{"id":50537,"date":"2022-09-23T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T07:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psglobalconsulting.com\/blackline\/blackline-reconciliation-and-financial-close-management\/blackline-features-variance-analysis"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:10:09","slug":"blackline-features-variance-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psglobalconsulting.com\/my\/blackline\/blackline-reconciliation-and-financial-close-management\/blackline-features-variance-analysis","title":{"rendered":"BlackLine Features: Variance Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50537\" class=\"elementor elementor-50537 elementor-50526\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5713e66c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5713e66c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a692759\" data-id=\"2a692759\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208427f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"208427f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>the future to your solution<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a42a707 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3a42a707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#traditional-account-reconciliation\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  Simple-Line-Icons-arrow-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c7ab5 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c7ab5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24fe4911\" data-id=\"24fe4911\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6640f421 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6640f421\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-571ded5\" data-id=\"571ded5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcd90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bcd90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding the Value of Variance Analysis in Optimising Organisational Productivity <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784261f0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"784261f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">In any business, variance analysis is a quantitative investigation, which is essential for analysing the difference between actual and planned behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Accelerating the variance analysis process results in maintaining control over your business through the investigation of areas which illustrate poor performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Working overtime becomes necessary for your team to actively correct problems based on the analysis. Yet, the tedious labour is only cost-effective if viable outcomes manage to provide an in-depth interpretation as to why such a problem occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7751a1d1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7751a1d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"traditional-account-reconciliation\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Variance<br>Analysis<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-641a79c9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"641a79c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-440d1e91\" data-id=\"440d1e91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-39b0c20f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39b0c20f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2da08f08\" data-id=\"2da08f08\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a66770d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a66770d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BlackLine\u2019s Variance Analysis Feature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9661dc6 blackline-features elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9661dc6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c15a1a4\" data-id=\"c15a1a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32bc3c elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f32bc3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Experience Profound Decision Making Beyond a Time-Consuming Process<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Fixate your accounting team on underlying issues, one that brings profit into the equation through prioritising value-adding tasks above inefficient and unproductive non-value-adding tasks.\nBlackLine\u2019s Variance Analysis automatically calculates and maintains variance activity, allowing for the comparison of cumulative balance and individual account activity changes between periods. In this manner, seamless corrective measures are quickly addressed for any adverse patterns.\n\nThis software automates the process of continuously monitoring account and activity balance changes for improved decision-making, all while proactively supporting prompt analysis. With more active and precise decision data, you can figure out variables with a positive impact on business performance. You can build variance groups to track account and activity balance fluctuations from period to period.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6d6292 blackline-features elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6d6292\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d15bd62\" data-id=\"d15bd62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-083b367 elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"083b367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Leveraging Real-Time Features, Strengthen Workflow Control<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Having access to real-time variance analysis is critical for making informed decisions that are timely and not out of date. Accounting software such as BlackLine has revolutionised variance analysis by reducing complexity; increasing its cost-effectiveness.\n<br><br>Similarly, BlackLine software continues to help your business by:\n<br>\n- Automating your General Ledger balance import from variegated sources, eliminating error-ridden spreadsheets. <br>\n- Integrating with any ERP system to accelerate required investigations and automatically calculate fluctuations. \n<br>\n- Providing a complete view of the status of every variance analysis guarantees your teams are on the same page, and every review is focused on detecting risks.\n<br><br>\nOnce the variance analysis is completed, it can be automatically routed to other management for review and approval, providing absolute integrity.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ce5a1a blackline-features elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ce5a1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-340a4bd\" data-id=\"340a4bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7849402 elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7849402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Standardise The Approach While Delivering over 15 Multitudes of Period Comparisons<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The user and team assignments displayed across each variance analysis employ control users with a clear escalation route. Additionally, with over 15 types of period comparisons, this allows your team to monitor variances such as budget vs. actual cost, material fluctuations, relational accounts, period and seasonal changes, as well as many others. Once equipped, your decision-making in business accelerates further without jeopardising organisational change. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e81d8fb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e81d8fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afc6e19\" data-id=\"afc6e19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-502f3228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"502f3228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Choose PS Global Consulting<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52712e48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52712e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\">PS Global Consulting is an award-winning financial digital transformation consultancy with over 14 years of experience in helping businesses automate and digitise their accounting and financial processes.<\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\">Headquartered in Singapore, PS Global Consulting has since grown rapidly as a leading financial cloud services provider, and a trusted BlackLine Partner in the Asean and Asia Pacific regions, with clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579eb916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"579eb916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/psglobalconsulting.com\/my\/blog\/buy-now-pay-later-rides-on-the-crest-of-the-fintech-wave\">Buy now, pay later rides on the crest of the fintech wave &gt;<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variance Analysis the future to your solution Understanding the Value of Variance Analysis in Optimising Organisational Productivity In any business, variance analysis is a quantitative investigation, which is essential for analysing the difference between actual and planned behaviour. 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