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Track
CPE/CPD Credit Value
November 7, 2022
Winning the War for Talent
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Join the BlackLine People Team to talk about ways to retain talent despite the
"Great Resignation."
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Personal Development

BlackLine Optimization Series: Rediscover the Value of Accounting
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Financial Close Management

Let’s talk Accounting! Join this session for a back-to-the-basics discussion on
leading practices and the value of the accounting function. Leave this session
motivated and empowered with a solid foundation that will help you succeed in
your critical accounting role.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Beyond the Basics: You Implemented BlackLine… What’s Next? - Presented by RSM
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Financial Close Management

You invested time and resources towards a BlackLine implementation—but are you
truly maximizing your BlackLine potential? In this session, learn ways to
evaluate your environment to unlock hidden ROI and increase system efficiency.
From creative ways to measure your current environment’s effectiveness to
defining roadmaps for future growth, join this session to make your BlackLine
experience best in class.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Innovation Hub
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Monday, November 7

Innovating for the Future with Smart Close
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Smart Close for SAP

BlackLine’s future roadmap includes exciting new solutions that will unify
end-to-end integration, orchestration, and automation of accounting activities.
Join this session to learn how future BlackLine innovations will complement
BlackLine Smart Close to enable full process transformation and automation
across a variety of use cases and system landscapes.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Information Technology

How Aetna is Driving Continuous Innovation with Its Center of Excellence Model
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Like many organizations, Aetna has experienced tremendous change, growth, and
disruption in its nearly 150-year existence. But a commitment to innovation and
continuous improvement has been a constant in the company’s culture. To best
serve the business, Aetna’s accounting and finance team established a Center of
Excellence focused on transforming processes and reducing manual work. Since
2018, the Aetna COE has brought standardization, efficiency, and leading
practices to the organization, and the BlackLine solutions are enabling their
success. In this session, you’ll hear how Aetna is delivering measurable
results, freeing up resources, and improving controls with BlackLine and its COE
model.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

5 Ways F&A Can Drive Business Resilience & Agility
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Companies are facing unprecedented disruption. From economic, social, and
environmental issues to rising labor costs and a persistent war for talent,
uncertainty persists and continues to create new challenges for finance and
accounting teams. To manage these challenges and others that may lie ahead,
Finance and Accounting must continue to optimize their processes and automate
repetitive work. In this session, we'll discuss why the office of the CFO is
poised to lead the navigation of disruption and review five ways BlackLine can
help deliver value.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Trends in Transformation: Insights Big & Small From Those Doing Big Things -
Presented by Vaco
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Vaco and MorganFranklin Consulting recently surveyed business leaders to see how
they’re driving growth and transformation in 2022 and beyond, and the results
are in! Come hear about the trends in transformation and borrow the brilliance
to apply those insights in your organization.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine & RPA: Perfect Together with Quest
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Transformation & Change Management

We are utilizing BlackLine Compliance, BlackLine Task Management, and RPA. The
automations / robots decrease effort during the close while providing Internal
Audit, External Audit, and SOX teams with demonstrated control and real-time
monitoring of the journal entry process and all other SOX controls of the
corporate controllers function. Auditors have a high degree of focus on our
journal entry preparation, review, signoff, and documentation to determine the
effectiveness of our SOX controls. Through the marriage of our BlackLine
enabling technology and our RPA solution, the finance and accounting teams now
have a one-touch process that efficiently and effectively aids our close
process, while providing direct and instantaneous access to the various audit
teams that have responsibility for the review of our journal entry process and
control environment.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Information Technology

How Self-Driving Work Can Finally Help You Achieve Finance Transformation -
Presented by Workiva
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Did you bite off more than you could chew with your organization’s finance
transformation? Finance transformation has been the backbone of many accounting
and finance teams’ strategies in recent years, yet some efforts have fallen
flat. With increasingly limited resources, the office of the CFO is turning to
self-driving work to help simplify, scale, and reignite transformation
initiatives. This session examines what hasn’t worked in finance transformation
and how self-driving work is transforming data and reporting processes.
Panelists will detail the pillars of self-driving work and outline the steps
teams can take to build efficient, agile, and scalable processes through
technology. After attending this session, you will be able to: 1. Discuss how
self-driving work simplifies day-to-day tasks and fundamental processes 2.
Identify repetitive, manual processes within your organization that can be
improved or automated 3. Determine how your accounting and finance departments
can enable self-driving work through technology
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

How a REIT Uses BlackLine Task Management to Close (While Having a Little Fun,
Too)
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Financial Close Management

As an active acquirer, owner, developer, and operator of premium industrial real
estate in key U.S. logistics markets with high growth potential, LXP Industrial
Trust understands that innovation and technology are essential to growth and
continued success. Join this session for insights into how LXP utilized
BlackLine Task Management to help transform and modernize its journey to modern
accounting. Hear how LXP created the BlackLine Intergalactic Highway for a fun
way to encourage staff interaction and facilitate an accounting transformation
from the traditional way of working to optimizing its accounting processes,
thereby creating capacity for Accounting to focus on what matters most.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Advancing Your Financial Close with Smart Close
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Smart Close for SAP

Modern finance and accounting organizations are moving to process
standardization and automation to make the best use of resources and be more
strategic. Embedded in SAP, BlackLine Smart Close is a purpose-built solution to
streamline and automate the close. In this session, a BlackLine solution expert
will share how to advance your financial close with BlackLine Smart Close for
SAP, provide use cases for enabling purpose-built automation, and share results
from a variety of organizations.
Date
Monday, November 7

2023 Predictions for Finance & Accounting
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Flying cars? Perhaps not yet. But there won't be a shortage of innovation in
2023, especially for Finance and Accounting. Industry specialists will take an
early look at top leadership priorites, transformation trends, and emerging
technologies for the coming year.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine Optimization Series: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Financial Close Management

If you’ve ever said, “There’s probably a better way to do this,” then this
session is for you! Come explore the Art of the Possible around nine
foundational accounting processes, and leave this session inspired and ready to
begin organizing your journey to accounting process optimization.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

A Close Optimization Journey Accelerated with BlackLine and Hikma - Presented by
RGP
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Financial Close Management

Healthcare has been on the front line and is in the perpetual spotlight. Please
join Hikma Pharmaceutical and RGP as we share our collaborative close
optimization journey from planning to ongoing success. In this session we’ll
provide a deep dive into how communication, experience, and enhanced training
help ensure adoption and benefits realization.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

It's Time for Change: A Well-Worn Path for Driving Adoption
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Transformation & Change Management

You have started your transformation journey, but now you are not sure what to
do next. This panel will bring together industry experts to talk about their
successful change management stories.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Panel: Accounting & IT – Partners in Success
2:10 PM-3:00 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Join this panel of customers and experts to learn strategies on maximizing the
partnership between Accounting & IT to meet the demands on F&A with the help of
technology.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Personal Development

Hot Topics Series: Managing an ERP Transformation
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
F&A Hot Topics

ERP transformations are business transformations. Companies are prioritizing
these initiatives to reduce complexity, increase flexibility, and take advantage
of powerful next-gen capabilities. Yet, many ERP transformations are seen as IT
projects, and they’re planned from a technical perspective. Finance and
accounting expertise is not only needed to prevent ERP transformation failures,
but F&A leaders are poised to help drive project plans and outcomes. In this
session we'll explore benefits and challenges of ERP transformation initiatives
and how BlackLine can help ensure success.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Koch Enterprises Operating Model & Product Team Transformation
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Join Koch Enterprises as they share their journey—where they have been, where
they are at, and where they are going. They'll talk about the benefits and value
of a centralized model for both their Operations and Product Team. You'll also
learn how Koch's vision and strategy of BlackLine and the centralized models are
helping them gain efficiencies and providing long-term value for Koch.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Break
2:50 PM-3:20 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Monday, November 7

Why Controllers Need to Automate Accounts Receivables Now
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Accounts Receivable Automation

Join a panel of industry experts with a combined 75 years of experience working
in credit and cash management and accounts receivable technologies as they share
their perspectives on what controllers need to know to automate and optimize AR.
Driving improvements in working capital and provisioning, and automating AR is
increasingly critical in today’s economic climate and needs to be at the top of
controllers’ priorities. This session will additionally share advice and best
practices for how to start your journey and quickly realize the value of AR
automation.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Modernizing Accounting: How Leading Medium-Sized Companies Plan Their
Transformation Roadmap
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Discovering BlackLine Solutions

With infinite transformation possibilities to unify, streamline, and automate
financial processes, but limited bandwidth and capacity available in
fast-growing organizations, you may be wondering where to get started.Hear from
BlackLine transformation experts who have leveraged experience advising more
than 4,000 organizations to assess and prioritize top areas for transformation
that enable you to focus on growth. Learning Objectives: 1. Learn critical
process areas that are ripe for transformation in medium-sized organizations 2.
Understand the benefits of prioritizing change in phases to address high-impact
areas 3. Learn how to prioritize a quick-win transformation journey
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Hot Topics Series: Environmental, Social & Governance
3:20 PM-3:50 PM
F&A Hot Topics

While there may be cross-functional efforts as it relates to Environmental,
Social, and Governance (ESG), 68% of executives surveyed by Accenture believe
the ultimate ownership lies within Finance. And with the expectation of
incremental disclosure requirements coming from the SEC, prioritizing ESG is
imperative. In this session we'll explore the topic of ESG, the cost of not
addressing it, and how BlackLine can help.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine Optimization Series: Cold Case
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Financial Close Management

Do you sometimes feel like a detective when doing your accounting work? Join
this session as we explore use cases on leading practices for suspense and
clearing accounting processes.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Kimberly-Clark Achieves Transformation Through BlackLine Strategic Partnership
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Kimberly-Clark’s finance and accounting team has been on a multi-year
transformation journey focused on saving time and simplifying processes using
best-in-class technology. The company began its partnership with BlackLine in
2010 and initially focused on addressing account reconciliations. Since that
time, the company has continued to embrace the power of BlackLine’s integrated
solutions, including Variance Analysis, Journals, Matching, Smart Close, and
Intercompany Hub to address end-to-end processes. Hear Kimberly-Clark leadership
reflect on their journey including their approach, lessons learned, and next
steps.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

AAA Northeast - Digital Transformation Success Story - Presented by Armanino
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Join Armanino and a customer for an interactive discussion on the insights of
implementing BlackLine. Topics will include: what was successful on the project,
the challenges that were faced, key results or improvements, and more.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Former Customers Turned BlackLine Employees: A Panel Session
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Have you ever heard a BlackLine employee say, "When I was a customer…"? I'm sure
you have. Join this panel of former customers turned employees as they discuss
why they made the move and what inspiried them to become employees.
Date
Monday, November 7

Culligan Gains Liquidity Insight with BlackLine Integration - Presented by
Kyriba
3:20 PM-4:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Culligan Water is known for better, cleaner water systems. But, their Treasury
was clouded with inefficient systems and siloed cash, making visibility into
global cash and liquidity murky, and financial close cycles non-potable. Using
Kyriba and BlackLine with the guidance of RSM, Culligan transformed bank
reporting into a single, enterprise-wide, centralized system of cash
intelligence and automated reconciliations. Today, Culligan uses Kyriba's BCaaS
to create a single conduit across over 20 partner banks globally and accelerates
their auto-reconciliation process. In this session, we will share how Culligan
used leading  BlackLine integration for a successful finance transformation,
resulting in significant improvements for Culligan’s financial reporting and
Enterprise Liquidity reporting processes. RSM will also share how Culligan
achieved over a 99% match rate across high-volume accounts. Join Kyriba's Bob
Stark, RSM's Logan Wacker, and Culligan's Rakesh Verma as they highlight key
transformative drivers from this highly successful project.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Leidos’ Cutting-Edge Accounting Transformation
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Financial Close Management

As a leading company that makes the world safer, healthier, and more efficient
through technology, engineering, and science, Leidos understands the importance
of innovation and the need to solve the most demanding challenges. Join this
session to learn how Leidos adopted BlackLine’s automation tools to modernize
accounting processes. Hear how Leidos is replacing manual Excel spreadsheets
with custom-built automated journal entries and other month-end tasks to
streamline the close.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

From the Jurassic Age to the Period of Progress with Nissan North America
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Financial Close Management

At Nissan, it is in our DNA to always think about creating new value with
unprecedented technologies that go beyond mobility to transform the way we drive
and live. We have created that same value internally with BlackLine. 10 years
after the destruction of age-old manual processes, Nissan now lives in harmony
with BlackLine and has found an optimal balance that has reshaped our modern
accounting journey, indefinitely. We found users and BlackLine can co-exist in
our world where optimization is free will. Join this session to learn how Nissan
moved from “stagnant to stimulated”. Revisiting current processes and BlackLine
applications, Nissan users found spreadsheets are not the only passage of escape
for their journey into the future.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine for your Outsourced Accounting Practice – Presented by RSM
4:20 PM-5:10 PM
Discovering BlackLine Solutions

Does your accounting firm have an outsourced accounting / CAS practice?
Outsourced accounting / CAS practices across the country are rapidly adopting
BlackLine as a foundational piece to their technology stacks. Learn firsthand
from one of your industry peers about their finance transformation journey with
BlackLine. RSM, one of the country's leading accounting firms, will discuss what
life was like before and after BlackLine, how BlackLine has changed their
outsourced accounting practice, lessons learned, best practices, and what is
coming next on their journey. As a result, RSM is reaping the following
benefits:- Full transparency and visibility into the financial close-
Standardized processes and a controlled, uniform, and scalable approach to
servicing outsourced accounting clients- Servicing more clients without
increasing headcount and providing higher value-added business advisory services
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine Optimization Series: Re‘Class’ is in Session
4:20 PM-5:10 PM
Financial Close Management

This session will explore amortization optimization process solutions in real
time in BlackLine, including those dreaded allocations and short- and long-term
reclasses.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Everything You Need to Know About BlackLine & Google Cloud
4:20 PM-4:50 PM
Financial Close Management

BlackLine product and technology leadership will answer your pressing questions
about cloud migration, highlight the key benefits, and share details of our
observability journey and our new trust site.
Date
Monday, November 7

Light & Wonder: Driving Operational Efficiencies - Presented by Incorta
4:20 PM-5:10 PM
Financial Close Management

Light & Wonder leadership were seeking a way to drive efficiencies across the
company for managing their multiple and disparate data sources. They needed to
get their many subsystems represented in BlackLine while providing a single
place for analytics and reporting with accuracy down to the transaction level
details. Join this session to learn how Light & Wonder used Incorta to ingest
detailed data from multiple source systems and automate the integration into
BlackLine;  providing their Finance team a single source of truth - down to the
subledger details and creating a repeatable, best practice solution for bringing
data efficiently into Blackline while eliminating manual, time consuming
processes.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Do You Have Challenges? We Have Solutions! - A Gold Sponsor Panel
4:20 PM-5:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Is your accounting and finance department facing challenges in this
ever-changing business environment? Don’t worry, you are not alone and all is
not lost. There are solutions, and they may be more achievable than you think.
Join thought leaders from Clearsulting, Genpact, RSM, and UHY as they discuss
common challenges facing their clients. More importantly, they will bring you
solutions that have helped their clients overcome the same challenges you are
experiencing.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Adapt, scale and transform your organisation with Blackline - Presented by
Continuate
4:20 PM-5:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Finance organisations are facing continued pressures to change as their
organisations change. Continuate have experience of implementing and growing
Blackline in line with common business challenges. In this session we will show
how a partner and Blackline can support businesses' rapid growth, integration of
new acquisitions, changing operating models and changing ERPs and more.
Date
Monday, November 7
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

SFTP, APIs & Connectors, Oh My! Demystifying Integration Options
4:40 PM-5:10 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Don't know the difference between the different ways to connect your core
financial systems? Don't worry, BlackLine's got your covered! Hear from
BlackLine’s integration experts on the different ways to connect BlackLine
directly with your source systems, like ERPs, to streamline and automate manual
steps, increasing efficiency and accuracy across your process. With terms in a
finance friendly format, you’ll easily walk away an expert with a plan! Learning
Objectives: 1. Understand the different ways BlackLine customers are connecting
to their ERPs 2. Understand benefits and drawbacks when choosing a connection
method 3. Understand the basics to equip yourself for better conversations with
your IT teams
Date
Monday, November 7

November 8, 2022
Breakfast
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

Innovation Hub
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

Go Beyond: From Caretaker to Value Center
8:45 AM-11:30 AM
Keynote Sessions

The Accounting department has been seen as a caretaker, a custodian of the
books, or worse, a “cost center” for far too long. Antiquated as that
perspective may be, the last couple of years have decidedly changed the mind of
organizations around the world. Accounting teams are the stewards and arbiters
of every business’ financial data and integrity. Without you, no financial plan
can be applied confidently. Yet the world keeps spinning, and you are being
pushed to go beyond and use your data, knowledge, and expertise to further
support your companies’ challenges and strategic initiatives. BlackLine’s here
to serve. In this opening keynote, BlackLine customers, leaders, and experts
will inspire everyone to “go beyond.” Go beyond the basics, think beyond the
numbers, and transform accounting beyond everyone’s expectations. You’ll hear
how rethinking intercompany accounting is a strategic imperative, how we’ve made
it easier to quickly optimize working capital, how to provide accurate financial
reporting analysis faster, and how to go beyond caretaking to strategic value
creation. Welcome to BeyondTheBlack.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
3
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Lunch
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

Batten Down the Hatches: 3 Strategies-Preserve Cash and Profitability During
Economic Turmoil
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Accounts Receivable Automation

Before joining BlackLine, Brian Morgan managed the credit operations for the $5
billion environmental solutions provider, Veolia. In the 2007-2008 recession,
overnight late payments drove bad debt, provisions and reductions in working
capital to push Veolia to rethink how to best manage their cash. Join Brian as
he walks you through the actions taken resulting in a set of core cash
preservation strategies that are as applicable today as they were more than a
decade ago. Joining Brian is Ernie Humphreys, author of the recent global survey
entitled, “The State of Accounts Receivable: Trends, Headwinds & Opportunities.”
Ernie, a former Treasury professional, will share the survey results and speak
to concerns raised and how financial leaders are seeking to address them.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine U Workshop: How Well Do You Know Your Reconciliations?
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Interested in increasing your Account Reconciliations adoption and optimization
rates? Ensure you know the characteristics of quality account reconciliations,
the importance of supporting items, and much more to get the most out of
BlackLine.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Accounting

BlackLine U Workshop: BlackLine Education Services - Your Trusted Training
Advisor
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

You’ve invested in BlackLine, but how are you protecting that investment? What
do you have to gain from a well-educated BlackLine user team? If you want to
give your BlackLine project momentum, effective end-user training is in the
critical path of achieving your desired finance transformation outcomes. In this
session, you will walk away with actionable steps to strengthen your
organization’s end-user training strategy through learning preference style
analysis and becoming familiar with BlackLine’s suite of training options.
Date
Tuesday, November 8

BlackLine U Workshop: Streamline & Consolidate Your Reconciliations with Account
Groups
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Do you need more accuracy, visibility, and completeness in your accounting
process? Would it save you time to consolidate a list of accounts into one
reconciliation?  Learn how to work together with your administrator to create,
add and delte Account Groups.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Modernizing Account Reconciliations with BlackLine
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
Financial Close Management

Account reconciliation is a critical step and key control for Finance and
Accounting. In this session, we’ll discuss how BlackLine transforms the
substantiation process with out-of-the-box capabilities and leading practices
that ensure accuracy, enhance control, and maximize efficiency. Our product
expert will review key product features, upcoming enhancements, and more.

Intercompany Titans Panel: Time to Go Beyond Zero
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Intercompany Financial Management

Join this stellar group of intercompany titans with more than a century of
collective intercompany experience and leadership, including four of the top 10
Fortune 100 companies, as they discuss best practices to achieve intercompany
operations excellence.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Specialized Knowledge

Matchmaker Make Me a Match: Top 5 Transaction Matching Use Cases
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Matching Automation Use Cases

Transaction Matching automates detail-heavy matching to save time and free
accounting capacity to focus on other critical responsibilities. With an endless
number of use cases, you may be wondering where to begin. Join this session to
hear from BlackLine Transaction Matching experts as they discuss the top five
use cases customers are focusing on to increase efficiency, assure accuracy, and
free much-needed employee bandwidth. Learning Objectives: 1. Learn the top
transaction matching use cases 2. Understand the organizational benefits and
value of these use cases 3. Develop a plan to implement and activate Transaction
Matching in your organization
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Innovation Hub
12:30 PM-6:30 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

Ansys & Hyatt: BlackLine & Oracle Transform Accounting
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Oracle & BlackLine

Do you run Oracle and wish to hear about BlackLine in an Oracle environment? In
this session, we are bringing three of BlackLine's leading Oracle customers onto
one stage to tell their stories about how BlackLine complements and enhances
Oracle to automate end-to-end processes.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Driving Finance & Accounting Transformation with SAP S/4HANA & BlackLine
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
SAP & BlackLine

In the digital era, businesses that are able to harness their data faster and
more effectively will be the ones that succeed through disruption. Finance and
accounting organizations are expected to deliver valuable insights that help
drive financial and operational performance, reduce risk, manage costs, and
maintain financial integrity. Join this session to learn how financial
management software can enable agile, data-driven decision-making and hear about
SAP’s transformation, deploying mission critical systems, like SAP S/4HANA and
BlackLine.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine's ERP Automation Capabilities: NetSuite Connector Customer Story
1:10 PM-1:40 PM
Financial Close Management

Join this session to hear the story of a new BlackLine customer, following their
successful implementation of the BlackLine Connector for NetSuite. You will
learn about the customer's transformation initiatives, the BlackLine and
NetSuite Connector implementation, and how the connector's basic principles were
leveraged to automate BlackLine system administration and maintenance processes.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Cooking up F&A Transformation at Tyson Foods
1:10 PM-1:40 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Tyson is an industry-leading, protein-focused food company with a portfolio of
brands including Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm. As values and behaviors around
food have changed, Tyson recognizes that innovation across the business is
essential. Join this session for insights into how Tyson cooked up F&A
transformation with BlackLine in an SAP environment. Hear how Tyson addressed
traditional manual accounting processes, use cases, and benefits of a modern
accounting approach.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

One Size Does Not Fit All: Optimizing Cash Management & Collections Across 14
Countries
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
Accounts Receivable Automation

With credit departments in 14 countries and amidst rapid growth, Creditsafe
found themselves spending far too much time on reporting and being overly
reliant on Excel, so much so that they had become self-described "Excel
Junkies." In an effort to enhance visibility and control, the company sought to
reduce aged debts, lower provisions, and decrease DSO while keeping credit
control local. Join Jason Braidwood, Global Head of Credit & Collections, as he
shares Creditsafe’s journey and how his team was able to improve working capital
and reduce time to applied cash by 80%.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine U Workshop: Critical Success Points - Working with Reconciliation
Templates & Items
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Can you describe what a BlackLine Template does? Do you know how Template
Controls work within a Reconciliation Template? If you’re unsure, join us to
learn about Reconciliation Templates and Template Controls, how to integrate
essential information through importing, and other functions.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Accounting

BlackLine U Workshop: Journal Creation for End Users
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Discover key success factors to ensure journal entries are completed efficiently
and effectively. You’ll learn the fundamentals of journal processing in
BlackLine, including understanding what a Journal Template is and the importance
of supporting documents.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Accounting

BlackLine U Workshop: Start Here! BlackLine Administrator Fundamentals
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Understand your role as a System Administrator and your responsibilities in your
live BlackLine instance. Learn more about ongoing maintenance, year-end
administration, and how critical the role of a System Administrator is in
driving the success of BlackLine at your organization.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

How BlackLine Can Help Your Team: A Product Showcase
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
Discovering BlackLine Solutions

During this session, we will open up the BlackLine product and let you see what
it is all about. We will highlight some of BlackLine's key features and
fuctionality, allowing you to see how the platform can help your team.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Creating Value with Intercompany Financial Management - Presented by Genpact
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
Intercompany Financial Management

Intercompany financial management—the handling of transactions between different
legal entities of a corporation—is one the most complex, yet neglected, finance
processes. Every organization runs it differently, and it involves multiple
stakeholders scattered across functions and geographies. And while technology
solutions exist, none enable end-to-end integration.BlackLine Intercompany Hub
and FourQ have come together to fill this gap, offering a single platform to
manage all intercompany transactions. Now finance teams can look beyond mere
reconciliation to strengthen policy adherence, automate transaction processing,
cut tax leakages and penalties, improve liquidity, and drive data-led
decision-making.  Join Vivek’s keynote presentation to learn: 1. Our data-led
approach to unlocking value with intercompany financial management   2. The
synergies Intercompany Hub and FourQ bring to end users  3. The foundations
companies must build to leverage BlackLine’s suite
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

How Oracle Customers Are Going Beyond with BlackLine
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
Oracle & BlackLine

In the prior session, you heard from three BlackLine customers on how BlackLine
solutions complement and enhance Oracle. This will be your opportunity to ask
them all of your questions.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

F&A First: How SAP Customers Can Drive ‘No Regret’ Transformation
1:30 PM-2:20 PM
SAP & BlackLine

Many SAP customers are facing an increasingly complex operating environment, and
leaders are turning to Finance and Accounting to enable agile, data-driven
decision-making. F&A leaders have a unique opportunity to provide value by
driving ‘no regret’ transformation that builds on a foundation of reliable,
efficient actual results. Join this session to hear from experienced
transformation leaders on how to achieve quick wins, enable the move to SAP
S/4HANA, and provide long-term strategic value.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Panel: Are you keeping your CFO up at night?
1:40 PM-2:30 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Of course not! But this panel of customers will share how they successfully
aligned to the strategic priorities of their CFO. While different for every
company, surely this panel will provide some tips on doing the same at your
organization.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Personal Development

By Accountants, for Accountants: See Why BlackLine’s Interface Means Simple User
Adoption
1:50 PM-2:20 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Since our founding, BlackLine has meticulously designed our platform with our
users in mind. Our team of accounting subject matter experts focuses on building
technology that is intuitive and easy to use for the teams that rely on it. Join
this session and hear from product experts as they discuss the platform,
including critical features and product advancements that have enabled
accounting teams to save more time, reduce more cost, and realign capacity to
other critical work.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

How Dun & Bradstreet Uses BlackLine in a Shared Service Environment
1:50 PM-2:20 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Dun & Bradstreet is a leading global provider of business decisioning data and
analytics for almost 200 years. D&B’s global network of trust enables clients to
turn uncertainty into confidence, risk into opportunity, and potential into
prosperity. The D&B controller organization unleashed the same power of
transformation internally by enabling our global teams to share a common
platform to improve transparency, standardization, and automation. Join this
session to learn about D&B’s accounting journey and the strategies we deployed
to transition from life before BlackLine to our current best-in-class center of
excellence.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Break
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

Going Global With AR Automation
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
Accounts Receivable Automation

As a BPO operating globally, Cap Gemini sought to transform its order-to-cash
offering by significantly reducing the time it takes to apply cash to open
invoices for its multi-national clients. Working across 50 countries and
processing 7.2m payments for a large global logistics company, Cap turned to
BlackLine and has already achieved over 80% automation, while reducing the price
per transaction and redeploying more than 50 FTEs to more impactful activities.
And this is just the start. Join this session and learn firsthand how Capgemini
is transforming its BPO AR automation business, lessons learned and best
practices to consider for those interested in transforming their cash
application.

BlackLine U Workshop: Supervising & Managing the BlackLine Account
Reconciliation Process
2:50 PM-3:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Designed for Reviewers, Approvers and Managers, set the stage for quality
account reconciliations, generate best practices for your teams, and leverage
dashboards and reports to achieve the most relevant metrics possible.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine U Workshop: Rapid Time to Value: How to Self-Implement Cash
Application
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

The Rapid Time-to-Value approach relies solely on the Super User to configure
and test your own Cash Application sandbox instance at your own pace. Learn more
about all configuration areas and explore the process for moving into a
production instance.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Information Technology

BlackLine U Workshop: Your Role as a BlackLine Local Administrator
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Explore the responsibilities of BlackLine Local Administrators and learn how to
best support your organization. Discover the primary Local Administrator tasks,
including fulfilling daily requests, reassigning records, updating settings, and
more!
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Delivering More Clarity to Account Reconciliations with BlackLine Account
Analysis
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
Financial Close Management

Transaction-level examination is a critical component of account reconciliations
that assures the accuracy and integrity of account balances. However, this
analysis often happens only during close cycles. BlackLine Account Analysis is
an account reconciliation template that combines general ledger balances with
underlying transactions to dive deep and analyze accounts throughout the period,
automatically grouping and categorizing individual transactions to identify
potential exceptions or adjustments, monitor the health of accounts, and
proactively mitigate risk. Hear from BlackLine product experts as they discuss
the value Account Analysis brings to the financial close and the teams that
execute these processes. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how account analysis
is typically performed to substantiate account reconciliations 2. Hear best
practices from BlackLine product experts 3. Lean how to transform your analysis
from close-oriented to real-time
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

How Qlik Uses Reporting to Improve BlackLine Utilization
2:50 PM-3:20 PM
Financial Close Management

Global software company, Qlik, is using reporting to review data to improve
their BlackLine utilization and gain better insights into their data. By running
reports and analyzing their data, the Qlik team can see items that need to be
fixed in the system; this will be an ongoing process to keep the system updated.
Come join this session to see examples of the improvements the team at Qlik has
made that improved their BlackLine experience.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Bringing Intercompany Accounting Back Into Focus - Presented by Deloitte
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
Intercompany Financial Management

Intercompany continues to be one of the most difficult areas of Finance to
improve and automate. Many organizations have put Intercompany back into focus
as they drive improved regulatory compliance, data management, and operating
models. Join the Deloitte team and a joint client as we walk through key ways
organizations have been able to build a value case for improving intercompany
accounting, developed cross-functional processes with Tax and Treasury, and
utilized technology for intercompany automation. During the session you will: -
Understand regulatory requirements shaping today’s intercompany landscape -
Review key integration points between accounting, treasury, and tax for
intercompany - Define base level and advanced technology needs to intercompany
accounting automation
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Finance

Top Use Cases for BlackLine in an SAP Environment
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
SAP & BlackLine

SAP customers are modernizing their ERP environments and taking advantage of
technology like SAP Central Finance and SAP S/4HANA to enable more real-time
insights and to reduce complexity. At the same time, finance and accounting
teams continue to manage increasing amounts of non-ERP work in spreadsheets. F&A
leaders must free capacity to focus on more strategic work by minimizing manual
work. In this session, solution experts will highlight SAP’s strategic
relationship with BlackLine and discuss how SAP Financial Close Solutions by
BlackLine complement and extend other SAP software.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

A Smart Close Customer Story with Applied Materials
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
Smart Close for SAP

Through Smart Close, we now have daily progress monitoring of the close process
with R/Y/G lights for visual monitoring and task completion email notifications.
Smart Close also allows us to leverage a self-service tool for users to build
their own automations without technical support. This will lead to the
continuous development of more automations and process improvements. With
BlackLine Journals and Reconciliations we have seen a significant improvement in
accounting controls. Journal entries are approved while the general ledger is
open. Account Reconciliations leverages standard templates that facilitate
standardization across all groups and regions. Year-end audits are streamlined.
Our internal audit team leverages BlackLine data to scope their audits and
determine completeness. Journal entry and reconciliation data are all stored in
one repository for easy access at year end.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Information Technology

Customer Panel: Modern Accounting Award Winners
2:50 PM-3:40 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Featuring a collection of customers that won this year’s Modern Accounting
Awards who will share their transformational success stories and invite
questions from the audience.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Real-Time Insights with BlackLine Reporting & Dashboards
3:30 PM-4:00 PM
Financial Close Management

Visibility is key to driving change and accountability, and BlackLine reporting
and dashboards can enable critical insights. From creating and scheduling
reports to making the most of dashboards to our newest enhancements, BlackLine
solution experts will highlight how you can take advantage of modern
capabilities to work smarter.
Date
Tuesday, November 8

BlackLine AR Automation in Action: Everything a Controller Needs to Know
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
Accounts Receivable Automation

Despite being part of the same organization, most controllers and accountants
have not worked in Credit. As a result, they don’t necessarily know the best
strategies to reduce days sales outstanding or important tactics to accelerate
dispute resolution. Join accounts receivables experts as they walk you through
live BlackLine AR Automation. During this session, they will show and explain
the key capabilities that will help your organization maximize working capital
and make your credit and cash managers more efficient and effective.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Information Technology

BlackLine U Workshop: BlackLine U - Your Guided Learning Experience
3:50 PM-4:10 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

With the BlackLine U learning portal, you can be confident that you and your
team are receiving a consistent and effective “need-to-know” training experience
that flexes with your organization. In this session, you will learn how to get
the most out of BlackLine U, whether you are a learner or someone who is
managing your team’s BlackLine training strategy.
Date
Tuesday, November 8

BlackLine U Panel: Customer Training Journey Fireside Chat
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Are you confident your BlackLine ecosystem is consistently contributing key
requirements to achieve your desired outcomes? How do you ensure all users of
the sytem understand and accurately perform their activities in a coordinated
approach? Is this even possible? Come to this fireside chat to hear existing
BlackLine customers describe their current BlackLine ecosystem and learn what it
takes to activate the human element to elevate your existing infrastructure.
Date
Tuesday, November 8

BlackLine U Workshop: Maximizing the Potential of Transaction Matching
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Take Transaction Matching to the next level by understanding Universal Match
Sets and leveraging GL Mapping. Save time by creating fewer Match Sets and more
Pass Rules to handle transactions in one data source.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Accounting

An Intercompany Journey: The Improve & Engage Approach with Kimberly-Clark -
Presented by EY
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
Intercompany Financial Management

In this presentation, you will learn how EY helped their client avoid the
traditional complications of an intercompany transformation to reap benefits for
their finance function using EY tech consulting expertise, advanced BlackLine
technology, and the improve and engage approach.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Advancing Transaction Matching to Unlock Critical Capacity
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
Matching Automation Use Cases

Organizations that previously implemented Transaction Matching increased
efficiency and accuracy across their financial close while freeing critical
capacity for other business objectives. Leading organizations have automated up
to 99.9% of their transaction matching, maximizing productivity and realigning
indispensable resources. In this session, BlackLine Transaction Matching product
experts will discuss strategies and resources that you can adopt in your process
to automate more. Learn about the features and capabilities that make
BlackLine's Transaction Matching solution critical for organizational
transformation. Learning objectives: 1. Understand advanced Transaction Matching
features and capabilities that accelerate transformative value 2. Hear best
practices from BlackLine product experts 3. Learn how to implement continuous
improvement in your transaction matching
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Transformation Talk: An SAP Customer Panel
3:50 PM-4:40 PM
SAP & BlackLine

Transformation is top of mind for most finance and accounting leaders. So much
so that an EY survey found that 70% of CFOs felt they’d be at a disadvantage
without financial transformation. In this session, a panel of SAP customers at
various stages of their transformation journeys will discuss their
transformation goals and share their experiences, successes, and advice for
delivering impactful results with SAP’s Solution Extensions by BlackLine.
Date
Tuesday, November 8
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Sponsor Reception
4:40 PM-6:30 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Tuesday, November 8

November 9, 2022
Innovation Hub
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Wednesday, November 9

Breakfast
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Wednesday, November 9

Transformation Beyond Automation
8:45 AM-11:30 AM
Keynote Sessions

What is digital transformation? It’s an important, decades-long popular concept
and a bit of a catch all term that means different things to different people.
For Finance & Accounting, achieving transformation often yields piecemeal
approaches focused on automating discrete, labor-intensive processes. But it’s
so much more than that. It’s about technology, talent, and pushing beyond your
perceived limits and expectations. In this keynote, we’ll explore how
BlackLine’s latest innovations will enable customers to integrate, orchestrate,
and automate end-to-end accounting processes, fundamental shifting how
accounting work gets done and freeing accounting teams to deliver unprecedented
value by focusing their time on providing strategic insights. Later, BlackLine
CAO, Patrick Villanova will host a panel with BlackLine partners Deloitte, EY,
and SAP for a discussion about talent recruiting, retention, and management
guiding leaders to develop their team’s new skills for a new, data-driven
digital world. Finally, you’ll be dared to push yourself “beyond boundaries” as
our special guest keynote presenter Alex Honnold takes the stage. Made famous by
his remarkable ascension up El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without ropes,
harnesses or any protective equipment as documented in the documentary Free
Solo. Alex will inspire us to think beyond our perceived risks to achieve
unimaginable heights. Regardless of your role in the accounting department, the
way you think and work is about to change forever.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
3
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Lunch
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Wednesday, November 9

BlackLine U Workshop: Streamline & Consolidate Your Reconciliations with Account
Groups
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Do you need more accuracy, visibility, and completeness in your accounting
process? Would it save you time to consolidate a list of accounts into one
reconciliation?  Learn how the end user and the administrator work together to
create, add, and delete Account Groups.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

BlackLine U Workshop: BlackLine Education Services - Your Trusted Training
Advisor
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

You’ve invested in BlackLine, but how are you protecting that investment? What
do you have to gain from a well-educated BlackLine user team? If you want to
give your BlackLine project momentum, effective end-user training is in the
critical path of achieving your desired finance transformation outcomes. In this
session, you will walk away with actionable steps to strengthen your
organization’s end-user training strategy through learning preference style
analysis and becoming familiar with BlackLine’s suite of training options.
Date
Wednesday, November 9

BlackLine U Workshop: How Well Do You Know Your Reconciliations?
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
BlackLine U Workshops

Interested in increasing your Account Reconciliations adoption and optimization
rates? Ensure you know the characteristics of quality account reconciliations,
the importance of supporting items, and much more to get the most out of
BlackLine.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Accounting

Hot Topics Series: Recruiting & Retaining Top Talent
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Businesses everywhere are facing a war for talent. Rising labor costs and
shifting attitudes are contributing to unprecedented change in the labor market
and altering the way companies and their executives think about talent
management. At the same time, F&A teams are continuously juggling a growing list
of priorities that is placing unprecedented demand on the function. In this
session, we'll explore why recruiting and retaining top talent is critical, the
cost of not addressing it, and how BlackLine can help.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
0.5
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Women Leaders in F&A Panel: Beyond the Barriers / Beyond is Enough / What’s
Beyond Beyond?
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
F&A Hot Topics

Going beyond is not new to women. But it is no longer the same in today’s
evolving world. What takes women forward requires something different than what
brought women beyond yesterday’s barriers. Hear from our panel of leaders in
accounting, finance, and technology about their experiences going beyond and
what’s next for women leaders.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Personal Development

Athene Holding Ltd: How integrating BlackLine into the system architecture has
enabled automation
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Financial Close Management

Athene Holding Ltd has embarked on a multi-year finance transformation program
aimed at improving certain finance, accounting, actuarial, and reporting
processes and associated technology platforms. BlackLine is a key component of
the broader Finance Program enabling accountants to eliminate manual work
(adjustments, reconciliations, certifications), maintain integrity between the
general ledger and subledgers, mitigate risks, and enhance visibility and
control. In this session, Athene will discuss how it utilizes BlackLine to
assist in the transformation of its investment accounting processes.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Streamline Pre-Consolidation Processes with Financial Reporting Analytics
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Financial Close Management

Analyzing financial statement variances is a key control that helps ensure
completeness and accuracy before reporting. For most organizations, the process
is highly manual. Data is gathered and prepared in spreadsheets and e-mails and
manual communications are required to request and collect explanations from
local teams. It involves manual communication between corporate and
subsidiaries. BlackLine’s new Financial Reporting Analytics product provides a
centralized, secure, and automated solution with end-to-end transparency. In
this session, solution experts will provide a live demo and share how you can
save time and reduce risk by streamlining your process and analyzing results on
demand.
Date
Wednesday, November 9

BlackLine Intercompany Non-Trade Solution: Solution Walkthrough
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Intercompany Financial Management

Intercompany Financial Management (IFM) offers a new, more comprehensive
approach to streamlining and automating intercompany operations to enable
organizations to achieve accounting accuracy while maximizing efficiency,
intelligently managing tax control, improving profitability, and achieving cash
precision. Finance leadership are now taking notice. Join this session as
intercompany experts show firsthand the power of the BlackLine Intercompany
Non-Trade solution. You will learn how to define, handle, and automate a variety
of non-trade intercompany transactions across hundreds of jurisdictions.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Finance

Innovation Hub
12:30 PM-4:30 PM
Networking/Breaks

Date
Wednesday, November 9

The BlackLine Collaborative Accounting Experience: Guided, Connected, Committed
to Your Success
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Powerful technology is only part of the story. The BlackLine difference is our
Collaborative Accounting Experience that guides your transformation, connects
you to a community of knowledge, and is committed to your success at every stage
of your journey. Join this session to learn about the resources available to you
to help you maximize your value and optimize your time.
Date
Wednesday, November 9

Ryan Specialty: From Private to Public
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
Transformation & Change Management

Ryan Specialty is a service provider of industry-leading innovative specialty
insurance solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers. With 73% of
premiums placed in 2021 in the E&S market, the company was publicly listed on
the NYSE in July 2021. Ryan’s six-person team that started with BlackLine in
2017 has rapidly expanded to 87 active users across Controllership, IT Finance,
Premium Accounting, Treasury, Shared Services, FP&A, Internal Audit, External
Audit, and SOX and Internal Controls, utilizing seven different BlackLine
modules. Hanna Turov, Financial Reporting Manager, and Daniel Abell, Senior
Accountant – Implementations, who were users from the start, will share their
experiences around implementations to match rapid growth and integration
challenges. They'll also describe how their BlackLine requirements changed in
the transition to public listing.
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization

Policing Your Policy: Permission to Do Less Enables Doing More - Presented by
Clearsulting
12:30 PM-1:20 PM
Transformation & Change Management

To get the most ROI on your technology, it’s important to consider if your
BlackLine investment is acting as an enforcer rather than a bystander. Often,
the first step in configuring technology is focused on efficiency, but what
comes after? Have you defined behavior parameters in alignment with the level of
risk leadership is willing to take on? Are you striving for perfection at the
cost of speed? BlackLine can take risk out of finance operations and activate
your policy into sustainable change… but that means nothing if it’s not
technology enabled.  We’ll discuss how a robust policy can support scalable
growth and why perfection isn’t the mindset to strive for. We’ll also cover: -
How to align controls with the future vision you’re after - The importance of
revisiting SOX, journal entry, and other policies to align with BlackLine and
other technologies - How to gain confidence in what BlackLine provides and
remove redundancies - How under- and over-controlling can hinder your resources
Date
Wednesday, November 9
CPE/CPD Credit Value
1
CPE/CPD Field of Study
Business Management & Organization



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