Newly added Microsoft Teams integration and
enhanced Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector deliver increased
automation, control, and visibility
LOS
ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital
finance transformation leader BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) has
added Microsoft Teams integration and introduced new capabilities
to its Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Connector, delivering new,
innovative functionality that helps customers streamline and
optimize key finance and accounting processes and close the books
even faster. These new capabilities enable greater efficiency and
productivity for global businesses of all sizes.
"As the pioneer and market leader of financial close software,
BlackLine has transformed the finance and accounting processes of
the world's largest companies," Mike
Polaha, SVP of finance solutions and technology at
BlackLine, said. "We are applying that same transformative power by
providing capabilities that are quick-to-deploy, easy-to-use, and
offer unparalleled business value, especially to the many
businesses that rely on Microsoft for their financial
operations."
As a longstanding Microsoft partner, BlackLine offers joint
customers seamless compatibility with multiple Microsoft ERPs
including D365 and Great Plains. Newly added Microsoft Teams
collaboration and messaging services will now also provide
real-time notifications for time-sensitive actions, while new
enhancements to BlackLine's pre-configured Microsoft D365 Finance
& Operations Connector for Financial Close & Consolidation
Solutions will enable customers to access more data quicker and
automate more of their close workflows.
"BlackLine's latest enhancements for the Microsoft Dynamics 365
Connector empower users to bring additional data into BlackLine,
enabling greater process optimization and productivity," said
Rob Kugel, SVP and research director
of business research at Ventana Research. "Integrating with
Microsoft Teams solidifies BlackLine's vision of a collaborative
accounting hub to drive greater efficiency in their customers'
financial operations."
Highlights of BlackLine's new Microsoft Teams integration:
- Real-time administrative, system, and business workflow-related
alerts directly in Microsoft Teams chat
- Actionable and real-time notifications that empower users to
make better-informed and more timely decisions that enhance
productivity, minimize errors, and speed up the financial
close
- Optimization for greater efficiency and transparency of a
user's task execution
- Highlights of new functionality via BlackLine's Microsoft D365
Connector:
- Enables organizations to automate even more of the data flow
from their D365 ERP
- Ability to pull more data types including currency rates and
multicurrency balances
- Improved data extraction performance and efficiency
Non-bank lender Resimac has been using BlackLine alongside
Microsoft D365 for four years. "Since BlackLine, we have seen
100% on-time completion rates for all month-end reconciliations.
With BlackLine Task Management, managers and employees know what
needs to be done and on what timeline. That increased visibility
drives accountability," said Santo
Ahmed, group financial controller at Resimac.
BlackLine's Microsoft D365 Connector is generally available now.
Integrated Microsoft Teams functionality is available now for early
adoption. BlackLine is showcasing its market-leading financial
close and consolidation, accounts receivable, and intercompany
accounting automation solutions this week at the Microsoft
Community Summit in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
For more information, please visit:
www.blackline.com/erp-integration/microsoft-dynamics-integration/
About BlackLine
Companies come to BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) because their
traditional manual accounting and finance processes are not
sustainable. BlackLine's market-leading cloud platform and customer
service help companies move to modern accounting by unifying their
data and processes, automating repetitive work, and driving
accountability through visibility. BlackLine provides
solutions to manage and automate financial close and consolidation,
accounts receivable, and intercompany accounting processes –
inspiring, powering, and guiding large enterprises and midsize
businesses on their digital finance transformation journeys.
More than 4,200 customers trust BlackLine to help them close
faster with complete and accurate results. The company is the
pioneer of the cloud financial close market and is recognized as
the leader by customers at leading end-user review sites including
G2 and TrustRadius. BlackLine is a global company with operations
in major business centers including Los
Angeles, New York, the San
Francisco Bay area, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney. For more information, visit
blackline.com.
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