A leading Healthcare institution (educational, research, and clinical) called on us to provide implementation, management, and training services to address compliance requirements and to gain greater efficiencies in their close processes.
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The Challenge
With a recent merger, a drive to standardize processes and gain efficiencies, and a need to address their auditor’s requirements, the client required assistance and guidance to implement BlackLine’s Account Reconciliations and Transaction Matching products.
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What We Did
- Quickly assessed the current-state reconciliations process, identified improvement opportunities, and selected the most appropriate templates to implement Account Reconciliations
- Developed portfolio management tool for client to track and manage a growing number of match sets, starting with compliance-driven sets and followed, in order, by highest reward/lowest effort
- Provided super-user and system admin training
- For Phase 2, provided post go-live support, training for new users, and implemented Task Management
03.
Our Impact
- By implementing Matching, we helped the client achieve compliance with the auditor’s requirements before their due date
- Close process standardizations increased efficiencies through tighter controls, increased automation, and reduced reliance on spreadsheets
- Accounting resources reduced their reliance on the IT department
- Established a central source to assess and prioritize match sets for continuous improvement
- Leveraged us to assist in resolving process and data issues the client was experiencing with one of their credit card merchants
