LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), a leading provider of financial controls and automation solutions that enable Continuous Accounting, is hosting its annual global user conference next month in Los Angeles (LA). InTheBlack North America 2017: The Accounting & Finance Innovation Summit (ITB North America) will focus on the need for finance transformation and best practices for accelerating the financial close and automating intercompany transactions in an effort to elevate finance organizations to Modern Finance status.
The 4-day conference will feature speakers from global BlackLine customers including American Express Global Business Travel, Atlas Air, CNH Industrial, Energy Transfer Partners, Thomson Reuters and VWR, with Finance & Accounting (F&A) professionals from each sharing best practices learned by automating critical F&A processes using BlackLine's cloud platform.
A key theme this year is Continuous Accounting, an advance over the traditional record-to-report process where real-time automation, controls and period-end tasks are embedded within day-to-day activities enabling companies to continually capture, validate and analyze financial data in a timely and precise manner. Attendees of ITB North America will learn first-hand how leading-edge organizations that adopt a Continuous Accounting model are transforming their F&A departments. Automating the reconciliation of intercompany accounts, considered a major pain point for F&A, also will be highlighted.
Additional presentations will be given by thought leaders from Deloitte, EY, Genpact, The Hackett Group, KPMG and SAP, along with BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker and other BlackLine experts. In addition, chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises and basketball legend, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, will deliver a keynote. James Corden, renowned actor and host of "The Late Late Show," will provide entertainment performing live on-stage during the event.
In conjunction with ITB North America, BlackLine also is hosting a 'Giving Back Day' in which customers, partners and employees will come together to provide essentials such as clothing, undergarments and socks to the homeless community in LA.
ITB North America 2017 will be held Wednesday to Saturday, November 15-18th, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE, with Giving Back Day on Saturday, Nov. 18th. For more information, go here.
About BlackLine
BlackLine is a provider of cloud-based solutions that transform Finance and Accounting (F&A) by automating, centralizing and streamlining financial close operations, intercompany accounting processes and other key F&A processes for large and midsize organizations. Designed to complement virtually all ERP and other financial systems including SAP, Oracle and NetSuite, BlackLine increases operational efficiency, real-time visibility, control and compliance to ensure end-to-end financial close management and accounting automation from within a single, unified cloud platform.
Enabling customers to move beyond outdated processes and point solutions to a Continuous Accounting model, in which real-time automation, controls and period-end tasks are embedded within day-to-day activities, BlackLine helps companies modernize accounting operations with intelligent automation, ensuring more accurate and insightful financial statements and a more efficient financial close. Nearly 2,000 companies with users in over 130 countries around the world trust BlackLine to help ensure balance sheet integrity and confidence in their financial statements.
BlackLine is recognized by Gartner as a Leader in its 2017 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) and as a pioneer in the cloud market for enhanced financial control and automation of FCPM.
Based in Los Angeles, BlackLine also has regional headquarters in London, Singapore and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.blackline.com.
Disclaimer: American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) is a joint venture that is not wholly owned by American Express Company or any of its subsidiaries (American Express). "American Express Global Business Travel," "American Express" and the American Express logo are trademarks of American Express and are used under limited license.
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