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

Optimising Financial Shared Services for the Future

Vaillant Group, a 100% family‑owned international leader in heating and ventilation technology, faced a complex, manual month‑end close across multiple countries and time zones. Reliant on Excel and email-driven tasks, the finance team lacked transparent, dependable processes and KPIs, hindering timely decision‑making and efficiency.

Vaillant implemented BlackLine Smart Close within its SAP environment to automate closing activities, establish clear workflows and ownership, and provide real‑time monitoring and benchmarking across branches. The result was streamlined, reliable month‑end closes, elimination of redundant manual work, improved process harmonization and transparency, and actionable insights for management.

Vaillant

Kai Hennig

Head of International Accounting