BlackLine and cbs Corporate Business Solutions agree on strategic partnership

19. May 2025

Companies can now benefit from the ONE Finance approach from cbs and the matching financial data platform from BlackLine as an integrated solution from a single source.

Frankfurt am Main / Heidelberg – 20 May 2025 – BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), the leading provider of digital transformation for the Office of the CFO and cbs Corporate Business Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership. The aim of the cooperation is to support companies in the global transformation of their finance processes.

The cbs ONE Finance approach combines standardisation, harmonisation and consolidation of central finance processes with future-oriented topics. The combination of BlackLine’s innovative technology with cbs’ in-depth finance process expertise enables an end-to-end transformation that does more than just increase the efficiency of numerous financial and business processes. This combination of consulting expertise and innovative technology also helps companies to modernise their structures and make them fit for the future. The partnership between BlackLine and cbs marks an important step in the further development of the finance function and enables organisations to optimise and automate their processes in order to meet the increasing demands of the market. In particular, the changing automotive, pharmaceutical and discrete manufacturing industries will benefit from the partnership.

“The partnership between BlackLine and cbs enables us to offer our customers customised solutions that take their financial processes to the next level. Together, we support companies in shaping the change towards a globally optimised and automated process landscape. In doing so, we are creating the basis for greater efficiency, transparency and agility – which is essential in order to be able to act proactively in a dynamic environment,” says Sebastian Hellmann, Consulting Director Finance Steering & Compliance at cbs.

“BlackLine’s financial data platform fits perfectly into cbs’ ONE Finance approach, which aims to provide companies with better control options and reduce process complexity. Our platform closes the gaps between systems and delivers financial data in real time. This gives companies both planning security and agility – two qualities that are needed not least for M&A activities, restructuring or the implementation of financial transformations,” says Ralph Weiss, Geo VP Central Europe at BlackLine.

Anyone who wants to find out more about the partnership can get their own impression at the cbs Finance Community Summit, which will take place on 26 June 2025 in the Skylounge of the cbs headquarters in Heidelberg. BlackLine will not only be represented on site, but will also give a keynote speech on how CFOs can set new management impulses thanks to a holistic view of R2R processes and with the help of AI.

More information and registration for the cbs Finance Community Summit at: cbs FINANCE COMMUNITY SUMMIT | cbs Corporate Business Solutions