Case Study: Delta Air Lines achieves a faster, more automated close with BlackLine

Delta Air Lines cuts close time by a full day with BlackLine

Delta Air Lines faced a demanding and manual record-to-report process that relied on spreadsheets and significant overtime, consuming resources needed for strategic initiatives like an upcoming ERP upgrade. To modernize and de-risk its finance transformation, the airline partnered with BlackLine to implement its SAP Financial Close Solutions, including modules for account reconciliations, task management, journal entries, and transaction matching.

BlackLine provided a tightly integrated, low-code platform that allowed Delta's finance team to standardize processes and automate key tasks. The results were substantial: BlackLine helped reduce the financial close by a full day, automated 65% of manual journal entry volume, and achieved a 41% auto-certification rate for reconciliations, all while building a future-ready foundation for its ERP migration within 18 months.

Delta Air Lines