The Partnership Between Finance & IT at Nike | Written by Olivia Marcey Thack Brown, COO of SAP North America brought on two guests from Nike, a customer that SAP and BlackLine share: Chris Brown, Sr. Director of Global Controlling...
Within many organizations, there are hundreds of accountants performing detailed transactional reconciliations. And in scenarios like a point of sale system that’s tracking purchases, hundreds of thousands or even millions of transactions are happening daily or monthly. This process is...
If you’re using BlackLine Reporting for little more than standard income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements, you’re missing out on a world of added value—value that can streamline auditing, reveal hidden business risks, and optimize process tuning. Here’s how BlackLine Reporting...
Another year-end close is upon us. If this year’s close processes are just as tedious, time-consuming, and manual as they were last year, it’s time for a new approach in 2019. The drive to become a strategic partner to the...
Still top of mind for accounting teams is compliance with ASC 606, the revenue recognition standard for public companies as of December 15, 2017. While the new rules seek to reduce differences among industry-specific accounting procedures, ongoing compliance with ASC...
“You have to prove that the numbers are accurate, that the numbers and therefore the automated processes are based on good data. It’s part of the SOX requirement, and it’s central to every accountant’s skill set,” says BlackLine Controller Patrick Villanova. That’s why,...
Part 7 of our Finance Transformation blog series. Read the full series here. Many month-end close activities are designed to ensure accuracy and support the control environment. But when these processes are performed manually, it increases the risk of error and...
Few topics are more intriguing—or disquieting—to today’s boardrooms and top executives than digital transformation. The concept is so intriguing because it promises unprecedented levels of visibility and control by digitizing everything from operations to customer services. It’s disquieting because it demands seemingly unlimited investment, without...
Upping Their Game: From Task Management to Compliance – Presented by Scientific Games When Scientific Games came to BlackLine, they were looking for a single solution for their quarterly self-assessments that would also provide a systematic workflow for SOX controls....
Clearsulting’s mission is to deliver comprehensive, hands-on, and innovative solutions for current business problems. Our “rolled-up sleeves” approach, in conjunction with BlackLine’s commitment to transforming financial processes, delivers breakthrough results for your organization. BlackLine’s Compliance solution is changing the way...
We’re excited to announce our new product, BlackLine Compliance—a solution that delivers efficiency and trusted insight into your compliance program. On Wednesday, November 14th at InTheBlack 2018, we unveiled the newest addition to our finance automation cloud platform: BlackLine Compliance....
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