Build Confidence with a Virtual Close in Uncertain Times

To minimize the impact on business operations and productivity, it’s essential to apply a multi-pronged approach focused on preparation, prevention, mitigation, and innovation.

Our latest issue of BlackLine Quarterly explores how to overcome the greatest strategic and tactical issues that finance and accounting organizations are facing in this new business environment.

Today’s leaders are proactively leveraging what seems like chaos into a strategic advantage.

The days of manual, time-consuming processes are over. Here are four practical ways to enable a virtual close that is collaborative and continuous. 

An accurate virtual close is possible. But achieving this begins with shifting your close processes to become more continuous.

The best practices leading CFOs are using to effectively manage organizational change.

The ins and outs of a well-executed integrated audit.

Improve governance, maintain compliance, and drive efficiency into your closing cycles.

Financial experts at Deloitte and BlackLine discuss the impact of a remote, distributed workforce and the importance of resiliency.

The future is uncertain, and work has become a little more complicated. We explore three challenges facing Accountants, and how to overcome them.

Make the most of your purpose-built accounting solutions to score some quick wins—and help clear the path for future improvements.

The importance of implementing technology to speed up audits is becoming painfully evident for auditors and their clients.

A finance transformation expert talks about how to navigate this time of tremendous change and uncertainty.

Manual processes tend to be chaotic and time-consuming, and with so many finance and accounting organizations now working remotely, the challenges are even greater.

Adaption is essential to survival during a crisis, which is why accounting teams should be moving to cloud-based systems to finalize reports.

Easily access and run individual and shared reports, all based on real-time data.

How to reduce time, cost, and risk with accounting automation.

Specific resources for SAP customers to navigate through the close during these uncertain times.

Four ways to help your team stay productive and engaged during a virtual close.

With insights from BlackLine’s community of over 270,000 finance and accounting professionals, this guide provides practical advice for how to adjust operations to work smarter in our current environment and beyond.

BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker and Zurich discuss closing virtually with BlackLine and SAP.