Tales of Spreadsheets Past
Take a trip down memory lane as we remember what a typical month-end close looked like without a modern accounting platform in place.
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Feb 27, 2020
How to Increase Your Confidence— Especially During the Month-End Close
3-minute read Part 1 of the Risk of Manual Processes blog series. You can access the full series here. Accounting and finance departments have a vital responsibility to produce accurate and complete financial statements. The business depends on these results...
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Seamless SAP Integration: BlackLine’s Newest Certified Solutions
To improve trust and enable the business, Accounting must ensure data security and accuracy while also reducing manual effort and time required to gather the information.
Spreadsheets: The Killer App or Accounting Tool of Antiquity?
It’s hard to imagine for many newer accountants, but where we now have Excel for accounting and finance functions—like financial modeling or flux analysis—we once had to manually calculate all of those numbers.
The Risk of Manually Reconciling Transactional Details
4-minute read Part 4 of the Risk of Manual Processes blog series. You can access the full series here. Rainbow spreadsheets. Thousands of lines to match and clear. Late nights faced with the fact that this is not the reason you...
Make 2020 Your Most Successful Year Yet with These Resolutions for F&A
4-minute read You watched the ball drop on New Year’s Eve, swayed along to Auld Lang Syne, and raised your glass to toast some well-intentioned resolutions. Perhaps to work less, focus on work-life balance, get to bed earlier, or actually...
Shared Services in an Age of Finance Transformation
Financial shared services have come a long way since they started gaining popularity in the 1990s. Seen as a way to leverage economies of scale for large organizations, shared services centers, or SSCs, made it possible to transfer basic accounting...
What No One Tells You About Digital Transformation
Here’s what no one’s telling you about your organization’s digital transformation journey, including how to take that first step and ensure success.
Reducing Risk, Increasing Retention & Recruiting Top Talent
3-minute read Part 3 of the Risk of Manual Processes blog series. You can access the full series here. Top accounting and finance professionals are in a powerful position. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for accountants is predicted...
How to End the Finger-Pointing & Deliver Results with Confidence
3-minute read Part 2 of the Risk of Manual Processes blog series. You can access the full series here. It’s five minutes before the monthly business review meeting. Your palms are sweaty, your breathing is shallow, and you’re bracing yourself for...
Will Your 2020 Close Be Any Different?
2020 marks the beginning of a new year and new decade full of possibility for accounting and finance teams who are ready to begin their modern accounting journey.
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