Visibility, Compliance and Control: Creating Measurable Value through Reconciliation

Reconciliations play a vital role to the overall financial statement close process. Improperly done they can lead to errors and open you up to risk. However, properly managed they can result in unexpected value that stretches well beyond the SSC.

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This FREE webinar was recorded on:
June 06, 2018
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Reconciliations play a vital role to the overall financial statement close process. Improperly done they can lead to errors and open you up to risk. However, properly managed they can result in unexpected value that stretches well beyond the SSC. In this session we will discuss the need for global standardization of the balance sheet reconciliation process which can lead to compliance with policies, reduction of risk and visibility into the global close process. Join Mandy Strider, Director of Accounting, Interstate Hotels as she describes their journey to an improved close through standardization and the use of a cloud automation tool. And listen in as Michael Shultz, of BlackLine, looks at how existing technology can modernize your reconciliation and close operations and automate your period-end processes. And consider how technology can significantly reduce errors while speeding up work, allowing more time for review, investigation, and analysis.

Presenters:

Michael Shultz
Director of Finance Transformation
BlackLine

Michael is a Product Expert with BlackLine. He combines nearly 20 years of accounting experience in auditing, consulting, and financial reporting management to guide companies on their paths to modern finance. Michael looks beyond the numbers and focuses on process improvements to eliminate manual components, increase efficiencies, and enhance controls across the entire accounting function. When not writing biographies in third-person narrative, he travels the world sharing his experience and presenting innovative approaches to increasing productivity and optimizing the close reporting process.

Mandy Strider
Director of Accounting
Interstate Hotels and Resorts

Mandy Strider is the Director of Accounting – BlackLine with Interstate Hotels and Resorts, a third-party hotel management company. She has been with Interstate for 12 years and held various positions within their Corporate Accounting function.  Her current primary responsibility is serving as Interstate’s BlackLine system administrator with over 250 active users spanning over 400 active entities both domestic and international. Prior to Interstate, Mandy worked in public accounting for 8 years.

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