The document describes BlackLine's finance and accounting software solutions. It discusses products for financial close management, reconciliation management, intercompany transaction management, and analytics. The key features highlighted are streamlining and optimizing close processes, minimizing risk through controls, and increasing visibility, accuracy and transparency across the finance function. BlackLine was also named a leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for financial corporate performance management solutions.
3. Trust is in the Balance™
Reconciliation
Management
Financial Close
Management
Intercompany
Hub
BlackLine
Insights
SOLUTIONS
Daily
Reconciliations
Task
Management
Transaction
Matching
Account
Reconciliations
Consolidation
Integrity Manager
Journal
Entry
Variance
Analysis
PRODUCTS
Built-in Reporting, Dashboards, Benchmarking, and Analytics
Unified, Private, and ERP-Agnostic Cloud Platform
Enterprise-Class Security
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
4. Trust is in the Balance™
FINANCIAL CLOSE MANAGEMENT
Optimize the Close Process
Maximize efficiency through process
automation and standardization
Minimize Risk with Embedded Controls
Ensure accurate balance sheet and
financials by enforcing segregation of duties
and internal controls
Maximize Visibility
Continuously monitor data, setup, task
execution, and transactions
5. Trust is in the Balance™
RECONCILIATION MANAGEMENT
Streamline the Close Process
Simplify the account reconciliation process
with automated, rules-based workflows
Improve Accuracy and Decrease Risk
Embedded controls ensure thorough, timely,
and accurate account reconciliations,
preventing material misstatements
Increase Transparency
Provide one secure, global view into all
tasks and processes
6. Trust is in the Balance™
INTERCOMPANY HUB
Global, Multi-Entity Centralization
Create one central hub for validation,
support, and approval of intercompany
transactions
Decreased Risk and Maximized Control
Eliminate the need for after-the-fact manual
intercompany reconciliations
Streamlined Settlement
Reduce complexity and create a single
process for intercompany account
management
7. Trust is in the Balance™
BLACKLINE INSIGHTS
Benchmark Accounting Processes
Measure performance using KPIs for
Modern Finance and benchmarking against
peers
Optimize Processes and Resources
Improve operations by setting organizational
goals and assessing workload
Visibility From Close to Disclose
Gain a full picture of performance to make
informed decisions that impact the overall
business
8. BLACKLINE
NAMED A LEADER
Financial Corporate Performance Management
2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Corporate Performance Management Solutions, John E. Van Decker, Christopher lervolino, Published: May 31,
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Optimize the Close Process with:
Dynamic matching
Rec certification
Automated journals
Rules-driven flux analysis
Minimize Risk with Embedded Controls
Task dependencies
Configurable risk rules
User role access management
Maximize Visibility
Assignment lists
Dashboards
Scheduled & ad-hoc reports
Global, Multi-Entity Centralization:
Centralized validation
Support
Approval of intercompany transactions
Decreased Risk & Maximized Control
Eliminate discrepancies
Automatically book journals
Generate invoices
Streamlined Settlement
Intercompany transaction settlements
Fully auditable
ERP agnostic
Benchmark Accounting Processes:
KPIs for Modern Finance
Benchmark against peers by industry, size, geography
Optimize Processes & Resources:
Set organizational goals
Assess workload
Track performance
Visibility From Close to Disclose
KPIs by role and product
Monitor productivity and efficiency gains