Many traditional financial processes and workflows must evolve to function effectively in today’s environment. Each quarter, public firms announce their financial results, which provide investors with information on how the company is doing. However, the importance of these reports on a company’s internal level is often overlooked.
Finance and accounting teams are increasingly relying on technology to improve efficiency and streamline procedures so that they can provide more value to their operations, and hence, management can gain an accurate picture of the business at any time to make better decisions.
BlackLine, an enterprise software company founded in 2001, develops cloud-based services designed to automate and control the entire financial close process.
According to Terry Smagh, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific at BlackLine, the company is committed to digitally transform the finance function to keep up with changes in the digital economy.
Furthermore, Terry talks about:
- BlackLine’s history over the last 2 decades.
- The key customers and industries that have adopted the products and solutions in Asia.
- What the company is doing to champion digital transformation for the finance function.
- How has the pandemic changed the way companies look at their finance and accounting functions.
- Some examples of financial data that business leaders should pay attention to and the importance of accurate financial data when it comes to measuring the success of sustainability-driven transformation initiatives.
- How finance and accounting teams deliver value to the company’s sustainability initiatives.
- The future for finance professionals in a landscape reshaped by emerging technologies.
Guest: Terry Smagh, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific, BlackLine
Host: Brian Fernandez
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