8 - 19 Sep 2025 Finance Innovation Webinar Series by BlackLine

Welcome to the Finance Innovation Series. Your go-to virtual event for the latest in finance transformation.

Join us to gain insights from peers, experts, and industry leaders who are driving real success in modern finance. Discover strategies to help you boost efficiency, enhance accuracy, and make smarter financial decisions.

Why attend?

20+ sessions from industry leaders, experts, and peers
Curate your own agenda and select the topics most relevant to you
Earn CPE/CPD credits

Empower your finance function with the tools and knowledge to thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Session Topic:
The Foundation of Future-Ready Finance: Process Re-engineering for Automation

As finance leaders navigate increasing complexity and growing pressure to deliver strategic value, the need for accurate, efficient, and intelligent financial operations has never been greater. Join experts from EY and BlackLine to explore the latest finance transformation trends among innovative organisations across Asia Pacific. This session will reveal why robust process re-engineering is the foundation for successful automation, facilitating a strong and future-ready financial environment.

Learning Objectives:

Discover why future-ready financial operations are now imperative
Learn how strategic process re-engineering enables successful automation for a strong financial system
Explore how leading companies enhance visibility, accelerate insights, and leverage technology for finance transformation

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Business Management & Organisation – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:
Ask Me Anything - Process Optimisation: Strengthening your calculation processes

Spreadsheets often drive key accounting processes like allocations and allowance for doubtful accounts, but they come with risk, inefficiency, and audit pain. This session explores how to modernise logic-heavy calculations by replacing fragile spreadsheets with scalable, controlled, and auditable workflows.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the risks and inefficiencies of spreadsheet-based calculations
Explore approaches to optimize complex accounting logic
Learn how to reduce errors and free up time for analysis and strategy

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Business Management & Organisation – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:

From Complexity to Clarity: ExxonMobil’s Global Finance Transformation with BlackLine

ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprises in the world, is on a strategic, multi-year transformation with multiple finance modernisation initiatives, including a move to SAP S/4HANA and a BlackLine implementation journey. Join this session with Clearsulting and ExxonMobil to hear how they've sequenced their journey, why BlackLine is an early and strategic element of the journey, and what steps ExxonMobil is taking to measure and enable success.

Learning Objectives:

Discover best practices around achieving successful transformation, including breaking down departmental barriers and better understanding data and technical landscapes
Gain insights around how a Centre of Excellence approach can support future-ready financial operations
Explore how to prioritise and sequence finance modernisation initiatives to maximise impact and align with long-term goals

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Business Management & Organisation – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:

A Unified Approach to Financial Close & Consolidation

Discover how BlackLine revolutionises traditional close and consolidation processes by streamlining and automating essential activities, from reconciliations to consolidation and management reviews. Learn how leading organisations leverage Financial Reporting Analytics to seamlessly integrate with upstream processes, enabling the swift generation of financial statements with comprehensive commentary and delivering clear, insightful analysis.

Join this session to:

Explore solutions that unify close and consolidation activities
Discover how achieving transparent analysis can enhance productivity
Gain insight into the challenges of traditional record-to-report processes

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Computer Software & Applications – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:

AI & Automation within the office of the CFO

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming accounting - streamlining processes, surfacing insights, and freeing teams to focus on strategic work. But with this power comes responsibility. In this session, we’ll explore how BlackLine’s AI-powered capabilities are delivering responsible innovation and measurable value across financial operations.

Learning Objectives:

Explore BlackLine’s AI-powered solutions and how they create tangible value across accounting processes
Understand the principles of responsible AI and how BlackLine applies them to protect data integrity and reduce bias
Identify ways to use AI to automate work, enhance accuracy, and free capacity for more strategic priorities

*This session does not qualify for CPE/CPD points.

Session Topic:

Navigating APAC's Economic Currents: Building Resilient Intercompany Operations

The APAC region is at the forefront of dynamic macroeconomic shifts, from evolving trade policies and inflationary pressures to diverse regulatory landscapes and fluctuating labour costs. These external forces are compelling businesses to fundamentally rethink their operating models, exposing internal fragilities, particularly within intercompany processes.

Join this session to:

Delve into the critical macroeconomic trends impacting the APAC region
Understand the direct implications for intercompany operations
Identify strategies to build proactive, resilient intercompany foundations

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Business Management & Organisation – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:

Looking Ahead: BlackLine's 2026 Roadmap

The future is here. BlackLine’s cutting-edge technologies will continue transforming financial operations, streamlining processes, and achieving unprecedented efficiency. BlackLine experts will dive into the exciting AI-driven innovations and critical updates shaping the future of BlackLine's product offerings and feature functionality, all powered by the robust BlackLine platform.

Learning Objectives:

Discover how BlackLine is innovating for the Office of the CFO
Learn about the products and features on BlackLine’s strategic roadmap
Have the opportunity to gain insights, ask questions, and receive real-time answers from the BlackLine team

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Computer Software & Applications – Non-technical field of study.

Session Topic:

Transforming cash flow with Invoice-to-Cash

Discover the transformative power of BlackLine’s Invoice-to-Cash platform, where people, processes, and data come together seamlessly. This session demonstrates how a unified approach to invoice-to-cash not only boosts cash flow predictability but also streamlines operations for superior financial outcomes.

Join this session to:

Learn how to seamlessly integrate people, processes, and data Identify how to improve cash flow forecasting and operational efficiency
Discover how to drive better financial results and data-driven decisions

*Webinar participants can earn up to 1 CPE credit in the Computer Software & Applications – Non-technical field of study.

Finance Innovation Series

8 September 2025 - 19 September 2025 | Virtual Event Series

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