BlackLine announces 2024 Global & Regional Partner Awards

BlackLine has announced the winners of its 2024 Global and Regional Partner Awards, recognising firms for their roles in aiding organisations to develop finance operations equipped for the future.

The awards acknowledge partners demonstrating deep expertise, effective collaboration, and a commitment to achieving beneficial outcomes for customers. Two new award categories were introduced this year—Growth Accelerator and Innovation—to highlight transformative contributions to customer growth and digital finance innovation.

Michael Otto, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances & Channels at BlackLine, stated, "Our partners play a pivotal role in helping companies modernise their finance and accounting functions, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance."

"This year's winners exemplify the highest standards of collaboration, expertise, and impact, helping customers navigate today's challenges while preparing for the future."

In the Global Partners of the Year category, the Global Consulting Alliance award was given to EY, while Genpact secured the Global BPO Partner award.

EY was praised for its continual innovation in guiding clients towards achieving future-ready financial operations on a global scale using BlackLine. Genpact was recognised for its transformation into a digital operations and AI solutions company, driving considerable success and growth for shared global customers.

Accolades were also awarded in the Global Consulting Alliances category to honour firms providing finance transformation leadership, process optimisation, and project execution. Deloitte was acknowledged across the Americas, EMEA North, and the Asia-Pacific regions.

Accenture earned the recognition for EMEA South, while EY was commended for EMEA Central and Japan.

The Regional Consulting Alliances award for delivering finance domain expertise and process transformation at a regional level went to Clearsulting in both the Americas and EMEA, with ABeam Consulting noted for the Asia-Pacific and Japan regions.

Kyriba was recognised as the Software & Cloud Partner of the Year, noted for enhancing BlackLine's platform through complementary technology.

The Solution Providers category acknowledged Sum Theory for the Americas and Tridant Pty Ltd for the Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) region, for their expert guidance in digital finance transformation.

In the Mid-Market Segment Partners category, RSM US LLP garnered a commendation for the Americas, while Tridant Pty Ltd was acknowledged for the Asia-Pacific Japan sector.

Customer Success Partners awards went to UHY in the Americas and EY in the EMEA region, commending them for driving significant customer adoption and value realisation.

The newly introduced Innovation Partners category recognised Deloitte and EY for their industry and solution innovations, respectively.

RSM US LLP and Axys were celebrated in the Invoice-to-Cash Solution Partners category for the Americas and EMEA, while Tridant Pty Ltd was recognised for the Asia-Pacific Japan region.

EY was recognised as the Intercompany Solution Partner, streamlining and automating intercompany operations at a global level.

The Financial Reporting Analytics Solution Partners saw Deloitte and EY noted in the Americas and EMEA regions, respectively, for enabling finance teams to improve transparency and automation in financial consolidation.

Accenture, EY, and Deloitte were celebrated as SAP Solution Extension (SolEx) Partners in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific Japan regions for adding value through integrated BlackLine and SAP solutions.

Deloitte was honoured with the Growth Accelerator Partner award for their transformative impact on customer growth, while NTT DATA Business Solutions UK was named the EMEA Newcomer Partner for their notable impact as an emerging partner.

BlackLine's partner ecosystem includes a wide range of consulting, technology, and outsourcing firms that collaborate with BlackLine to overhaul finance and accounting operations, focusing on enhancing automation, controls, and real-time financial insights.