At BeyondTheBlack, you’ll discover ideas and solutions to tackle your biggest challenges. We’ll cover finance transformation, leading practices, real-world use cases, AI, industry-specific topics, and the latest F&A innovations. The agenda is filled with sessions led by BlackLine leaders, partners, and amazing clients ready to share their success stories and best practices with you. Plus, earn up to 18 CPE/CPD credits!
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
BlackLine University Day
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Industry Forums & Breakout Sessions
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
General Session & Keynote
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Innovation Hub Open
11:25 AM - 12:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 PM - 4:05 PM
Breakout Sessions
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
BlackLine Bash at Brooklyn Bowl
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
General Session & Keynote
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Innovation Hub Open
11:25 AM - 12:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 PM - 4:05 PM
Breakout Sessions
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course provides the knowledge required to understand, design, and use BlackLine’s Journal Entry solution. Through demonstrations and hands-on activities, you'll learn how this comprehensive solution centralizes and automates the entire journal entry process, including journal creation, validation, review, and posting.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This instructor-led, hands-on course provides a comprehensive overview of the Studio360 Platform, focusing on Orchestrate and highlighting its benefits and components. Participants will learn to build and activate the month-end close process, ensuring efficient and effective execution.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course is the first in a two-part series that provides the knowledge required to understand the design and use of Account Reconciliations Templates and Items. Part 1 focuses on the critical elements of templates that help to organize and automate key components of your reconciliations and bring them to life.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This hands-on course is the first in a two-part series that provides the knowledge required to understand and use BlackLine’s platform of Financial Close solutions: Task Management, Transaction Matching, Journal Entry, and Account Reconciliations.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course is designed to provide BlackLine Administrators with hands-on experience working with the key tabs of the Data Import Template and how it is used to import data into BlackLine for the Account Reconciliations product.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
In this hands-on, instructor-led workshop, participants will learn essential administration activities in support of system design and ongoing maintenance.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course provides demonstrations and hands-on activities to help you understand and use BlackLine’s Transaction Matching solution, which provides a framework to categorize, identify, enhance, and compare transactions in BlackLine.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
In this hands-on instructor-led workshop, learn how to create Journal Masters from an existing journal entry and integrate with Task Management and Account Reconciliations to have current accounting done in the current period.
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New to BlackLine or exploring what’s possible? This session is designed just for you. Join fellow future customers to connect with peers, hear directly from BlackLine experts and leading customers, and gain practical guidance on how to get the most from your BeyondTheBlack experience, and BlackLine journey. You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of BlackLine’s vision, the value it can bring to your organization, and how to navigate your own journey with confidence.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
Continue your Transaction Matching journey with this hands-on course for administrators, who play a key role in optimizing the high-volume reconciliation process by unifying data using business-defined rules to compare data sets and apply automation.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
In this hands-on instructor-led workshop, learn how to create an Automated Journal Definition in order to optimize your processes and reduce time spent on journal preparation.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
Enroll in this hands-on course to continue your Account Reconciliations Administration learning journey. You'll dive deeper into administration functions, such as auto-certification settings and rules, item settings, and reconciliation grouping.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course is the second in a two-part series that provides the knowledge required to understand and use basic functions of BlackLine’s platform of Financial Close solutions: Task Management, Transaction Matching, Journal Entry, and Account Reconciliations.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course highlights Studio360’s Integrate and Visualize top features including seamless data integration, automated data workflows, data transformation, mapping, and interactive dashboards. Participants will learn to enhance data consistency, improve efficiency, and ensure data accuracy across systems as well as view dynamic and insightful visualizations that enhance data analysis and decision-making.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course provides hands-on practice in BlackLine's future-ready financial platform, where innovation unifies consolidation and financial analysis for unprecedented visibility and control across the Record-to-Report (R2R) process. With BlackLine FRA, teams can consolidate their financials, create financial statements, perform organization-wide analysis, and ensure the completeness, accuracy, and contextual depth of financial results with the context that is prepared by entity and regional.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
Dig deeper into BlackLine Reporting in this instructor-led, interactive course. Learn about the three categories of risk and how to provide meaningful metrics to help drive better business results. You will have multiple opportunities for hands-on practice, working with a variety of reports and categories.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
This course is the second in a two-part series that provides the knowledge required to perform Account Reconciliations Templates and Items functions. In Part 2, we will introduce and use several key templates found in BlackLine. You will also learn how to design and build your own template.
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BlackLine University Day Pass Required
In this hands-on, instructor-led workshop, participants will learn essential Journal Entry Administration activities, providing a framework for optimizing your organization’s processes.
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Manufacturers are under constant pressure to optimize margins, manage complex supply chains, and adapt to economic shifts, all while ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting. In this interactive session, we'll discuss how Hershey's is tackling these challenges head-on.
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Technology companies are scaling fast, often across multiple entities, geographies, and revenue models. At the same time, finance and accounting teams are expected to deliver real-time insights, support audit readiness, and keep pace with evolving compliance standards. In this interactive session, we'll explore how Cvent is building scalable, automated accounting processes.
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Wholesale distributors operate in a fast-moving environment defined by tight margins, supply chain complexity, and high transaction volumes. Finance and accounting teams are under pressure to close the books faster, ensure data accuracy, and support informed decision-making. In this interactive session, we'll explore how McKesson and James Hardie are modernizing accounting operations to improve visibility, reduce manual effort, and scale with confidence.
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Travel and hospitality organizations are navigating a dynamic landscape shaped by shifting demand, complex revenue streams, and the need for real-time financial insight. In this interactive session, finance and accounting leaders will come together to explore how Aimbridge Hospitality is modernizing accounting processes to improve agility, accuracy, and control.
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Retail finance teams face unique pressures, from rapid shifts in consumer behavior and omnichannel operations to tight margins and complex revenue recognition. Join us as we explore how The Home Depot is navigating these dynamics while modernizing their accounting processes.
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Life sciences and healthcare organizations face mounting pressure to manage cost, ensure compliance, and support innovation, all within a highly regulated and rapidly evolving landscape. In this joint interactive session with Clearsulting, we will learn how Quest Diagnostics is driving transformation through automation and control.
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Energy and natural resources companies face ongoing pressure to manage volatility, control costs, and ensure compliance, often across complex asset structures and global operations. In this interactive session, we'll discuss how peers are modernizing financial operations, increasing visibility, and freeing teams from manual, error-prone work.
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Business and professional services organizations operate in a highly dynamic environment where client demands, billing complexity, and regulatory compliance continually evolve. Finance and accounting teams must deliver timely, accurate financial reporting while supporting business growth and operational agility. In this interactive session, we'll explore how Link Logistics is leveraging automation and streamlining processes to improve efficiency, control, and insight.
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Financial institutions are under mounting pressure to modernize operations, meet evolving regulatory requirements, and deliver real-time insights, all while managing risk and maintaining control. In this interactive session, we'll explore how SELCO Community Credit Union is addressing these challenges through process optimization and automation.
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Insurance companies face constant complexities, from geopolitical risk and regulatory changes to technological transformation and talent retention, requiring continuous agility. In this joint interactive session with EY, we’ll discuss how GE - Employers Reassurance achieves peace of mind through accurate, compliant financial operations, faster insights, and optimized performance.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming accounting - streamlining processes, surfacing insights, and freeing teams to focus on strategic work. But with this power comes responsibility. In this session, we’ll explore how BlackLine’s AI-powered capabilities are delivering responsible innovation and measurable value across financial operations.
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Hear from LAZ Parking’s Director of Quality and Controls as they share how the organization overcame challenges across people, technology, process, and culture. Learn how LAZ transformed from having no reconciliations or compliance to ending the year with every balance substantiated- driving control, visibility, and growth along the way.
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Discover how companies are using BlackLine—from, foundation, to advanced automation—to drive accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement. Hear from Tractor Supply, early in their journey, and Paradies Lagardère, expanding their mature use of the platform. Moderated by a UHY expert, the panel shares real-world experiences, practical challenges, and transformative wins. Whether you're just starting with BlackLine or refining existing processes, you'll walk away with inspiration and actionable insights.
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Join Deloitte for a breakout session exploring the transformation journeys of two leading organizations as they modernize their accounting operations with BlackLine. They will share the strategic drivers behind each company's decision to adopt BlackLine, how they tackled implementation challenges, and the steps they're taking to expand their usage for even greater impact.
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Starting your digital transformation can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. This session breaks down practical steps to assess your current environment, prioritize opportunities, and drive change one optimization at a time. Learn how to build momentum with measurable outcomes tied to key performance indicators (KPIs).
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Discover how to make the most of your bank data by harnessing the power of the financial close platform — importing and enhancing data, automatically comparing transactions, recording recurring or adjusting journal entries, and ultimately bringing it all into your reconciliations for greater visibility and time savings.
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Join this session to learn how Starbucks, a previous Modern Accounting Award winner, advances journal entry automation by connecting Journal Entry, Transaction Matching, and Account Reconciliation. Starbucks will showcase three types of Automated Journal Definitions with real-world use cases, offering practical insights to boost efficiency in your own finance operations.
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Connect with friends and colleagues, explore BlackLine and partner solutions, and mingle with conference sponsors and BlackLine teams. Drinks and appetizers will be served.
BeyondTheBlack opens with bold ideas, top challenges, and breakthrough strategies, setting the tone for transformation. With perspectives from visionary leaders, industry experts, and product innovators, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping finance & accounting, what the future demands of the Office of the CFO, and how the BlackLine platform is delivering on the promise of accuracy, efficiency, and intelligence.
Join this session for an overview of BlackLine Studio360 and hear from customers on their journeys with the platform. Discover how Studio360’s task visualization improves workflow transparency and how it integrates with other BlackLine solutions to drive finance transformation.
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While you may think your organization is especially complex, thousands of companies achieve future-ready record-to-report processes with BlackLine's Financial Close and Consolidation and Intercompany solutions. In this session, we'll cover best practices and strategies for organizations with multi-entity global structures, journal complexities, intercompany transactions, and sophisticated reporting and analysis requirements.
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Hear firsthand from finance leaders at Red Wing Shoes, Ocean Bank, and 123Dentist as they reveal how they transformed their financial operations to achieve sustainable, scalable success. This interactive panel will explore proven methods for optimizing finance and accounting processes. Discover how these organizations streamlined close activities, automated journal entries, and produced timely, accurate financial statements. Walk away with actionable strategies to boost productivity and accelerate optimization across your organization.
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As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal USA manages complex, high-volume financial operations. In this session, hear how L'Oreal transformed their close processes by automating data collection and streamlining reconciliations for their growing e-commerce business and accounts receivables—from sales and settlements to payment processors and clearing accounts.
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Discover how the BlackLine Nine framework can guide your digital transformation journey. This session takes a closer look at one of the nine key optimization strategies, offering practical examples and guidance for applying it within your own organization.
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Discover how SAP and SAP financial close solutions by BlackLine bring transparency and structure to the mysterious black box of the financial close. Learn how SAP and BlackLine deliver a gold standard for record-to-report (R2R), helping finance teams achieve greater accuracy, efficiency, and intelligence across financial operations. See how the partnership gets even stronger with the utilization of BlackLine Studio360 and BlackLine Studio360 Orchestrate.
Join us as we explore the transformative journey of The Hershey Company, a leading confectionary company, as they harness the power of BlackLine in their recipe for F&A transformation. In this session, you will discover how Hershey has continued their journey, adopting new use cases and continuing to transform.
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Transform your credit management into a strategic advantage. Join Brian Morgan, FCICM, a recognized leader with over 25 years of experience, to learn how he built a Centre of Excellence credit team that delivered record-breaking results. This session will explore how to establish a scalable, best-practice framework for global growth, powered by BlackLine’s unified Invoice-to-Cash platform.
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Discover how to make the most of your bank data by harnessing the power of the financial close platform — importing and enhancing data, automatically comparing transactions, recording recurring or adjusting journal entries, and ultimately bringing it all into your reconciliations for greater visibility and time savings.
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Join Deloitte in the Innovation Hub for a lightning session that will explore how BlackLine Intercompany Create streamlines and automates the initiation, calculation, documentation and posting of intercompany tax and transfer pricing transactions. Attendees will gain insights into how intercompany tax and transfer pricing processes can be automated to reduce manual effort, enhance transparency, and support audit-ready documentation in a solution that can be entirely customer owned.
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Join EY and Marathon as they explore the realities of finance transformation and the power of fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Hear how Marathon has approached change in manageable, incremental steps, making progress sustainable and less disruptive for its teams. Learn how BlackLine has played a critical role in enabling standardization and automation, helping Marathon streamline operations and move confidently toward its future vision.
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Join BlackLine experts as they delve into the power of Transaction Matching and big data matching techniques. Discover how leveraging large-scale data sets can unlock new optimization and automation opportunities, revolutionizing your financial operations. From journal entries to proactive account analysis, we’ll explore how Transaction Matching can increase efficiency, mitigate risk, and free up capacity.
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McKesson, a global leader in healthcare distribution and services, continues to raise the bar in financial operations. In this session, discover how the team expanded its automation strategy with Blackline’s Financial Reporting Analytics and Studio360 to streamline processes, reduce risk, and unlock greater efficiency. Learn how automation and enhanced reporting empowered McKesson to standardize reconciliations, free up valuable resources, and deliver transparency and visibility to all teams across the organization.
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Join BlackLine integration experts for a discussion on optimizing connectivity and driving greater efficiency across accounting. Explore modern integration approaches connecting BlackLine with source systems to automate and control tasks from data extraction to cleansing.
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Today’s midsized companies are transforming the Record-to-Report (R2R) process to drive efficiency, reduce risk, and unlock strategic capacity. In this session, BlackLine’s mid-market optimization leaders will share how organizations are scaling their use of BlackLine to accelerate critical activities, such as journal entries, consolidation, and analysis, to support sustainable growth.
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An inclusive, diverse leadership team does more than enhance culture—it strengthens strategic thinking and business performance. This session explores how diverse perspectives in the Office of the CFO unlock smarter decisions, reduce risk, and create enterprise value.
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The future is here. BlackLine’s cutting-edge technologies will continue transforming financial operations, streamlining processes, and achieving unprecedented efficiency. BlackLine experts will dive into the exciting AI-driven innovations and critical updates shaping the future of BlackLine's product offerings and feature functionality.
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Intercompany activities occur throughout Record-to-Report but are often siloed from the broader process. In this session, we’ll explore how organizations are simplifying intercompany management by mastering the journey from transaction to full consolidation, ultimately making it a streamlined and integrated part of the financial close.
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In this session, a panel of BlackLine customers will share how they leveraged BlackLine's digital transformation framework and partnered with the BlackLine Customer Team to ignite their optimization journeys. Join leaders from Mediacom, Starbucks, and Aimbridge Hospitality as they reveal their experiences with BlackLine, from initial challenges to game-changing successes.
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ASC 842 and IFRS 16 changed lease accounting forever. BlackLine can help you simplify the process. Matt Waters, CPA, CGLA, led The Home Depot’s efforts to prepare for the new lease standards and has since helped over 1,000 companies optimize lease accounting using CoStar Real Estate Manager. In this session, he’ll share practical guidance on using BlackLine tools to improve matching, journal entries, and reconciliations. Plus, hear firsthand stories from his extensive experience.
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ExxonMobil is embarking on a strategic, multi-year transformation, including a move to SAP S/4HANA, aimed at modernizing its finance operations. Join this session to hear directly from Finance Leaders about their journey.
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Want to unlock the full potential of your BlackLine investment? Join RSM’s BlackLine experts, who have spent over a decade helping clients automate their back-office processes. Gain insights from our front-row experience on what drives success — and what pitfalls to avoid — so you can accelerate your own journey.
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Earlier this year, Snowflake and BlackLine announced a strategic partnership integrating Snowflake’s data cloud with BlackLine’s Studio360 platform. Join this session to learn how Snowflake’s Data Share eliminates custom coding, SFTP, APIs, and Excel in data integration —streamlining workflows and reducing IT burden for more efficient, seamless financial operations.
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Planning an ERP upgrade or system change? Discover why implementing BlackLine before your ERP transformation can simplify your transition and reduce risk. In this session, we’ll explore how BlackLine helps you automate manual work, maintain control, and improve visibility, making your ERP change smoother and more efficient from day one.
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As business demands evolve, building a workforce that’s agile, skilled, and ready for tomorrow is critical. This session explores how organizations can develop strategic talent plans that align with business goals, foster continuous learning, and attract and retain top talent to drive long-term success.
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Invoice-to-Cash (I2C) impacts customer experience, working capital, and risk mitigation. Many organizations struggle with siloed processes and outdated tools. In this session, Horváth & Partners outlines how a leading company streamlined its I2C by integrating SAP AR functionality with BlackLine’s solutions.
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Join SAP and BlackLine leaders for an in-depth look at the Gold Standard for record-to-report (R2R), a proven blueprint empowering finance and accounting teams to build future-ready operations. The session will also feature a joint SAP and BlackLine customer, sharing real-world insights, lessons learned, and the measurable impact of adopting a unified R2R approach.
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Dashboards are essential tools for F&A teams, offering real-time insights to manage financial close, consolidation, and invoice-to-cash with confidence. In this session, BlackLine experts will showcase how new dashboards, Journal Risk Analysis, and AR Payment Forecasting features support smarter, faster decision-making and streamlined operations.
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Generating accurate and compliant financial statements is critical—but it doesn’t have to be time-consuming or risky. In this session, we’ll explore how teams are driving control and automation of financial statement generation by leveraging the structure and output of their underlying substantiation processes. Gain practical strategies to streamline workflows, increase confidence in financial reporting, and drive operational efficiency.
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BlackLine's Journals Risk Analyser will help you stay ahead of risk, avoid the stress of audits and compliance, and develop a comprehensive understanding of your company's journal entries. In this session, BlackLine experts will share effective strategies for leveraging Journals Risk Analyser to identify key trends, gain valuable insights, and detect anomalies in manual journal entries.
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As CFOs prioritize data, metrics, and analytics in 2025, rising late payments and credit risk are putting added pressure on Finance teams. Join this fireside chat hosted by Creditsafe to hear how finance leaders are using real-time data and analytics to reduce bad debt, improve decision-making, and protect cash flow in a volatile economy.
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Discover how The Home Depot is driving BlackLine adoption with a structured, role-based BlackLine University training program and a Center of Excellence focused on long-term transformation. Learn how their approach ensures accountability, supports daily operations, and enables continuous innovation.
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“Healthcare without the Headache” is the tag line and the objective, but often times the importance of finance and accounting operations is overlooked in the healthcare space. Join industry thought-leaders at BDO and BlackLine champion/user Baylor, Scott, & White Health as they walk through their journey in creating a Cash Center of Excellence, as well as the operational and patient-centric impact it provided.
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What separates good BlackLine users from great ones? This session explores the habits, structures, and strategies that help organizations maximize their BlackLine investment, from building internal alignment to tapping into ongoing education and expert support. Learn what successful teams do differently, and how you can do it too.
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Discover how SAP's RISE and GROW program, in partnership with BlackLine, accelerates financial transformation for organizations. This session will explore the benefits of integrating SAP's robust ERP solutions with BlackLine's leading solutions. Join us to learn how this powerful collaboration can accelerate your move to S/4 HANA.
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Join our session with BlackLine experts and Sound Community Bank to discover how BlackLine’s latest functionality enables daily or more frequent matching and substantiation of high-volume accounts. Designed for teams reconciling transactional or GL accounts more often than month-end, this solution enhances control, visibility, and efficiency.
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Take your BlackLine data skills to the next level. This session focuses on building enhancements directly on top of data sources, giving you practical, advanced techniques you can apply immediately. Learn how to create powerful calculated fields, apply transformations, and leverage regular expressions to drive smarter automation. Utilize data source rules for even further enhancements and categorizations.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming finance by driving automation, improving accuracy, and enabling strategic insights, making its integration into finance functions essential for organizations aiming to stay competitive. Join RSM in the Innovation Hub for a lightning session that outlines a practical roadmap for AI adoption, including tips for adopting embedded AI through BlackLine. Attendees will gain actionable insights, a forward-looking perspective on AI in finance, and real-world examples to guide their own transformation journeys.
Day 2 of BeyondTheBlack puts the spotlight on the customers who are transforming their operations — and the resources helping them get there. Learn how BlackLine is investing in success at every stage of the journey, hear from award-winning customers, and wrap with a candid, live conversation about what’s now and next in finance.
Upgrade your lease accounting capabilities with the integrated power of CoStar Real Estate Manager and BlackLine. This partnership streamlines your ASC 842 compliance, moving you from manual processes to automated efficiency. Join us for this Lightning Session to see how a unified approach can transform your lease accounting operations.
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Discover BlackLine's strategic roadmap for our Invoice-to-Cash products. This session will showcase how AI and machine learning are integrated to deliver new AI agents, enhanced automation, and predictive insights, empowering your teams to achieve intelligent cash management.
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Explore how the strategic alliance between Workday and BlackLine is empowering organizations to modernize and streamline their financial operations. By integrating BlackLine’s Financial Close & Consolidation solutions with Workday Financial Management, businesses can unlock a powerful, unified platform that significantly enhances their existing ERP investment.
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Mediacom Communications has made significant progress on their digital transformation journey over the last year partnering with BlackLine’s Optimization Consulting team. Join this session to deep dive into some of their automation use cases including utility pole process, prepaid expenses, accruals, and recurring journal entries.
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This session discusses how effective intercompany management is a critical driver of strategic business outcomes. We'll explore the market forces compelling companies to invest in their intercompany framework, and how a specialized approach provides the control and governance needed to accelerate the financial close, enhance transparency, and support key strategic initiatives.
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Join BlackLine integration experts for a discussion on optimizing connectivity and driving greater efficiency across accounting. Explore modern integration approaches connecting BlackLine with source systems to automate and control tasks from data extraction to cleansing.
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Learn how to optimize and automate your accrual calculation process using BlackLine’s seven-step framework for process optimization. In this session, Sound Community Bank shares how they streamlined accruals, increased efficiency, and reduced risk using BlackLine. Walk through best-practice techniques and see how BlackLine’s platform transforms a manual process into a controlled, automated workflow.
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This session covers the basics of Journal Entry and Journal Risk Analyser, focusing on how to streamline processes using BlackLine’s tools. Learn how to manage journals with self-service options and efficient batching, with insights from a customer panel sharing their experiences.
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Transformation is more than a goal—it’s a continuous Wheel in the Sky, turning through shifting priorities, evolving teams, and emerging technologies. Sustaining momentum through that journey is what sets lasting success apart. In this session, Equity Residential shares how their team, with help from Clearsulting, stayed the course through finance transformation—approached change with Open Arms, time-tested strategies, and innovative tools like Level Up to spark adoption, strengthen executive alignment, and illuminate measurable business value.
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Join us for an engaging fireside chat featuring SAP customers as they discuss their transformation goals, experiences, successes, and advice for delivering impactful results with SAP's Solution Extensions by BlackLine.
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What does world-class R2R look like in 2025? In this lightning session, Horváth & Partners introduces a new gold standard framework for record-to-report, developed through deep collaboration with SAP and BlackLine. The approach fuses end-to-end visibility, automation, and intelligent exception handling across closing, reconciliation, and reporting. Hear from a customer that operationalized this model and achieved faster close cycles, lower risk, and higher agility—powered by a strategic combination of SAP S/4HANA and BlackLine's capabilities.
Join us for an engaging fireside chat featuring Oracle customers as they discuss their transformation goals, experiences, successes, and advice for delivering impactful results with Oracle and BlackLine as strategic partners in achieving future-ready financial operations.
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Pentagon Federal Credit Union, one of the largest federal credit unions in the United States, has seen great success with automation, using Transaction Matching and Journal Entry to create efficiencies for reconciliations across many different use cases. Join this session to deep dive into specific examples including Vendor to ACH to Loan System, Federal Reserve, data outages, and more.
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While you may think your organization is especially complex, thousands of companies achieve future-ready record-to-report processes with BlackLine's Financial Close and Consolidation and Intercompany solutions. In this session, we'll cover best practices and strategies for organizations with multi-entity global structures, journal complexities, intercompany transactions, and sophisticated reporting and analysis requirements.
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Unlock the full potential of accounting modernization by eliminating manual and redundant work to improve your journal entry process. In this session, BlackLine experts will discuss advanced Journal Entry use cases to help you save time, mitigate risks, and gain valuable insights into your accounting processes.
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While there is no shortage of advice on how to fix intercompany, the most valuable insights come from those who have firsthand experience. In this discussion, ExxonMobil and Bristol-Meyers Squibb will share their optimization journeys to improve their intercompany operations. You'll hear about their challenges, successes, and advice to help you "get intercompany right."
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Spreadsheets often drive key accounting processes like allocations and allowance for doubtful accounts, but they come with risk, inefficiency, and audit pain. This session explores how to modernize logic-heavy calculations by replacing fragile spreadsheets with scalable, controlled, and auditable workflows.
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Take a deep dive into BlackLine Studio360 Platform services, with a focus on Orchestrate and its powerful capabilities. Discover real-world use cases to centralize and streamline your financial operations to improve accuracy and efficiency. Learn how to harness BlackLine’s platform services—from process visualization to automation and insightful reporting—to drive better control and more efficient financial operations.
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Join BlackLine experts as they delve into the power of Transaction Matching and big data matching techniques. Discover how leveraging large-scale data sets can unlock new optimization and automation opportunities, revolutionizing your financial operations. From journal entries to proactive account analysis, we’ll explore how Transaction Matching can increase efficiency, mitigate risk, and free up capacity.
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Master BlackLine with essential tips and tricks to enhance your day-to-day workflows across the entire platform. Whether you’re just getting started or aiming to optimize your use, this session offers practical guidance to improve efficiency, increase accuracy, and unlock new capabilities.
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Join BlackLine's Chief Accounting Officer, VP of Internal Audit, and Manager of Revenue for an insightful panel discussion on how BlackLine leverages its own solutions. This session will trace BlackLine's journey over the years, highlighting pivotal moments such as its IPO, SOX 404 compliance, and strategic acquisitions, before concluding with an interactive Q&A. Discover firsthand how BlackLine's internal adoption of its platform has evolved and supported its growth.
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Success in modern finance isn’t just about numbers- it’s about collaboration. Join this session led by BlackLine and MyEyeDr leaders to explore how a strong partnership between IT and Finance can accelerate transformation and ensure sustainable success. Learn how to bridge communication gaps, align priorities, and gain buy-in across departments to move finance initiatives forward with confidence.
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Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring leading customers who have transformed their Invoice-to-Cash processes with BlackLine. Hear firsthand how they overcame common challenges, leveraged automation to improve cash flow and accuracy, and enhanced collaboration between finance and operations. Gain practical tips and real-world strategies to optimize your own I2C cycle.
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Generating financial reports is only the first step; transforming data into actionable insights is what fuels business success. This session will demonstrate how BlackLine’s advanced reporting and analysis solutions enable teams to quickly access entity and group-level insights, analyze financial trends, and communicate results clearly and confidently.
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Discover how PHILLIPS 66’s two-year transformation with Capgemini unlocked the full potential of its technology stack. Leading to finance tasks being handled simultaneously and a more connected and holistic finance function for the multinational energy provider as a result.
In this session, you will learn how Capgemini leveraged its proven Frictionless Finance solution, backed by BlackLine’s tried-and-tested offerings, to enhance financial close, strengthen controls, and increase automation in key finance operations for PHILLIPS 66 – while also learning what it can do for you.
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Ocean Bank, a leading commercial bank, turned its reconciliation vision into reality with BlackLine. What many institutions hope for—automated GL certification, centralized workflows, and full visibility—Ocean Bank has achieved. Join this session to hear how the team unlocked over 70% auto-certification, empowered users and auditors with one platform, and elevated reporting for executive leadership.
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Compliance challenges in Intercompany and I2C are growing, but so are the opportunities to turn complexity into control. This session explores how automation and standardization can help meet global tax and regulatory requirements while driving strategic value.
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In today’s fast-moving business landscape, staying sharp and connected is key to long-term success. This session will provide actionable strategies to help you grow your career through continuous learning and meaningful professional relationships. Learn how to build a personalized development plan, tap into mentorship and networking opportunities, and use both in-person and digital resources to stay on top of industry trends.
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Managing consolidations across multiple entities, currencies, and reporting standards is often complex and resource-intensive. This session will showcase how BlackLine’s consolidation solutions streamline the process, minimize manual work, and enhance accuracy, empowering both mid-market companies and global enterprises to close with confidence.
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Join BlackLine and industry experts as they discuss cutting-edge strategies for optimizing and scaling outsourced accounting (OA) operations. They will share insights on starting small and rapidly expanding to support business growth. Discover how organizations boost productivity, control, and visibility through advanced solutions like Transaction Matching, Journal Entry, and Financial Reporting Analytics.
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The winds of change are constantly blowing through accounting, with AI delivering future-ready financial operations. This requires more than mastering new technology; it demands an impactful change management strategy. This session will explore how F&A teams can lead with clarity, build synergies across the organization, and empower teams through periods of change.
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Oracle ERP customers are either currently using Oracle Cloud Fusion or are planning their migration from R12 EBS prior to Oracle phasing it out. Despite the complexity of ERP transitions, integrating with BlackLine is effortless.
Join this session to explore the Oracle Connector roadmap for Oracle Fusion. We’ll discuss the critical capabilities that will seamlessly accelerate data flows, add control, and enable connectivity to multiple cloud modules.
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Significant effort is required to manage SOX initiatives across systems, business units, and stakeholders. Navigating changing regulatory frameworks adds another layer of complexity. Join this session to gain insights from BlackLine’s VP of Internal Audit and BlackLine’s former external auditor on how BlackLine helps increase control and visibility, effectively execute testing, and identify and remediate issues faster.
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Agentic AI marks a shift from task automation to intelligent systems that operate with autonomy to achieve business goals. Learn how BlackLine is exploring agentic AI to further streamline financial operations, boost efficiency, and support strategic decision-making. Discover what this means for the future of accounting and finance.
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