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

Integrating BlackLine with QuickBooks to Eliminate a Paper-Based Close

Aemetis, Inc., an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company with operations in California and India, struggled with a largely paper-based month-end close that left its 12-person finance team flipping through binders and Excel files, taking weeks to review balances and lacking visibility and consistency across locations—while running on QuickBooks rather than a large ERP.

Aemetis implemented BlackLine’s Account Reconciliations, Task Management, and Journal Entry integrated with QuickBooks, moving to a paperless close. The change saved three to four days each month, eliminated late-night close work, streamlined third-party audits, increased global accountability with real-time task tracking and automated reminders, and enabled up-to-date financial analysis.

Aemetis, Inc.

Jyothi Tammineni

Director of Accounting