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

Reducing Audit Preparation Time and Freeing Accountants for Research and Analysis

Saddle Creek Corporation is a family‑owned logistics provider with nationwide warehousing and steady growth that drove a sharp increase in GL accounts. The accounting team was still using a paper‑based, manila‑folder reconciliation process, making month‑end close and audits cumbersome—reconciliations were hard to track or move for approvals and audit prep took two to three hours.

Saddle Creek deployed BlackLine to centralize reconciliations, provide templates and tracking, enable auditor logins and auto‑certify zero‑balance accounts; rollout and training were rapid. The result: accountants were freed for analysis and research, accuracy and business continuity improved, new‑hire ramp time shortened, visibility increased, and audit preparation fell from hours to minutes.

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Paige Williamson

Associate Director of Fixed Assets and Systems