones Lang LaSalle
Chicago, IL, United States
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We are looking for a Sr Finance Analyst to join our Regional Operations Accounting team in Chicago, IL. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in driving improvement in our monthly BlackLine Balance Sheet reconciliation process who wants to join an organization that will provide opportunities for growth. As a BlackLine System Administrator, you will drive improvements by conducting training, creating reporting templates, modifying system parameters and streamlining the balance sheet reconciliation process. Accounting knowledge and a focus on continuous operational improvement will provide significant value to JLL.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting required, with course work in computer applications (desired)
• Blackline experience as a user or system administrator required
• Work experience in an Accounting department required, including experience with month-end close and reconciliations
• Strong MS Office knowledge and expertise, specifically Excel, Access, Power Point and Word
• Ability to partner with business teams to drive continuous improvement to the control environment
• Experience developing and reporting KPIs a strong plus
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships throughout the organization
• Knowledge of ERP systems and interfaces a plus
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership and accountability a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for System Administration duties for Blackline application system (cloud based). Duties include, but are not limited to:
◦ Close and open periods
◦ Run unassigned account process
◦ Deliver unassigned reports to Champions
◦ Import FX rates
◦ Maintain account settings
◦ Communicate and resolve import issues
◦ User provisioning
◦ Administrator request and account maintenance
◦ Reporting, including dashboard development, KPIs, timeliness monitoring
• Partner with business teams to drive continues improvements to the control environment
• Partner with the local teams to maximize tool efficiencies for the reconciliation process
• Gather and create transactional data-focused reports; analyze data for trending and identify areas of further improvement
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