Future Ready Finance: BlackLine Recognized with SAP Global Finance Partner Excellence Award
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⇨ BlackLine received the SAP Global Finance and Spend Management Award for Partner Excellence 2025, recognizing their collaboration with SAP to drive innovation and financial transformation for customers.
⇨ Together, BlackLine and SAP offer a fully integrated record-to-report solution that enhances efficiency, accuracy, and automation in financial processes, setting a gold standard in the industry.
Earlier this month BlackLine received an SAP® Global Finance and Spend Management Award for Partner Excellence 2025 for Partner Solution Success. The award recognizes organizations that in partnership with SAP, help customers innovate, gain rapid results, grow sustainably, and run more simply.
Trusted by the Office of the CFO, together BlackLine and SAP are “helping finance leaders drive strategic value,” said Owen Ryan, CEO of BlackLine. More than 1,200 of the world’s leading companies trust BlackLine alongside SAP to achieve future-ready finance. Driven by customers and their ability to achieve financial transformation, the two companies plan to continue infusing AI and intelligence across finance processes together.
“This award celebrates the incredible results our customers are achieving, and we look forward to continuing our innovation together, infusing trusted AI and intelligence across financial transformation.”
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Owen Ryan
CEO
BlackLine
Together SAP and BlackLine are setting the standard for financial close efficiency delivering the gold standard for record-to-report. BlackLine is an SAP platinum partner that provides robust record-to-report and intercompany governance capabilities that have undergone a premium qualification process exclusive to SAP solution extensions. Together, SAP and BlackLine provide a fully integrated and end-to-end record-to-report solution that maximizes accuracy, efficiency, automation, and intelligence. SAP’s Devesh Sharma, GVP for Ecosystem, SAP Finance and Spend Management recognized BlackLine and the work they are doing together with SAP on behalf of customers sharing:
“The SAP Partner Excellence Award in Finance and Spend Management is conferred upon partners who exemplify innovation, strategic execution, and an unwavering commitment to customer success in enhancing financial performance and optimizing spend management.”
Devesh Sharma
GVP for Ecosystem
SAP Finance and Spend Management
BlackLine solution extensions specifically complement SAP’s software. Seamless integration frees finance and accounting teams from manual tasks, empowering them to focus on delivering the strategic insights that drive the business forward. Anglo American experienced the value of the partnership first-hand.
“You have to make sure you have the best technology.” said. “That’s why we partnered with BlackLine. Not only are they the leader in space, but they also integrate seamlessly with SAP.”
Jose Prado
Global R2R BlackLine Design Lead
Anglo American
To learn more about SAP financial close solutions by BlackLine visit: blackline.com/sap.
What this Means for SAPinsiders
- BlackLine and SAP are setting the gold standard for record-to-report improving financial close efficiency.
- SAP Global Finance Partner Excellence Award validates BlackLine’s ability to help customers innovate, gain rapid results, grow sustainably, and run more simply.
