AGENDA

Learn, have fun,
and get inspired.

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!

Agenda at a Glance

Monday, September 8

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 

Tuesday, September 9

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

Wednesday, September 10

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 

Full Agenda

Dive into the BeyondTheBlack agenda! Explore the available sessions to get inspired, then be sure to register and secure your spot. Attendees can earn up to 18 CPE/CPD credits for eligible sessions. Last year sold out, so don’t wait!

Journal Entry Introduction

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain BlackLine Journal Entry and its benefits.
  • List the key components of the journal process.
  • Create a journal and enhance existing journals.

Studio360 Orchestrate - Introduction

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Examine the key features and benefits of the Studio360 Platform.
  • Develop a month-end close process using Orchestrate.
  • Learn to preview, activate, rollout, and execute the process.

Account Reconciliations Templates & Items - Part 1

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the use of templates and items.
  • List critical elements of a reconciliation template.
  • Identify template elements.

Financial Close Fundamentals - Part 1

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the value of each Financial Close product.
  • Navigate basic functions and features for each Financial Close product.
  • Identify data movement within the platform.

Data Import Template

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify key tabs and columns within the Data Import Template.
  • Navigate to resources essential to the user of the Data Import Template.
  • Complete the steps to import data for required tabs.

Account Reconciliations Administration, Part 1

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the various data import mechanisms and when to use each one.
  • Design and maintain foundational settings, such as organizational structure, custom frequencies, and dates.
  • Manage users leveraging leading practices.

Transaction Matching Introduction

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Define BlackLine Transaction Matching and its benefits.
  • Match transactions in Reconciliations.
  • Identify and describe Pass Rules.

Journal Entry Masters

Monday, September 8, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Create Journal Entry Masters.
  • Add Journal Master to a task.
  • Add child journal to items in Account Reconciliations.

Discover BlackLine: Connecting You to Peers and Possibilities

Monday, September 8, 11:30 AM-2:30 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Connect with peers and BlackLine experts to build a network of support and insight.
  • Discover how BlackLine’s solutions can address your organization’s unique finance and accounting challenges.
  • Learn practical tips to maximize your BeyondTheBlack experience and accelerate your journey with BlackLine.

Transaction Matching Administration

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the matching process flow.
  • Download data sources.
  • Build and review match sets.

Automated Journal Definition

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Create Automated Journal Definitions.
  • Maintain a dynamic setup.
  • Explain grouping and summarizing.

Account Reconciliations Administration, Part 2

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Manage manual and auto-certification settings and thresholds.
  • Add accounts to groups with auto-grouping.
  • Locate troubleshooting resources and to-do checklists.

Financial Close Fundamentals - Part 2

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Complete key processes in Tasks, Transaction Matching, Journal Entry, Account Reconciliations.
  • Use the platform to finalize/certify Financial Close processes.
  • Review completion status across the platform.

Studio360: Integrate and Visualize Overview

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Achieve seamless integration with ERP systems and external applications. 
  • Apply custom data mappings and transformation rules for accurate and consistent data integration.
  • Explore interactive dashboards to visualize data in various formats.

End-User Functions for Financial Analysis & Financial Review

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Generate on-demand financial statements, see AI generated insights, and analyze consolidation accounts and variances.
  • Review and sign-off on consolidation accounts, leveraging variance explanations for footnote commentary.
  • Conduct Entity and/or FSLI sign-off as the final checkpoint in delivering accurate, reliable financials.

Reporting Organizational Metrics

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Refine reporting data with tools such as the Visualization feature, filters and data aggregation.
  • Create roll-forward reports.
  • Develop Risk Assessments.

Account Reconciliations Templates & Items - Part 2

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Define and use key templates such as Subledger, Amortizable, Accruable, and Bank templates.
  • Change an existing template.
  • Design a “Build Your Own” template.

Journal Entry Administration

Monday, September 8, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Configure user access.
  • Determine relevant Journal Entry settings.
  • Define Journal Masters and Automated Journal Definitions.

Precision in Every Step: BlackLine for Manufacturing

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand finance and accounting trends shaping the manufacturing sector
  • Identify key challenges such as cost pressure, operational complexity, and global compliance
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that improve speed, accuracy, and control in the manufacturing industry

Streamline the Stack: BlackLine for IT, Software & Technology

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand key trends shaping finance and accounting in the tech sector
  • Identify common challenges such as complex revenue recognition, multi-entity operations, and audit pressure
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that drive automation, accuracy, and scalability in high-growth environments

From Warehouse to Win: BlackLine for Wholesale Distribution

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand current finance and accounting trends impacting wholesale distributors
  • Identify key challenges such as inventory complexity, disconnected systems, and limited visibility
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that drive automation, control, and efficiency in finance operation

From Check-In to Close: BlackLine for Travel & Hospitality

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand finance and accounting trends impacting the travel and hospitality industry
  • Identify key challenges such as high transaction volumes, fragmented systems, and revenue complexity
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that improve speed, accuracy, and visibility across financial operations

Ringing Up Success: BlackLine for Retail

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand current finance and accounting trends impacting the retail industry
  • Identify key challenges such as high transaction volumes, seasonal fluctuations, and fragmented systems
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that drive efficiency, transparency, and agility in retail finance operations

Curing the Chaos: BlackLine for Life Sciences & Healthcare

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand finance and accounting trends impacting pharma, medtech, and healthcare providers
  • Identify key challenges such as regulatory compliance, M&A complexity, and fragmented systems
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that are delivering greater efficiency, accuracy, and readiness for growth

Fueling Success: BlackLine for Energy & Natural Resources

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand key finance and accounting trends shaping the energy and natural resources sector
  • Identify common challenges such as complex joint ventures, asset accounting, and regulatory compliance
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that enhance control, accuracy, and visibility across accounting processes

Pros vs. Joes: BlackLine for Business & Professional Services

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand finance and accounting trends shaping the business and professional services sector
  • Identify key challenges such as complex billing, project accounting, and compliance requirements
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that drive accuracy, efficiency, and scalability in finance operations

From Trust to Growth: BlackLine for Banks & Credit Unions

Monday, September 8, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand current finance and accounting trends impacting banks and credit unions
  • Identify key challenges such as regulatory complexity, manual processes, and data integrity
  • Explore real-world BlackLine use cases driving efficiency, accuracy, and control in financial institutions

From Policies to Profits: BlackLine for Insurance

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand key finance and accounting trends affecting insurers
  • Identify key challenges such as decentralized models, inefficiencies, and limited visibility
  • Explore BlackLine use cases that improve speed, accuracy, and visibility across financial operations

AI Unfiltered: The Promise, The Pitfalls, The Path Forward

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore BlackLine’s AI-powered solutions and how they create tangible value across accounting processes
  • Understand the principles of responsible AI and how BlackLine applies them to protect data integrity and reduce bias
  • Identify ways to use AI to automate work, enhance accuracy, and free capacity for more strategic priorities

Shifting Gears at LAZ Parking: From Manual to Modern

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Tackle transformation by addressing challenges across people, process, technology, and culture
  • Establish control and compliance starting from a zero-baseline environment
  • Build a foundation for sustained, scalable success through automation and visibility

Vision to Value: Tractor Supply & Paradies Lagardère with UHY

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:35 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn from real clients—Tractor Supply and Paradies Lagardère—navigating different phases of BlackLine adoption and optimization. 
  • Have fun engaging with a dynamic panel, relatable stories, and candid insights you won’t hear anywhere else. 
  • Get inspired by proven strategies and practical takeaways that can fuel your own finance transformation. 

How Deloitte Customers Are Transforming Finance with BlackLine

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:50 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Uncover key motivations behind BlackLine adoption across different organizations
  • Navigate real-world implementation hurdles with expert insights
  • Develop a roadmap to scale your success through additional modules and enhancements

Where to Begin: Optimizing for Real Results

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:35 PM PT

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).

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate your current financial operations landscape
  • Identify and sequence process optimization opportunities
  • Define and track KPIs to measure transformation progress

[Repeated] Rise Above Repetition: Automate Your Bank Reconciliation Process

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:50 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the BlackLine functionality and products that will enable end-to-end optimization of your bank reconciliation process
  • Hear insights from a BlackLine customer on their optimized bank reconciliation process
  • Discover the benefits of modernizing your bank reconciliations

Brewed for Efficiency: Starbucks' Journal Entry Automation

Monday, September 8, 4:00 PM-4:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand use cases for Recons, Matching, and Data Source AJDs.
  • Learn how to schedule AJDs for seamless automation.
  • Discover best practices for naming, SQL statements, and efficient filtering.

Welcome Reception in the Innovation Hub

Monday, September 8, 4:35 PM-6:30 PM PT

Connect with friends and colleagues, explore BlackLine and partner solutions, and mingle with conference sponsors and BlackLine teams. Drinks and appetizers will be served.


Breakfast

Tuesday, September 9, 7:30 AM-9:00 AM PT

Bristlecone Ballroom


Reimagining the Future of Financial Operations: AI, Innovation & What Comes Next

Tuesday, September 9, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

Pinyon Ballroom

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.


Studio360: Workflow Automation in Action

Tuesday, September 9, 11:00 AM-11:15 AM PT


Break

Tuesday, September 9, 11:00 AM-11:25 AM PT


Innovation Hub Open

Tuesday, September 9, 11:00 AM-5:30 PM PT

Ironwood Ballroom


Studio360 Insights: Platform Service Overview and Customer Panel

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the business case and implementation of Studio360
  • See how task visualization enhances process visibility and accountability
  • Learn how Studio360 creates synergies across BlackLine solutions

[Repeated] Simplifying R2R for Multi-Entity Organizations

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to create scalable, end-to-end record-to-report processes
  • Understand best practices for improving accuracy, efficiency, and intelligence throughout record-to-report activities
  • Gain valuable insights from real-world use cases 

Customer Panel: Mid-Market Strategies for Successful Financial Operations

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain insights from real-world transformation stories at midsized organizations
  • Explore step-by-step approaches to process optimization and scalability
  • Identify solutions that enhance efficiency across record-to-report

 


L’Oreal USA's Finance Operations Makeover

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Join this session to:

  • Explore how L’Oréal automated complex financial close and accounts receivable processes using BlackLine.
  • Understand strategies to streamline reconciliations and improve data accuracy at scale.
  • Learn how continuous automation drives operational efficiency and supports business growth.

Deep Dive: BlackLine Nine Optimization Strategies

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover what the BlackLine Nine framework is and how it drives transformation
  • Take a deep dive into one core optimization strategy
  • Identify how to apply that strategy to streamline finance operations

Better Together: SAP and BlackLine

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.


Hershey's Sweet Success with BlackLine

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Learn the benefits of implementing BlackLine prior to upgrading to S/4 HANA
  • Discover strategies deployed in large-scale transformation efforts
  • Hear how Hershey made the switch from journal approval to journal creation

Transforming Cash Flow with the Invoice-to-Cash Platform

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to develop a culture of continuous improvement to build a high-performing credit team.
  • Identify ways to leverage automation, analytics, and AI to improve cash flow and operational efficiency.
  • Discover how to drive better financial results through data-driven credit decisions and proven leadership strategies.

[Repeated] Rise Above Repetition: Automate Your Bank Reconciliation Process

Tuesday, September 9, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the BlackLine functionality and products that will enable end-to-end optimization of your bank reconciliation process
  • Hear insights from a BlackLine customer on their optimized bank reconciliation process
  • Discover the benefits of modernizing your bank reconciliations

Lunch

Tuesday, September 9, 12:15 PM-1:45 PM PT

Bristlecone Ballroom


Handling Tax and Transfer Pricing with Intercompany Create

Tuesday, September 9, 12:45 PM-1:05 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Discover how BlackLine can address complex tax and transfer pricing challenges 
  • Visualize the end-to-end solution through a live demo 

Theater Session: AR Modernization

Tuesday, September 9, 1:15 PM-1:35 PM PT


Powering the Controller's Organization Through Change

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how to foster a culture of continuous improvement
  • Learn how incremental change can drive lasting transformation
  • Explore how BlackLine supports standardization and automation

 


[Repeated] Unlock Optimization Opportunities with Transaction Matching

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn advanced use cases for Transaction Matching with big data integration
  • Understand best practices to reduce errors and increase capacity
  • Discover optimization opportunities unlocked by Transaction Matching and large-scale data analysis

Rx for Success: McKesson's Approach to Future-Ready Financial Operations

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand  how Recon Optimization and Financial Reporting Analytics (FRA) improve visibility, scalability, and control
  • Learn how McKesson uses Studio360 Integrate and Orchestrate solutions to automate complex manual tasks, increase reliability, and enhance user experience
  • Discover how automation is driving consistency, efficiency, and transparency across McKesson’s financial operations

[Repeated] Best Practices for Integrating and Unifying Data

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover BlackLine’s newest integration innovations
  • Learn best practices for leveraging APIs and pre-built Connectors
  • Gain insight into core integration technologies that power modern finance

How Midsized Teams Are Scaling BlackLine Across R2R

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Ojectives:

  • Expand operational efficiency through optimized R2R processes
  • Apply automation to journal entry and consolidation workflows
  • Build a foundation for continuous modernization and scale

 


Why Inclusive F&A Teams Deliver Stronger Results

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how different perspectives can strengthen financial or strategic decisions
  • Identify impacts across the organization when teams feel a sense of belonging
  • Explore ways to ensure diverse voices are not just included but heard at the leadership table

Looking Ahead: BlackLine's 2026 Roadmap

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain insights into technology advancements by industry experts
  • Discover how BlackLine is innovating for the Office of the CFO
  • Learn about the products and features on BlackLine’s strategic roadmap

From Intercompany to Consolidation: A Streamlined Approach

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the risks and productivity losses caused by siloed, manual processes
  • Learn strategies to integrate intercompany management from transaction through consolidation
  • Discover how to streamline intercompany workflows to enhance the financial close

Customer Panel: Transformation & Optimization Insights

Tuesday, September 9, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how BlackLine can help you advance on your transformation journey
  • Gain insights on identifying process opportunities, developing actionable roadmaps, and successfully progressing your digital transformation journey
  • Open your eyes to common process optimizations and best practices for successful end-to-end automation

Lease Accounting Made Easier: Insights from CoStar

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:  

  • Discover how BlackLine Transaction Matching can streamline operating expenses related to leasing
  • Understand how BlackLine Journal Entry can accelerate your close process
  • Unlock the power of BlackLine Account Reconciliations and auto-certification for lease accounting

 


ExxonMobil: Fueling Finance Transformation

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover why BlackLine is an early and strategic element of ExxonMobil's finance modernization journey.
  • Identify how ExxonMobil will support its modern accounting vision with a Center of Excellence approach.
  • Hear what steps the company is taking to measure and enable success.

RSM’s Guide to BlackLine: 15 Years of Experience in 30 Minutes

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  •  Discover key best practices that drive successful BlackLine implementations
  •  Identify common challenges and how to overcome them effectively
  •  Learn practical tips to maximize automation and streamline your financial operations

Cloud Nine: Seamless Data Sharing with Snowflake & BlackLine

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how Snowflake’s Data Share enhances BlackLine Studio360 data integration
  • Discover ways to reduce IT workload by eliminating manual data processes
  • Learn how this integration improves efficiency and accuracy in financial data workflows

BlackLine First: The Key to Successful ERP Transitions

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Reduce disruption during ERP transitions by stabilizing core accounting processes with BlackLine
  • Use BlackLine’s automation, reconciliation, and journal features to streamline change management
  • Increase flexibility and maintain visibility before, during, and after your ERP upgrade

Building a Future-Ready Workforce with Talent Strategy

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how to align talent strategy with organizational growth and innovation
  • Learn best practices for fostering a culture of continuous learning and development
  • Discover approaches to attract, engage, and retain a future-ready workforce

Unlock Cash & Cut Risk: Streamlining I2C Disconnects

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover strategies for optimizing I2C processes with integrated solutions.
  • Understand how to leverage technology to enhance working capital and reduce risk.
  • Gain insights into achieving greater visibility and control over financial operations.

SAP & BlackLine: Delivering the Gold Standard for R2R

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • The foundational pillars of SAP and BlackLine’s Gold Standard for record-to-report and how to apply them within your organization
  • How SAP and BlackLine work together to accelerate financial transformation
  • Real-world results and success factors from an SAP customer

Uncovering Real-Time Insights with BlackLine Dashboards

Tuesday, September 9, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Use Journal Risk Analysis and AR Payment Forecasting to identify risks and predict cash flow
  • Tailor dashboards to monitor KPIs, JRA trends, and AR forecasts
  • Apply best practices for visibility, risk management, and collaboration

Automating Financial Statements with Control and Efficiency

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Implement automation tools to improve accuracy and reduce manual errors
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements through automated controls
  • Optimize financial statement workflows to enhance efficiency and audit readiness

 


Uncover Insights & Anomalies with Journals Risk Analyser

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Join this session to:

  • Discover advanced strategies to monitor compliance
  • Identify areas for journal entry process improvement
  • Learn how to decrease risk and increase audit efficiency

Working Capital Dynamics: CFO Perspectives & Predictions

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Use credit risk data to strengthen collections and reduce write-offs
  • Improve cash flow visibility with real-time analytics
  • Align finance strategies with today’s economic realities

The Home Depot: Building a BlackLine COE and Training Strategy

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Build role-based training programs using BlackLine University
  • Promote training compliance to strengthen platform adoption
  • Structure a Center of Excellence to support scale and continuous innovation

BDO and BSWH Provide a Prescription for Cash Chaos

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

“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.    

Learning Objectives:  

  • Understand BlackLine’s Transaction Matching capabilities in complex, multi-system, cross-departmental processes.
  • Identify key components and target KPIs to measure progress.
  • Formulate a vision and roadmap to drive meaningful impact within your organization. 

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful BlackLine Users

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify key factors that drive long-term BlackLine success, like executive sponsorship and team buy-in
  • Learn how to leverage resources like education, partners, and customer success
  • Discover ways to establish governance models such as Centers of Excellence to sustain value

Jumpstart Your Move to S/4 with SAP & BlackLine

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify how to achieve incremental value and deliver quick wins
  • Learn how to optimize ROI and build transformation momentum
  • Improve balance sheet readiness and migrate with control

Keeping Pace with High Frequency Reconciliations

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Leverage high-frequency matching for key transaction accounts
  • Improve control and visibility with more timely reconciliations
  • Increase efficiency by reducing manual work throughout the period

From Raw to Refined: Mastering Data Enhancements

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Build calculated fields to enrich data sources
  • Apply transformations and logic to customize data behavior
  • Use regular expressions to streamline complex data patterns

 


Integrating AI into F&A: Strategy, Execution & Best Practices

Tuesday, September 9, 4:15 PM-4:35 PM PT

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.


Theater Session: Invoice-to-Cash Demo

Tuesday, September 9, 4:40 PM-5:00 PM PT


BlackLine Bash at Brooklyn Bowl

Wednesday, September 10, 6:30 PM-10:00 PM PT


Breakfast

Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 AM-9:00 AM PT

Bristlecone Ballroom


Powering Real-World Success: How Leaders Transform and Win

Wednesday, September 10, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM PT

Pinyon Ballroom

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.


Innovation Hub Open

Wednesday, September 10, 11:00 AM-5:00 PM PT

Ironwood Ballroom


Break

Wednesday, September 10, 11:00 AM-11:25 AM PT


Practical Steps to Automating ASC 842 with CoStar & BlackLine

Wednesday, September 10, 11:00 AM-11:15 AM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to eliminate redundant tasks by seamlessly linking real estate administration with financial accounting
  • Identify how to remove bottlenecks with Access Fair Market Value (FMV) data for real estate on demand
  • Discover how to replace error-prone spreadsheets with automated lease remeasurements

Intelligent Cash Flow: BlackLine's AI-Powered I2C Roadmap

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand BlackLine's strategic roadmap for Invoice-to-Cash.
  • Identify innovative features and capabilities, including new AI agents and enhanced automation.
  • Learn how to leverage predictive insights for intelligent cash management.

Work Smarter with Workday + BlackLine

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the synergies between Workday and BlackLine.
  • Discover how this combined solution drives efficiency and control across the financial landscape. 
  • Hear a compelling customer story from AIR Communities, who leverages this integration to automate and accelerate their financial close process.

 


Boosting Bandwidth: Mediacom's Process Optimization Journey

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Gain insights on identifying process opportunities and executing optimizations
  • Identify practical takeaways for automation that can be applied to countless optimizations
  • Discover how quick wins can motivate your team to get creative and pursue more optimization projects

Intercompany Imperative: From Process Improvement to Strategic Advantage

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand key market drivers and challenges in intercompany
  • Articulate the value of purpose-built solutions for process governance
  • Connect intercompany optimization to strategic business outcomes

 


[Repeated] Best Practices for Integrating and Unifying Data

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover BlackLine’s newest integration innovations
  • Learn best practices for leveraging APIs and pre-built Connectors
  • Gain insight into core integration technologies that power modern finance

Process Optimization: Mastering Accrual Processes

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Create data sources and compare invoices to specific expense periods
  • Generate accrual journals and supporting items for reconciliation
  • Use reporting to monitor and manage variances between estimates and actuals

Journal Entry Management from Start to Finish

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Set up and manage journal entries using self-service features
  • Streamline journal batching to increase efficiency
  • Leverage Journals Risk Analyser for improved risk management and accuracy

Change is a Journey: Don’t Stop Believing (ft. Clearsulting)

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover how Equity Residential set themselves up for success—Faithfully locking in executive sponsorship and engagement across  multi-phase transformation efforts
  • Learn how to reignite purpose and reinforce the “why,” keeping your teams aligned when the Lights go down and challenges rise
  • Explore practical approaches Clearsulting uses to help clients drive real impact—and sustain it for the Someday Soon, not just the now

SAP & BlackLine Customer Panel

Wednesday, September 10, 11:25 AM-12:15 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how customers leverage BlackLine to complement their SAP investment
  • Gain insight into benefits achieved and lessons learned
  • Hear what's next on their transformation journey

Lunch

Wednesday, September 10, 12:15 PM-1:45 PM PT

Bristlecone Ballroom


5 Game-Changing R2R Features Hiding in Plain Sight

Wednesday, September 10, 12:45 PM-1:05 PM PT


Defining the New Gold Standard: R2R with SAP and BlackLine

Wednesday, September 10, 1:15 PM-1:35 PM PT

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.


Oracle & BlackLine Customer Panel

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Hear how accounting-led transformation enables achievable change
  • Discover strategies around enhancing data accuracy and streamlining complex use cases
  • Learn how Oracle customer leverage BlackLine's unmatched customer success resources

Credit Where It’s Due: PenFed’s Automation Success

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand synergies between Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, and Journal Entry
  • Discover how embracing finance transformation can lead to stronger relationships with business partners, better and faster insights, and stronger reporting
  • Apply learnings to your own processes to take the next step on your optimization journey

[Repeated] Simplifying R2R for Multi-Entity Organizations

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to create scalable, end-to-end record-to-report processes
  • Understand best practices for improving accuracy, efficiency, and intelligence throughout record-to-report activities
  • Gain valuable insights from real-world use cases

Advanced Journal Entry Techniques

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover advanced Journal Entry use cases
  • Understand best practices to accelerate journal entry automation
  • Gain insights from real-world case studies shared by industry experts

Intercompany Journeys: Customer Challenges, Wins & Insights

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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."

Join this session to:

  • Recognize key intercompany issues your colleagues are experiencing
  • Understand how they resolved their most critical challenges
  • Gain insights to assist your organization in addressing intercompany

Process Optimization: Strengthening Your Calculation Processes

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the risks and inefficiencies of spreadsheet-based calculations
  • Explore approaches to optimize complex accounting logic.
  • Learn how to reduce errors and free up time for analysis and strategy

Studio360: Drive Immediate Impact with Orchestrate and Beyond

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Visualize end-to-end processes and identify opportunities for improvement
  • Use Orchestrate to automate workflows and enhance operational control
  • Leverage reporting dashboards to monitor performance and gain critical insights.

[Repeated] Unlock Optimization Opportunities with Transaction Matching

Wednesday, September 10, 1:45 PM-2:35 PM PT

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.

Join this session to:

  • Learn advanced use cases for Transaction Matching with big data integration
  • Understand best practices to reduce errors and increase capacity
  • Discover optimization opportunities unlocked by Transaction Matching and large-scale data analysis

Mastering BlackLine: Tips and Tricks for Success

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover best practices to streamline processes across multiple BlackLine modules
  • Learn time-saving features and hidden functionalities
  • Gain insights to drive better data accuracy and compliance

How BlackLine Uses BlackLine

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand BlackLine's internal adoption journey
  • Identify key strategies for scaling financial processes
  • Discover best practices for internal audit and compliance

F&A and Finance Systems: Partners in Digital Success

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Build alignment between IT and Finance to support accounting transformation
  • Translate technical and accounting requirements to gain cross-functional agreement
  • Advocate for Finance-led projects by demonstrating business value

Customer Panel: Why BlackLine I2C is a 'No-Brainer'

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn best practices from customers who have successfully optimized their Invoice-to-Cash processes using BlackLine
  • Understand how automation and collaboration can improve cash flow and reduce errors
  • Gain practical strategies to overcome common I2C challenges and drive efficiency in your organization

Drive Meaningful Financial Statement Analysis with BlackLine

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover how BlackLine’s reporting and analysis capabilities uncover meaningful trends from financial data
  • Understand how to access entity and consolidated insights for faster decisions
  • Learn to communicate financial narratives clearly to stakeholders and leadership

Transforming the Close with BlackLine’s Proven Solutions

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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. 

Join us to:

  • Explore how Capgemini and BlackLine co-deliver scalable RTR transformations that drive results.
  • Learn how to bring people and processes together to enhance financial close. 
  • Discover practical strategies for delivering transformations across your organization.

Ocean Bank’s Path to 70% Auto-Certification

Wednesday, September 10, 2:45 PM-3:20 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how rules-based automation can drive high levels of auto-certification
  • Learn how to centralize reconciliation activities to improve visibility, compliance, and auditor access
  • Explore how real-time dashboards can enhance reporting accuracy and executive insight

Navigating Compliance in Intercompany & Invoice-to-Cash

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how to streamline eInvoicing and meet evolving compliance standards
  • Learn how automation reduces risk across Intercompany and I2C processes
  • Discover how modern finance teams turn compliance into a strategic advantage

Invest in Yourself: Navigating Professional Development

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Create a development plan aligned to your career goals
  • Leverage mentorship and networking to grow your influence
  • Use industry resources and associations to stay informed and connected

Consolidation Done Right: Streamlining Multi-Entity Reporting

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Simplify multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation processes
  • Reduce manual tasks and errors through automation
  • Improve accuracy and compliance across diverse reporting frameworks

Cost Optimization Through Outsourced Accounting - BlackLine & BalanceHub

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify Outsourced Accounting best practices from industry leaders
  • Explore solutions that enable scalability and growth
  • Discover opportunities to maximize productivity

Change Management: Driving Transformation with Confidence

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn key strategies for leading successful change in finance and accounting
  • Understand how to build cross-functional alignment and stakeholder buy-in
  • Explore practical ways to support adoption and minimize resistance

BlackLine’s Connector for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore BlackLine’s Oracle Fusion Connector
  • Understand scope and release plan of Oracle Fusion Connector
  • Learn integration best practices

Gaining Efficiencies and Savings in Your SOX Audit

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore SOX best practices using BlackLine
  • Understand the value of combining Compliance, Account Reconciliations, and Task Management for audit purposes
  • Discover the efficiencies, cost savings, and reduced audit hours of a streamlined SOX process

Driving Outcomes with Agentic AI

Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 PM-4:05 PM PT

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.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the defining characteristics of agentic AI.
  • Explore how BlackLine is applying agentic AI across financial workflows.
  • Learn how to evaluate readiness for adopting agentic AI systems.

Theater Session: Journal Automation

Wednesday, September 10, 4:15 PM-4:35 PM PT