BlackLine’s Task Management module is, like many of our modules, the direct result of a client’s request for help.  Many companies have found that checklists and disparate policies can delay and complicate the close process.  With BlackLine, they can automate the process of checking off different steps, improving efficiency and visibility.

Manage multiple types of task lists, simultaneously
BlackLine clients utilize the Task Management module for their close calendar, list of manual journals, departmental close lists, compliance controls, and even their PBC lists.

Flexible scheduling
Allows the setting of frequencies (weekly, monthly or quarterly, for example), due dates expressed numerically, relative to the accounting period end dates, and times, allowing tasks to be scheduled at precise intervals.

Calendar
Shows progress throughout the close with interoperability with Outlook entries.  Provides unprecedented visibility into the close at both a macro and a drill-down level.

Task Dependencies
Validates that processes are executed in order and on time.  The hierarchical tree of dependencies, defined by an administrator, prevents tasks from being certified before dependencies are completed.