Deloitte, Northrop Grumman Join BlackLine, SAP for Webinar on ‘Achieving Balance Sheet Integrity’

Calabasas, Calif. – Sept. 14, 2010 – Financial software provider BlackLine Systems has assembled an all-star roster of speakers, including senior executives from leading consulting and advisory firm Deloitte & Touche LLP and Fortune 100 security/aerospace industry giant Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), for a joint webinar on ‘Achieving Balance Sheet Integrity’ that the company is conducting with global business/ERP software leader SAP (NYSE: SAP). 

The webinar is designed to inform SAP customers (whether operating in an SAP-only environment or across multiple ERPs) of the importance of the account reconciliation process as a critical step on the road to ‘achieving balance sheet integrity’ and show how account reconciliation process optimization can help them achieve a quicker and more accurate financial close.

The session will focus on how finance, accounting, audit and compliance executives can ensure the integrity of their balance sheets (and ultimately financial reports) by implementing software to automate the traditionally manual, labor-intensive and spreadsheet-driven account reconciliation process.  Webinar details are as follows:

What:  “The Road to Reconciliation:  Achieving Balance Sheet Integrity with BlackLine and SAP”

When:  Noon ET, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010

All-star speaker lineup:

• Stefan Karl, Chief Solution Expert, Financial Solutions, SAP AG
• Vijay  Pinto, Director, Finance Transformation, Advisory Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP
• Jeff Adler, CPA, VP, Product Expert, BlackLine Systems
• Josephine Smith, CPA, Senior Financial Applications Analyst, Corporate-Enterprise Shared Services Group, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Attendees will leave the session with insight into how they can:

• Virtually eliminate spreadsheets (and the manual errors that come with them) from their account reconciliation process
• Automate traditionally manual accounting functions
• Have a faster, more efficient close cycle – maintaining more control and visibility, while     reducing risk
• Realize exceptional return-on-investment (ROI) in a very short timeframe
• Improve the accuracy and timeliness of compliance reporting
• Manage compliance while servicing multiple locations, worldwide

To register, go to http://bit.ly/bX1tgO.

BlackLine Systems has joined the SAP PartnerEdge™ program as an SAP software solution partner and member of the SAP Ecohub – SAP’s premier online marketplace designed to provide SAP customers with information on relevant, complementary technology solutions that are certified by SAP.  Through the PartnerEdge program, partners work closely with SAP to develop and certify the technical integration of their solutions with SAP software.  Integrated partner applications extend, complement and add value to SAP solutions, thereby helping mutual customers more successfully meet business needs and drive strong results.

This webinar is the first in a series that BlackLine will conduct in conjunction with SAP.

About BlackLine

Founded in 2001, BlackLine Systems was the first to develop and offer a commercially available Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation solution.  An experienced provider of software to companies from the Fortune 100 to beyond the Fortune 1,000, BlackLine provides quick-to-implement, scalable and easy-to-use applications that automate the entire financial close process to help improve financial controls for companies of all sizes.  BlackLine software applications complement existing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

BlackLine offers clients its enterprise-class software in a simple and secure OnDemand/SaaS platform.  With a proven track record and a commitment to customer success, BlackLine seeks to reduce the burden the financial close places on accounting and finance professionals.  For more information, please visit www.blackline.com.

Media Contact:
Kimberly Uberti
Director of Corporate Communications
BlackLine Systems
310-721-6850
kimberly.uberti@blackline.com

Customer Contact:
Howard Goldstein
Director of Marketing
BlackLine Systems
818-223-9008
howard.goldstein@blackline.com