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

Freeing Accountants from Manual Close Work & Preparing for Growth

SHL, a global provider of talent assessment solutions, relied on spreadsheets to manage its month‑end close across 87 bank accounts, which created manual, error‑prone work, weak controls, and poor visibility into close progress—hindering scalability as the company planned significant growth.

In November 2021 SHL implemented BlackLine’s Account Reconciliations, Task Management, and Transaction Matching to automate reconciliations and close workflows. The change strengthened controls and data confidence, freed accountants to do more strategic, analytical work, and created a scalable close process that prepares SHL for future growth.

SHL

Paul Greensmith

Chief Financial Officer