CALABASAS, Calif., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial software
provider BlackLine Systems will continue its series of regional
'Client Roundtables' this week with the company's first Northeast
Client Roundtable, to be held tomorrow in New York City.
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Resources Global Professionals, which is a 'BlackLine-Certified
Implementation Partner' firm, will host the Roundtable at the
firm's offices in Times Square (mid-town Manhattan). The event will feature a case
study from locally headquartered BlackLine client Atlas Air, Inc.
(a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Nasdaq: AAWW), as
well as an industry overview on "Managing Financial Close Risk"
from distinguished Gartner analyst John
Hagerty.
Stacey Tedeschi, Managing
Director, Accounting & Finance, at Resources Global, will open
the day with a session on the impact of FASB and IASB convergence
projects.
Wendy Shapiro, Senior Director of
Corporate Accounting at Atlas Air, will present the client case
study in which she will discuss how implementing BlackLine has
streamlined the company's account reconciliation, financial close
and compliance reporting processes (and made her life easier in the
process).
BlackLine Solutions Consultant Michael Redard, CPA, will lead
multiple sessions throughout the day on best practices to optimize
the financial close process by using BlackLine.
Accounting, finance, audit and compliance department executives
from other regional BlackLine client companies are expected to
attend and share their experiences using BlackLine's account
reconciliation and financial close software suite.
The BlackLine Northeast Client Roundtable, one of a series of
regional Roundtables that BlackLine plans to conduct this year,
will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m., on Thursday, March 24,
2011. Attendees will be eligible for CPE (continuing
professional education) credits through Resources Global, an
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA)-certified training provider.
For more information, contact Howard
Goldstein at howard.goldstein@blackline.com.
About BlackLine
Founded in 2001, BlackLine Systems was the first to develop and
offer a commercially available Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation
solution. An experienced provider of software to companies from the
Fortune 100 to beyond the Fortune 1,000, BlackLine provides
quick-to-implement, scalable and easy-to-use applications that
automate the entire financial close process to help improve
financial controls for companies of all sizes. BlackLine software
applications complement existing Enterprise Performance Management
(EPM), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) systems.
BlackLine offers clients its enterprise-class software in a
simple and secure OnDemand/SaaS platform. With a proven track
record and a commitment to customer success, BlackLine seeks to
reduce the burden the financial close places on accounting and
finance professionals. For more information, please visit
www.blackline.com.
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