• SAP Advanced Financial Closing
• Webinars

It’s Time to Fix the Close

How Achieving Peak Financial Close Performance Can Drive Strategic Value

• 

  Susan Galberaith

  Vice President & Research Analyst, SAPinsider

• 

  Pete Graham

  Director of Product Marketing Finance Solutions, SAP

Hear first-hand how SAP gained control of the financial close process and used it to deliver strategic value to the business. In this third and final webinar of our “It’s Time to Fix the Close” series,  join SAP and BlackLine as they communicate their positive experiences in achieving peak financial close performance.  They’ll share how they transformed the financial close process, established a continuous improvement loop, and built the right KPIs and metrics to drive performance. They’ll reinforce why continuous improvement is critical to the business and provide examples of strategic value that resulted from the journey.

Watch now to learn how to:

– Increase efficiency by reducing manual tasks on high volumes of transactions to cut processing time and free up resources.
– Enhance visibility after gaining real-time insight into open items, discrepancies, and status based on dashboards and reports.
– Reduce risk by enhancing controls with automated workflows and prepackaged segregation of duties.

Name Name In

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone

Company Name *

Job Title *

City

Country *United States of AmericaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBolivia (Plurinational State of)Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo (Democratic Republic of the)Cook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatini (Kingdom of)EthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran (Islamic Republic of)IraqIreland (Republic of)Isle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea (Democratic People's Republic of)Korea (Republic of)KosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesia (Federated States of)Moldova (Republic of)MonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth Macedonia (Republic of)Northern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine (State of)PanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Martin (French part)Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwan, Republic of ChinaTajikistanTanzania (United Republic of)ThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican City StateVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)VietnamVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Islands (U.S.)Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands

Opt In *

• I agree to register as an SAPinsider member and receive other communications from SAPinsider or our Partners.
  
  By enrolling in the SAPinsider Membership community you receive access to member only content that is provided courtesy of SAPinsider and our Partners. You will only be asked to enroll once but can change your profile at any time by going to your profile and clicking to edit your profile. If you would prefer to review content provided by SAPinsider and SAPinsider Partners and not be contacted by those Partners please do not check the box submitting your willingness to be contacted.
  
  You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time. For more information on how to unsubscribe, our privacy practices, and how we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, please review our Privacy Policy.
  
  By clicking submit, you consent to allow SAPinsider to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested.

Watch Now!

Webinar on Demand

 

---

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.

Explore related questions

Ask SAPi

what is this?

Hear first-hand how SAP gained control of the financial close process and used it to deliver strategic value to the business. In this third and final webinar of our “It’s Time to Fix the Close” series,  join SAP and BlackLine as they communicate their positive experiences in achieving peak financial close performance.  They’ll share how they transformed the financial close process, established a continuous improvement loop, and built the right KPIs and metrics to drive performance. They’ll reinforce why continuous improvement is critical to the business and provide examples of strategic value that resulted from the journey.

Watch now to learn how to:

• Increase efficiency by reducing manual tasks on high volumes of transactions to cut processing time and free up resources.
• Enhance visibility after gaining real-time insight into open items, discrepancies, and status based on dashboards and reports.
• Reduce risk by enhancing controls with automated workflows and prepackaged segregation of duties.

SAP Runs SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine with SAP S/4HANA

Hear the Chief Accounting Officer, SAP SE discuss how SAP Finance is improving end-to-end accounting processes with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine gaining greater efficiency, improved transparency, real-time reporting, and risk reduction.

SAP Finance Runs SAP Solution Extension by BlackLine with SAP S/4HANA

Listen to the SAP Finance and Accounting team discuss how SAP Finance is improving end-to-end accounting processes with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine gaining greater efficiency, improved transparency, real-time reporting, and risk reduction.

SAP Runs BlackLine

Listen to the Chief Accounting Officer, SAP SE how SAP Finance is improving end-to-end accounting processes with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine gaining greater efficiency, improved transparency, real-time reporting, and risk reduction.

SAP & BlackLine Record to Report Gold Standard

Learn how SAP financial close solutions by BlackLine are designed to be the gold standard giving financial leaders the visibility, structure, and speed needed to make teams more agile and ready to manage record-to-report challenges.

Sponsored by:

• 
  • SAP Advanced Financial Closing

  It’s Time to Fix the Close

  September 18, 2025

• 
  • SAP Advanced Financial Closing
  • Premium

  Accelerating the Financial Close Process: BlackLine Launches 5-Day Fast Track for Mid-Size Organizations 

  Reading time: 2 mins

• 
  • SAP Advanced Financial Closing

  Improving the Financial Close Process Through Automation and Visibility

  Reading time: 2 mins

• 
  • SAP Advanced Financial Closing

  It’s Time to Fix the Close

  November 12, 2025