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BlackLine Unveils Quick-Deployment Remote Audit Package To Help Customers Prepare For Audits With Confidence In Uncertain Times
Solution and services package based on leading practices offered free on limited basis, as many face remote audits for the first time LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2020
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[{"type":"text","content":"Solution and services package based on leading practices offered free on limited basis, as many face remote audits for the first time\n\n\nLOS ANGELES, May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With continued macroeconomic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic and auditors restricted from traveling, many Finance & Accounting (F&A) teams face the prospect of preparing for audits from home for the first time. As a trusted advisor to F&A professionals around the world, BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) has unveiled a remote audit solution and services package that can be quickly deployed to help customers prepare for remote audits, ensuring accuracy and integrity in the numbers, as well as security around internal financial controls. The company is offering BlackLine Remote Audit on a complimentary basis to a limited number of qualified customers that sign on by June 1st.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe process of auditing a company's financials to ensure that all information is accurate and complete, that the company's controls are adequate and effective, and that the company is adhering to policies, procedures and regulations has long been an onsite task. In today's current state, most organizations and auditors will have to perform these processes from a remote location, creating challenges in obtaining the necessary information and supporting documentation that auditors may require for sign-off. \nBlackLine Remote Audit is a repeatable, packaged process complete with all the knowledge and leading practices needed around conducting an audit remotely including templated PBC (Prepared By Client) lists; close, certification and IT checklists; task tracking; ready-to-go report templates; audit notes for internal and external auditors; pre-configured status dashboards; approval flows; policies and procedures; and more. By applying a combination of native cloud technology with a simplified, pre-designed services package including live virtual implementation, training and support time with BlackLine experts, BlackLine Remote Audit enables F&A teams to be ready for their next audit in as little as a few days. \n\"Hundreds of leading companies have been using BlackLine for years to manage the audit process, and many have given their auditors direct access to the system all along,\" Marc Huffman, BlackLine's president and chief operating officer, said. \"...