It’s Time to Fix the Close
Financial Close Automation a Journey of Continuous Improvement
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET
SAP and BlackLine; Better Together. Learn how SAP and BlackLine deliver the Gold Standard for Record to Record to Report.
Tired of the chaos that comes with the financial close.
Gaining control of and visibility across the financial close process requires continuous improvement. Organizations on this journey require the right tools. In this second webinar of our “It’s Time to Fix the Close” series we’ll examine how applying structured automation can shift finance teams from simply “closing the books” to creating a system of continuous improvement. In this session we highlight how SAP and BlackLine automation and analytics enable transparency and structure throughout every stage of the financial close process.
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We’ll explore how to:
- Reduce latency by integrating operational systems and using SAP’s real-time data model.
- Enforce segregation of duties and approval workflows.
- Establish a close calendar with automated task sequencing in SAP Financial Closing solutions by BlackLine.
- Use SAP’s Advanced Financial Close orchestrate to monitor the financial close.
- Drive accountability with real-time status tracking and exception alerts.
- Create analytics and integrated reporting that identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
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