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Zurich Insurance Teams with BlackLine Systems, SAP for EMEA WebinarDec 03, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Global insurance giant Zurich Insurance announced that it is teaming with financial software provider BlackLine Systems and enterprise application software leader SAP AG for a webinar entitled "See How Zurich Insurance Closes with Confidence across Europe and North America by Automating Account Reconciliations with Solutions from BlackLine and SAP." According to a release, the webinar will be geared at finance, accounting, audit and compliance managers in mid- to large size organisations in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, an increasingly fast-growing market for BlackLine's flagship account reconciliation software. The session will focus on how finance/compliance executives can further ensure the integrity of their balance sheets and ultimately financial reports by implementing software to automate the traditionally manual, labor-intensive and spreadsheet-driven account reconciliation process. A senior finance executive from Zurich's Switzerland headquarters will present a case study on the ease of integration with SAP solutions and key benefits and ROI the company has realised since using BlackLine. The webinar is designed to inform customers, whether operating in an environment of only SAP solutions or applications from multiple vendors, how account reconciliation process optimisation can help them achieve a quicker and more accurate financial close process. The session will demonstrate the importance of the account reconciliation process as a critical step on the path to "closing with confidence." What: "See How Zurich Insurance Closes with Confidence across Europe and North America by Automating Account Reconciliations with Solutions from BlackLine and SAP" When: Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 4p.m. CET (Zurich)/3p.m.GMT (London)/10a.m. EST (New York)/7a.m. PST (Los Angeles) Speaker lineup: -Stefan Karl, chief solution expert, Finance Solutions, SAP AG -Mario Spanicciati, executive vice president, Operations, BlackLine Systems -Stuart Lonergan, COO Financial Accounting and Reporting, Zurich Insurance Attendees will learn how, by automating their account reconciliations, they can: -Virtually eliminate spreadsheets (and the manual errors that often come with them) from their account reconciliation process -Automate traditionally manual accounting functions -Have a faster, more efficient close cycle - maintaining more control and visibility worldwide, while reducing risk -Realise exceptional ROI in a very short timeframe -Improve the accuracy and timeliness of compliance reporting -Manage compliance while servicing multiple locations To register, go to: bit.ly/PROaVF. BlackLine is an SAP software solution and technology partner in the SAP PartnerEdge program and a participant in the SAP EcoHub solution marketplace. More information: www.blackline.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |