Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog January 31, 2022 The CFO’s Gambit: A Multidimensional Strategic Role On the three-dimensional chessboard of business, CFOs are expanding their roles in multiple directions at once. Finance leaders now shape and drive corporate strategy in areas ranging from advanced technology investments to organizational design, and from supply chain resilience to organizational culture. Simply stated, they are positioning themselves as players in the strategic dialogue in the C… Blog February 1, 2022 Cities Stay Dynamic When Treated Like “Jewels” Says National Urban League President Marc Morial The COVID-19 pandemic has hit U.S. cities hard, and many city leaders have made unpopular and economically bruising decisions, like closing schools and businesses, to help protect residents. National Urban League President Marc Morial said these officials haven’t received the credit they deserve for making difficult calls amid a time of tremendous uncertainty and without “a real national plan.”… Blog February 2, 2022 The Time Is Right for Internal Audit to Focus on Business Resilience Businesses globally are on a path of continuous change as the pandemic and other significant occurrences — such as social and political unrest, natural disasters, and catastrophic events — cause extensive disruptions to the way people work and to how enterprises operate. At the same time, the pace of business and digital transformation has increased at record speeds, requiring organizations to… Blog February 3, 2022 For CFOs, Talent, Culture and Resilience Rate as Immediate and Long-Term Strategic Challenges Overview of top risk issues in 2022 While the CFO’s rapidly expanding collection of strategic concerns continues to defy expectations, the Top Risks Survey results for finance leaders reflect a fundamental dynamic of physics. Acceleration is directly proportional to force, according to Newton’s Second Law, which helps explain why the CFO’s role is transforming so swiftly. The past two years… Blog February 7, 2022 Guest Viewpoint: How to Close the Sizable Technology Gap Among SOX Compliance Functions Corporations are turning to technology more frequently to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, but room for improvement remains. A significant number of organizations that fail to emphasize digital solutions continue to miss out on meaningful cost and time savings. I have witnessed this dynamic firsthand as a market advisor with AuditBoard, a cloud-based connected risk platform. It is further… Blog February 8, 2022 “We’re Late” — Megatrends Expert Andrew Winston on Cities’ Efforts to Combat Climate Change Rising temperatures and sea levels are already making it more challenging to live in some cities around the world. And by 2030, megatrends expert Andrew Winston said we’ll have a very strong sense of which cities are firmly on the path to becoming unlivable. Within 40 years, some places along coastlines will indeed be unhabitable. “This all sounds far off, but it’s really not,” said Winston in an… Blog February 10, 2022 Creating a More Flexible and Resilient Supply Chain Starts With Identifying Key Risk Exposures No matter what they make or sell — computers, pet food, cosmetics, textiles — companies around the world are grappling with significant supply chain issues. It’s easy to blame the global health crisis for these problems, especially the labor, material and shipping container shortages. Certainly, the pandemic has played its part in exposing the global supply chain’s brittleness and exacerbating… Blog February 14, 2022 Protiviti-Oxford Survey Finds Global Business Leaders Share Optimistic View of Cities’ Future Nearly two-thirds (64%) of C-suite and board members agree that the role of cities for business will only increase during the next decade. That’s just one key finding from a recent University of Oxford-Protiviti survey, in which 200 global business leaders shared their perspectives on how cities fit into their business strategy looking out to 2030 and beyond. Most business leaders view cities as… Blog March 1, 2022 The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of Compliance and How to Face a Regulatory Audit With Confidence Frequent headlines of compliance breaches — and the likely morass of costly fines and penalties — are common in Australia’s regulatory environment. Meanwhile, executives are held personally liable, finding themselves on the monetary chopping block and facing potentially career-ending outcomes and/or criminal sanctions. Being on the wrong end of an audit by the Australian Securities &… Blog February 22, 2022 A Plethora of Priorities: CPG and Retail Finance Leaders Have Their Hands Full In a survey about top priorities, corporate finance leaders and teams in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry ranked data security and privacy, enhanced data analytics, process improvement and challenges with regulations at the top of their list. Upended by the pandemic, the retail and CPG industry is confronting a mix of macroeconomic, strategic and operational risks that… Load More
