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Deloitte and BlackLine alliance

Helping clients accomplish financial close and intercompany automation for greater efficiency and risk mitigation

Deloitte helps clients govern and automate financial accounting processes and streamline intercompany transactions through BlackLine.

Our approach

Accounting professionals continue to face enormous pressure to shorten the financial close, accelerate reporting, and boost efficiency, all while ensuring accuracy. Deloitte’s approach leverages the power of BlackLine products to bring value in the following ways:

  • Account reconciliation
  • Transaction matching
  • Variance analysis
  • Intercompany
  • Task management
  • Journal entry Financial review option (FRO)
  • Smart close

Offerings

Deloitte is a full-service provider of BlackLine-related services, from initial process assessments and implementations to governance and controls.

Assessment
Identify opportunities to improve month-end close efficiency and automation, and benchmark against leading practices.

Redesign
Redesign processes, develop new ones, improve documentation, and enhance governance and controls.

BlackLine diagnostic
Review BlackLine usage for potential improvements, increased automation, and greater efficiency per leading practices.

Replace existing close tool
The Deloitte-BlackLine team has cross-industry experience replacing global close automation solutions with BlackLine, involving lift and shift, customization, and revamping.

Workshops

  • Deloitte Close Optimization Labs
  • BlackLine Accounting Innovation Workshop, BlackLine Optimization

Initial implementation
Complete initial implementation with Account Reconciliation/Task Management products. Additional products can be added if desired.

Expanded automation
Organizations can consider journals/matching, which the Deloitte team has implemented for many Fortune 500 organizations.

Expanded usage
We bring our entire team to implementations, including treasury, tax, and intercompany accounting specialists.

Integrated ecosystem

  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Other ERP platforms
  • Related financial systems and point solutions

Process review
Assess BlackLine governance and controls, including auto-certification, process risk ranking, system integration, and auditability.

New governance and controls setup
Establish new governance and controls for BlackLine and its new products, including risk assessment, controls testing, and more.

Data integration controls assessment
Review how data flows between BlackLine, the ERP(s), and other financial systems such as reporting tools, bank feeds, etc.

Change management services

  • Live or virtual training
  • Program guides/setup
  • On-call services

Why Deloitte and Blackline

Together with BlackLine, Deloitte can provide our clients with increased efficiency and enhanced accuracy in their financial processes.

History
More than 10 years working together.

Collaboration
Our close relationship ensures effective co-delivered outcomes.

150+ BlackLine implementations
Delivered globally.

Global network
Part of the well-positioned member firms for multinational implementation models.

300+ global professionals
Certified implementers of BlackLine.

Flexible staffing
Enabling blended team models.

Offshore capability
Providing more efficiency globally.

Informed methodology
To implement BlackLine alongside our advisory and accounting backgrounds.

Deloitte + SAP
Complete alignment of Deloitte-BlackLine and SAP teams.