Creating a vision for the future: transforming finance and accounting operations through technology enablement, reimagined close processes, and enhanced decision-making tools

For over 15 years, EY and BlackLine have collaborated to help companies stay adaptable, insightful, and cost effective through strengthening and automating their finance, risk, and tax processes. Using a unique set of close management and reconciliation tools, along with modules that assist with internal controls and provide deeper business insight, we work with our clients to realize their potential as an organization that is agile, insightful, and efficient.

The combined power of BlackLine’s leading financial close technology and our distinctive capabilities and industry experience empower accounting and finance organizations to address their toughest challenges, transform and automate their finance function, and manage risk effectively. Our recommendations help companies improve efficiency, speed, and visibility; reduce costs and risks; and create a confident financial close by leveraging:

• Combined robotic process automation tools

• Traditional enterprise resource planning platforms

• Deep business and technical skills

• BlackLine capabilities

Together, EY and BlackLine help clients:

• Accelerate accounting processes by automating manual and intensive F&A processes

• Improve the quality and accuracy of reported financial information

• Increase visibility over critical F&A data and operations

• Govern and automate the management of intercompany transactions

• Build a foundation for continuous improvement that supports your company’s strategy and responds to competitive and regulatory pressures

• Increase return on investment of software

• Enable a stronger governance and control environment for record-to-report

• Enable the finance and accounting division to be a strategic partner by providing enhanced finance decision capability

• Provide master data management