Blackline Trainee

About the Role

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you: innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes people and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your curiosity, analytical skills, and interest in finance technology to support the administration and governance of a global financial platform. It starts with YOU.

The BlackLine Trainee will support the administration, governance, and maintenance of the BlackLine platform at a regional level while providing backup support for Global BlackLine Administrators. This role provides hands-on exposure to financial systems administration, user security and access management, system configuration, SOX controls, testing, and project support within a global finance technology environment. You will work closely with regional process owners, Global BlackLine Administrators, Digital Solutions teams across AI Deployment and Data & Analytics, and project teams to help ensure secure, reliable, and efficient operation of the BlackLine platform.

Key Responsibilities

System Administration & User Support

• Support day-to-day business administration of the BlackLine platform for assigned regions.
• Assist with user account setup, modification, deactivation, and role assignments in accordance with established governance procedures.
• Monitor and maintain user access rights, segregation of duties (SoD), and security compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve basic system administration and user-access issues, escalating complex issues when required.
• Support periodic user access reviews and audit requirements, including quarterly and annual SOX testing.
• Maintain accurate system administration and user-access documentation.

Security & Access Management

• Process and validate user-access requests in accordance with established internal control requirements.
• Maintain security roles, permissions, and user-provisioning documentation.
• Support compliance activities relating to SOX controls, audit requirements, system security, and governance.
• Monitor security-related activities and assist with identifying opportunities to strengthen processes and controls.
• Ensure administrative activities follow established access and security governance procedures.

System Updates & Platform Maintenance

• Assist with testing and validation of BlackLine releases, enhancements, and system updates.
• Execute administrative activities associated with approved configuration changes and platform maintenance.
• Document system changes, testing results, procedures, and other relevant information.
• Support communication and training activities associated with new functionality and system enhancements.
• Assist in ensuring platform documentation remains accurate and up to date.

Global Administration Backup Support

• Provide backup support for Global BlackLine Administrators as required.
• Help maintain global standards, documentation, and administrative procedures.
• Support coordination across regions to ensure consistent application of BlackLine governance and controls.
• Participate in issue resolution and business continuity activities during Global Administrator absences.
• Collaborate with regional and global teams to maintain consistent platform administration practices.

Project & Continuous Improvement Support

• Support global and regional BlackLine projects, implementations, and enhancement initiatives.
• Support integration initiatives, including SAP S/4HANA integrations and other complex finance technology projects.
• Assist with data gathering, system testing, validation, documentation, training, and deployment activities.
• Partner with Global Business Services, Digital Solutions, IT, Finance, and process teams to help support adoption of new capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes, user experience, controls, and operational efficiency.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across BlackLine administration and governance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, completed or in progress, in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong interest in financial systems, ERP applications, and finance technology.
• Basic understanding of user-access management and application-security concepts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and focus on accuracy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a global, cross-functional environment.
• Willingness to learn and develop expertise in BlackLine administration and finance technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to BlackLine, SAP, Oracle, Workday, or other enterprise finance applications.
• Basic understanding of accounting processes such as Record-to-Report (R2R), account reconciliations, or financial close.
• Understanding of SOX controls, audit requirements, internal controls, or compliance processes.
• Exposure to user-access management, security roles, or system administration.
• Experience supporting system testing, documentation, deployment, or project activities through academic projects, internships, or professional experience.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA or financial-system integration projects is an advantage.
• Interest in Digital Solutions, AI, Data & Analytics, finance transformation, and automation.