BlackLine is hosting a four-part webinar series from 14th-17th September, 2026, with each session tailored to the distinct pressures facing finance and credit leaders across the Philippines, broader Asia-Pacific, and organisations managing heightened insolvency risk.
While all four sessions focus on transforming financial operations, each takes a different lens – operational automation in a large Philippine retail and property business, the evolving strategic role of the CFO across APAC, a more human-centred approach to credit risk management, and specific governance, trust and readiness issues facing financial services institutions adopting AI.
Attendees to each webinar will receive 1 CPE/CPD credit.
Transformation inside a retail and property giant
The session offers a practitioner-led view of finance transformation at scale through a fireside chat with Jennifer Pearl W. Escalante, SAVP Finance at SM Supermalls, and Nikhil Parambath, RVP Asia at BlackLine.
Its distinguishing feature is its emphasis on the lived operational experience of a major retail and real estate developer. Leveraging local market relevance and case-study format, this webinar grounds the discussion in the realities of a large Philippine enterprise building more efficient, scalable, and resilient financial processes.
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APAC & agentic finance: The CFO’s expanding strategic mandate
The second webinar takes a regional leadership and workforce perspective, drawing on Deloitte’s inaugural Finance Trends 2026 report that surveyed more than 1,300 global finance leaders and points to a fundamental change in how forward-looking CFOs are structuring teams, deploying technology, and contributing to enterprise strategy.
Featuring Ho Kok Yong, CFO Program Leader at Deloitte Asia Pacific, and Mike Goldsworthy, Director of Solution Advisory at BlackLine, the session will examine themes relevant to the broader APAC region.
The discussion is expected to explore how finance leaders can to understand how organisations are balancing technology innovation, workforce transformation, governance, and strategic business growth.
More webinar info here.
AI-enabled monitoring: Managing insolvency risk without losing the customer
The third webinar shifts attention from the CFO organisation to finance, credit and risk leaders facing an increasingly difficult business environment. With insolvencies placing greater pressure on working capital and receivables management, organisations must balance the need for earlier intervention and risk mitigation with the need to preserve important B2B relationships.
This will be valuable for financial and commercial leaders who work to protect working capital amid growing insolvency pressure, while operating at the intersection of data, risk, customer experience, and organisational reputation.
Webinar info here.
Financial services: Building an AI-ready finance function
The fourth event, “Beyond the Hype: Building the Trusted, AI-Ready Finance Function in APAC Financial Services,” brings a sector-specific focus to the programme. It is designed for finance leaders in financial services, where the potential benefits of AI must be weighed against particularly high expectations for accuracy, transparency, control, regulatory alignment and trust.
This webinar is expected to concentrate on the foundations required before AI can be scaled responsibly within a financial-services finance function. It aims to separate demonstrable business value from AI experimentation and market hype with a focus on trusted AI readiness.
More event info here.
Four events, four priorities with finance transformation as the core theme
Together, the events reflect a broadening definition of finance transformation. Automation remains central, but the agenda extends beyond process efficiency to include operating-model change, workforce capability, governance, customer relationships, and the responsible use of AI.