161 BlackLine Testimonials

“Pre-BlackLine, everything was very scattered. We didn’t have a centralized area and there’s a lot of roll-forward, that minutiae of doing reconciliations that we were focused on. Now, we get to focus on the fun parts of Accounting.”

"Previously, all account reconciliations were saved on local networks across the globe, and often shared only within the same business unit meaning collaboration between business units was infrequent, and assurance of consistency or visibility across the group was limited."

"Thanks to BlackLine, some tasks have become a 20-minute job rather than a three-day job."

“We now have a prescribed approach to preparing and documenting reconciliations. Reconciliation frequency, type of supporting documentation, and critical fields are consistent irrespective of location. When I think about BlackLine, seamless, transparent, greater visibility, and increased control are all words that come to mind.”

“With BlackLine, instead of four reviews a year, we’re getting 12. What we’ve seen is what wasn’t getting reviewed until the end of the quarter is now getting reviewed every month. As result, quarterly financials are prepared more quickly and accurately.”

“Now, we can complete our end-to-end reconciliations process several business days earlier than before. And we can easily and efficiently follow up on open or incomplete items.”

“In addition to freeing up resources to divert to the SAP ERP implementation, we’re also finding that teams are now spending more time during the closing process performing analysis, drilling down into balance sheet fluctuations, and conducting other valuable activities there hadn’t been time for previously.”

“Audits are a non-event for us for now. Auditors can pull the information they need directly out of BlackLine. It’s a huge time savings for us, and they really appreciate not waiting on us.”

“With BlackLine, we’ve improved internal control and reduced our risk of fraud. And because there’s both increased transparency and instant access to data, we’ve enhanced our audit trails.”

“We were reaching a tipping point where we knew we needed to modernize and start thinking smarter.”

“BlackLine was the solution to a complicated reconciliation problem. The platform provides sufficient reconciliation time savings, is cost effective, has low ongoing maintenance for user community, and requires very little IT involvement.”

“In terms of efficiency, we’re saving $122,100 on completeness, reconciling, reviewing, and archive administration. Over the next 10 years, we expect to see a return on net assets (RONA) of 255% with BlackLine.”

“BlackLine is far superior to our previous Excel solutions. The visibility of the platform has exceeded management’s expectations. Cost savings and efficiency opportunities continue to be uncovered.”

“With BlackLine, we now have a tool that provides transparencies and insight 24/7, globally, from the preparer standpoint up to the corporate controller. I can sleep at night now. There are no more ‘surprises’ during monthly closes. I wish I would have engaged Blackline years ago.”

“It used to take three hours just to get reconciliations ready for auditors. Now we just have to set up the auditor log in, which takes minutes.”