BlackLine B2B Case Studies & Customer Successes

Companies come to BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) because their traditional manual accounting processes are not sustainable. BlackLine’s cloud-based solutions and market-leading customer service help companies move to modern accounting by unifying their data and processes, automating repetitive work, and driving accountability through visibility. BlackLine provides solutions to manage and automate financial close, accounts receivable, and intercompany accounting processes, helping large enterprises and midsize companies across all industries do accounting work better, faster and with more control. More than 3,800 customers trust BlackLine to help them close faster with complete and accurate results. The company is the pioneer of the cloud financial close market and recognized as the leader by customers at leading end-user review sites including Gartner Peer Insights, G2, and TrustRadius. Based in Los Angeles, BlackLine also has regional headquarters in London, Singapore and Sydney. For more information, please visit blackline.com.

AAA Insurance Exchange achieves 60%+ auto-certification and automated reconciliations with BlackLine

AAA

Jennifer Mash

Business Systems Analyst

Achmea reduces labor costs by 9 FTE with BlackLine

Achmea

Stefan Schaaphok

Project Manager

Aemetis, Inc. achieves a faster, paperless month-end close and saves 3–4 days per month with BlackLine

Aemetis, Inc.

Jyothi Tammineni

Director of Accounting

Aetna achieves a Finance Center of Excellence, major automation and stronger controls with BlackLine

Aetna

Al Leonardo

Director of Financial Accounting Services

Air Medical Group Holdings achieves more than 50% reduction in reconciliation time with BlackLine

Air Medical Group Holdings

Valerie Henning

Director of Accounting

Aker Kvaerner standardizes and accelerates the financial close across 20 countries with BlackLine

Aker Kvaerner

Anniken Røssing

Manager Finance Process Improvements

Ascension Health achieves 338% ROI and centralized, automated financial reconciliations with BlackLine

Ascension Health

Australia Post achieves a two-day month-end close and $1M savings with BlackLine

Australia Post

Catherine Phan

Senior Manager, General Accounting

Australian Unity achieves centralized financial control and 3,100 monthly reconciliations with BlackLine

Australian Unity

Kon Papakonstantinou

Head of Operational Finance Systems

Aviva Canada achieves 66% auto-certified reconciliations and major cost/time savings with BlackLine

Aviva

Amanda Lam

Vice President, Finance Operations

Balfour Beatty achieves centralized, automated reconciliations with BlackLine

Balfour Beatty

Steve Whitelaw

Head of Systems, Technology and Controls

Barrett Steel achieves a 93% reduction in cash application effort with BlackLine Cash Application

Barrett Steel

Rachel McGowan

Senior Credit Controller

Baxter Credit Union achieves increased transparency and streamlined reconciliations with BlackLine Account Reconciliations

Baxter Credit Union

Charlotte O’Neill

Accounting Manager

Berkshire Bank achieves two-day faster reconciliations with BlackLine

Berkshire Bank

Michael King

Controller

Big Ass Fans achieves a three-day close and delivers error-free audits with BlackLine

Big Ass Fans

Eric Evans

Chief Financial Officer

Braden Europe reduces reconciliation time from five days to one with BlackLine

Braden Europe

Wesley Haagmans

Financial Analyst

Brambles achieves an automated, standardized close and increased visibility with BlackLine

Brambles

Debbie Rosser

Senior Manager, R2R

Brambles achieves over 80% global auto-match and streamlined in-house cash management with BlackLine Cash Application

Brambles

Christoph Koenig

Director I2C, Service Delivery EU and Global Process Owner

British Gas achieves 60% automated reconciliations, tighter controls and major time savings with BlackLine

British Gas

John Dickens

Head of Finance Operations

Brooks Rehabilitation achieves a 36% reduction in manual journal entries and organization-wide visibility with BlackLine

Brooks Rehabilitation

Hannah Marshall

Senior Accountant

Camelot Group achieves an automated, transparent, auditor-ready financial close with BlackLine

Camelot Group

Ian Trisk-Grove

Chief Accountant

Cameron LNG reduces month-end close to five days with BlackLine

Cameron

Mike Sullivan

Principal Reporting Accountant

Cinemark achieves an automated, paper-free financial close with BlackLine

Cinemark

Caren Bedard

VP, Controllership and Treasury Operations

CNH Industrial achieves automated global account reconciliations and end-to-end financial visibility with BlackLine

CNH Industrial

Jenna Stengert

Senior Corporate Accounting Specialist

The Coca-Cola Company achieves 55% reduction in reconciliation effort and $0.6M annual savings with BlackLine

Coca-Cola

Eamonn Matthews

Business Process Lead – Accounting & Reporting

Consero Global achieves automated reconciliations and stronger controls with BlackLine

Consero Global

Kristen Bridgeman

Senior Director of Product

Constellation Software, Inc achieves complete visibility, stronger controls, and standardized reconciliations with BlackLine

Constellation Software, Inc

Scott Denneny

Vice President, Finance

Covestro achieves streamlined financial close and increased productivity with BlackLine Smart Close

Covestro

Jane Clark

Digital Transformation Partner

Daylight Transport cuts close time in half and gains an FTE with BlackLine

Daylight

Avron Cohen

Director of Finance

Discovery Channel achieves stronger global financial controls and faster closes with BlackLine

Discovery Channel

Kara Hartnett

Director of Corporate Accounting

Dow Chemical achieves accelerated financial close, enhanced finance controls, and automated reconciliations with BlackLine

DOW

Pat Withrow

Accounting Director

Drexel University achieves 24% more reconciliations and improved audit readiness with BlackLine

Drexel University

Sherri Welch

Associate Comptroller of General Accounting

Dun & Bradstreet achieves centralized global finance controls and automated, transparent month-end closes with BlackLine

Dun & Bradstreet

Gretchen Sikora

Senior Finance Leader

Dun & Bradstreet achieves streamlined global reconciliations and reduced audit costs with BlackLine

Dun & Bradstreet

eBay achieves faster financial close and global reconciliation visibility with BlackLine Systems

eBay

Tom Hoover

Senior Manager of Finance Systems

Energy Transfer achieves increased real-time visibility in the close process with BlackLine

Energy Transfer

Mark Gonslin

Manager of Business Solutions

Finning achieves a 50% faster month-end close and frees staff for strategic work with BlackLine

Finning

Jorge Lopez-Basulto

Global Lead Enterprise Support Manager

Flick Anticimex achieves 56% faster reconciliations and stronger controls with BlackLine

Flick Anticimex

Albert Lau

Finance Manager

Franklin Resources streamlines global account reconciliations and achieves 191% ROI with BlackLine

Franklin Resources

Fresenius Medical Care North America achieves increased accounting capacity and reduced risk with BlackLine

Fresenius Medical Care North America

Terri Hall

VP of Special Projects

Globe Telecom reduces time-to-audit findings by 60% with BlackLine

Globe

Suzy Urbano

Head of Enterprise Support

Gonzaga University achieves a faster, more accurate financial close with BlackLine

Gonzaga University

GoodRx achieves faster, scalable accounting and 25–30% time savings with BlackLine

GoodRx

Milton Massery

Director of Accounting

Haven Savings Bank achieves 900 hours/month time savings and 99% on-time GL reconciliations with BlackLine

Haven Savings Bank

Thomas Buthorn

VP, Controller

The Hershey Company achieves streamlined account reconciliations and automated journal entries with BlackLine

Hershey

John Zimmerman

Director of Financial Data Systems

Hubbell Incorporated achieves standardized global reconciliations and real-time visibility with BlackLine

Hubbell

Mark Koolis

Power Segment Assistant Controller

Hyatt Hotels Corporation achieves real-time visibility and audit time savings with BlackLine

Hyatt Hotel Corporation

Jeannette Nimmo

GL Global Process Owner

Informa achieves greater balance-sheet integrity and risk-based reconciliations with BlackLine

Informa

Nick Redman

Head of Global Process Owner

J.R. Simplot Company achieves real-time visibility and boosts completion to 80% with BlackLine

J.R. Simplot Company

Glenda Viste

Senior Director of Finance Optimization Initiatives

Jacobs Engineering achieves nearly 2x faster account reconciliations with BlackLine

Jacobs

Trevor Cameron

Director of Finance

Kempinski Hotels achieves 50% faster reconciliations and one-week faster audit data gathering with BlackLine

Kempinski Hotels

Nina Eckerle

Director of Corporate Finance

Kraft Heinz achieves 20–30x reduction in intercompany outages to under $1M/month with BlackLine Intercompany Hub

Kraft Heinz

Paul Dubbelman

Finance Lead, Global Business Services

Leading Logistics Company achieves 74% auto-match rate across 27 countries with BlackLine Cash Application

Leading Logistics Company

Leiden University achieves a three-week faster annual close with BlackLine Smart Close

Leiden University

Rob van den Wijngaard

Financial Shared Services and Programs Manager

Liberty Group achieves modernised financial controls and automated balance sheet reconciliations with SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine

Liberty

Lisa Bird

Lead Specialist Internal Financial Control

Light & Wonder saves two weeks of manual reporting and improves close accuracy with BlackLine Financial Reporting Analytics

Light & Wonder

Jeremiah Johnson

Director, Global Close & Controls

Revolutionizing Finance Operations Lion's Journey to Modern Accounting Excellence with BlackLine

Lion

Isaac Brown

Finance Transformation Lead

Liverpool Victoria achieves faster, automated reconciliations and stronger internal controls with BlackLine

Liverpool Victoria

Andy Young

Head of Finance

Eliminating a Control Deficiency & Reducing Risk

Lucid

Gilman Tsang

Accounting Manager

Manheim achieves a 93% reduction in account reconciliation staff hours with BlackLine

Manheim

Victoria Mangold

Director of Finance Operations

Maple Leaf Foods achieves $122,100 in efficiency savings and frees an FTE with BlackLine

Maple Leaf Foods

Vinh Lien

Director of Finance and Accounting

Marinus Pharmaceuticals achieves a 50% faster monthly close and seamless audits with BlackLine

Marinus Pharmaceuticals

Mike McNamara

Corporate Controller and Director of Finance

Matrix Medical Network Speeds Time to Value with 5-Day BlackLine Implementation

Matrix Medical Network

Paul McDowell

Chief Accounting Officer

MeadWestvaco achieves 495% ROI and faster, automated account reconciliations with BlackLine Systems

MeadWestvaco

MedComp Sciences achieves 50% finance productivity gain and 5x faster monthly close with BlackLine

MedComp Sciences

Lee Lambert

Director of Finance and Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer

NASDAQ achieves automated monthly reconciliations and faster, more accurate financial closes with BlackLine

NASDAQ

Mike Galus

Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Norsk Hydro saves time and reduces risk by automating 90% of 80,000 global close tasks with BlackLine

Norsk Hydro

Piotr Kubacki

Global Process Owner

Panini Group achieves automated reconciliations and stronger compliance with BlackLine

Panini Group

Peter Harris

Chief Financial Officer

Performance Food Group achieves 97% journal-entry automation and 90% reduction in printing costs with BlackLine

Performance Food Group

Philip Manoff

Senior Manager of Accounting

Philips achieves faster, near-error-free month-end closes and continuous accounting with BlackLine Smart Close

Philips

Rob Segers

Assistant Controller

PHS Group achieves an 80% reduction in cash-application staffing with BlackLine Cash Application

PHS Group

Craig Rush

IT Business Partner

Pluralsight achieves faster month-end closes and improved reconciliation visibility with BlackLine

Pluralsight

Mark Hansen

Director of Finance and Accounting

Premier Trailer Leasing achieves a 15% faster month-end close and empowers accounting teams with BlackLine

Premier Trailer Leasing

Vesta Lot

Director of Accounting

Proctor Loan Protector achieves a four-day close while tripling transaction volume with BlackLine

Proctor Loan Protector

Alan McAnally

Chief Financial Officer

Group Financial Controller

Ruralco achieves streamlined reconciliations and improved governance with BlackLine

Ruralco

Patrick Eustace

Finance Transformation Manager

Saddle Creek Logistics Services cuts audit prep from hours to minutes and frees accountants for value-added work with BlackLine

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Paige Williamson

Associate Director of Fixed Assets and Systems

Saint-Gobain Corporation NA achieves automated reconciliations and faster financial closes with BlackLine

Saint-Gobain Corporation NA

Pascal Perrier-Gustin

Director of Shared Service Centers and Financial Organization Projects

Scotts Miracle-Gro achieves automated, SOX-compliant account reconciliations and major time and paper savings with BlackLine

Scotts Miracle-Gro

Laurel Johns

Manager of Finance Consolidation and Controls

SHL achieves an automated month-end close and stronger controls with BlackLine

SHL

Paul Greensmith

Chief Financial Officer

SiriusXM achieves 50% journal automation and 99.9% matching accuracy with BlackLine

SiriusXM

sPower achieves a 66% faster month-end close (15 to 5 days) and eliminates close-based overtime with BlackLine

sPower

Ray Willardson

Controller

StackPath Saves Days During Audits and Gains Greater Close Visibility with BlackLine

StackPath

Liana Cooperman Clark

VP Controller

Sun Auto Tire & Service frees accounting capacity and gains real-time visibility with BlackLine

Sun Auto Tire & Service

Jerry Brown

Assistant Manager

SunTrust Banks achieves 95–98% auto-certified reconciliations and increased visibility to manage risk with BlackLine

SunTrust Banks

Shakora Derixson

Finance Manager

T-Mobile - Customer Case Study

T-Mobile

Tarmac (a CRH company) achieves real-time control and saves up to 450 hours per month with BlackLine

Tarmac

Andrew Parris

Director of Shared Services

Tate & Lyle achieves automated account reconciliations and improved month-end visibility with BlackLine

Tate & Lyle

Stephen Byers

Group Vice President and CIO

The Chefs’ Warehouse achieves faster cash application, reduced lockbox costs, and improved visibility with BlackLine Cash Application

The Chefs’ Warehouse

Nelson Lopes

Director for Financial Reporting and Treasury

Timken achieves a virtual close and streamlined audits with BlackLine

Timken

Dan Welcheck

Junior Principal, Global Finance Systems Group

Toga Group achieves 58% auto-reconciled accounts and streamlined finance with BlackLine

Toga Group

Michael Gowing

Financial Controller

Travelex achieves faster, standardized reconciliations and global visibility with BlackLine

Travelex

Rory Suckling

Group Finance Director

UGI Utilities achieves efficiencies and tighter controls with BlackLine

UGI Utilities

Vivian Ressler

Senior Manager Sarbanes-Oxley, Plant Accounting and Accounts Payable

Ultimate Finance achieves 75% automated cash application with BlackLine Cash Application

Ultimate Finance

Under Armour achieves a faster, automated financial close and real-time reconciliations with BlackLine

Under Armour

Molly E. Boyle

Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting

Union Bank & Trust achieves 61% ROI and streamlines account reconciliations with BlackLine

Union Bank & Trust

Shifting from Manual Accounting to Strategic Analytics After Saving 40+ Hours a Week

United Nations Federal Credit Union

David Gruss

Assistant Controller

Vaillant achieves streamlined, transparent month-end closes and improved process efficiency with BlackLine Smart Close

Vaillant

Kai Hennig

Head of International Accounting

Veolia achieves centralized reconciliations and real-time visibility with BlackLine

Veolia

Julie Egan

Senior Director of General Ledger

EU Credit Manager

Western Union achieves 99.8% compliance and streamlined reconciliations with BlackLine

Western Union

Shay Carroll

Accounting Director GSAS

Zendesk achieves faster, more accurate monthly closes and major time savings with BlackLine Transaction Matching

Zendesk

Patrick Loughnane

Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Zurich Insurance achieves automated reconciliations and streamlined financial close with BlackLine

Zurich Insurance

Laura Darbro

Vice President of Close Operations and General Accounting

Zurich Insurance achieves on-time SAP S/4HANA migration and 98% reconciliation automation with BlackLine

Zurich Insurance

Doug Tramp

Director, Finance Systems

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