It is easy to imagine the typical concerns that keep senior executives awake at night; whether it is unpredictable geopolitical events, increasing regulation or fluctuating market prices. Surely their big worries must be the large, global trends and events they cannot control.

The more fundamental question for many is a fear that the financial numbers on which every business decision is based could be wrong.

That is exactly what research from BlackLine found when C-suite executives and finance professionals around the world were asked about the accuracy of their own data.