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 the blame...
InTheBlack is one of the most anticipated events of the year for the BlackLine community. We understand that not everyone can make it to LA for the conference, so we’ve decided to bring all BlackLine users together for a unique,...
InTheBlack is your opportunity to be part of the latest and greatest in modernizing accounting and finance. This is BlackLine’s Accounting & Finance Innovation Summit, and it is coming to LA on November 15-18. The event is designed to connect...
According to a 2016 attendee, InTheBlack will change your job, your role, and your life. This is a big statement, and it’s not only the primary purpose of the entire conference but also a key driver in BlackLine’s vision. Finance...
This September, COSO released its latest updated publication, “Enterprise Risk Management – Integrating with Strategy and Performance.” A primary goal of the full 110-page framework is to elevate risk assessment to a place of full participation in corporate strategic planning....
Throughout history, the accounting profession has sought ways to reduce the tedium of repetitive, rote tasks. Accountants have longed to put their minds and energies to better use, and CFOs and controllers are tired of wasting resources that could bring...
This article originally appeared in SAP Digitalist. Globalization and new regulations like BEPS have raised the profile of intercompany accounting in recent years. With the rapid growth in the number of entities and subsidiaries from growth and acquisitions, efficiently reconciling...
Flux matters. Analyzing how and why things change over time is a simple concept that yields big dividends. For scientists, fluctuations in weather data can help determine the impact of climate change on wildlife and water sources. For doctors, charting...
The finance world is changing, and accounting no longer needs to be an endless cycle of late night, end-of-the-month closing tasks. Instead, it can be run on a Continuous Accounting model and led by exceptional accountants. While every accountant has...
Given the popularity of enterprise data warehouses, multidimensional OLAP cubes, and other analytics resources available to today’s businesses, you’d think CFOs and analysts would be in finance reporting heaven. Unfortunately, the opposite is true, because the progress of reporting and...
The UK’s leading sustainable building-materials and construction business faced a daunting challenge. Recent mergers had saddled the company’s shared services center with a requirement to service multiple financial close processes and support five different ERPs. But when it was acquired...
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