Michael Shultz is an accounting and finance leader with over 20 years of experience in auditing (Big 4), consulting, and financial reporting management. As a product expert and BlackLine’s Director of Finance Transformation, Michael guides companies on their path to modern Finance. 

To date, he’s traveled to four of the seven continents, speaking about the importance of digital finance transformation for cutting-edge companies. He’s known for delivering powerful presentations that inspire innovative approaches, increased productivity, and an accelerated month-end close.

Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Purdue University and currently serves on Purdue Alumni’s Board of Directors.

When he’s not traveling, Michael enjoys smoking meat in his backyard and adding wine from his travels to his collection

About Us:

Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.

We believe that this passion and dedication to our customers is why BlackLine’s Finance Controls and Automation platform is trusted by more than 236,800 users in over 150+ countries around the world and why we’ve been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list and the Inc. 500/5000 list for the ninth year in a row. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and throughout the United States, our team of professionals and network of partners help transform the way accounting and finance teams work to drive more accurate financials and more effective organizations.