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    May 16, 2019
    Overcoming ERP Change Management Challenges – Part 2
    ERP implementations continue to cause major headaches for companies worldwide – including, but not limited to, the change management requirements that many organizations gloss over. We continue our conversation about this with two of our experts. Ronan O’Shea, Protiviti’s Global ERP Solutions Leader, has 25 years' experience in IT risk management, program management and systems strategy, design,…
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    May 19, 2019
    APAC ACAMS Conference Focuses on Technology, Talent, Collaboration – Listen to the Podcast
    Last month, Protiviti sponsored and participated as a panelist at the 11th Annual APAC ACAMS Conference, which took place on April 8-9 in Singapore. Carol Beaumier is a Senior Managing Director with Protiviti. She oversees the Protiviti Asia-Pacific Financial Services practice, and attended the conference along with Nigel Robinson, Managing Director and Singapore Country Market Lead, and Ronita…
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    May 20, 2019
    Flash Report: PCAOB 2018 Inspection Observations
    In 2018, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspected over 160 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 700 public company audits in the United States and abroad. On May 6, the PCAOB published its Staff Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations. Although the publication is aimed at external auditors, it provides important insights for organizations preparing for audits.…
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    May 21, 2019
    2019 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey – Destination: Transformation
    Chief audit executives (CAEs) worry that their internal audit functions lack the tools and skills to help their companies compete with “born-digital” newcomers. Most say they are taking steps to fix this. But innovation and transformation requires more than just a series of discrete activities. Next generation internal audit requires a fundamental rethinking of the design and capabilities of…
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    May 29, 2019
    SIFMA Ops Conference: Themes and Takeaways. Listen to the Podcast.
    Earlier in May, Protiviti Managing Director Douglas Wilbert attended the SIFMA Operation Conference and Exhibition in Boca Raton, FL. We share a brief podcast with highlights from the event. Full transcript below. SIFMA Ops Conference Podcast [transcript] Kevin Donahue: Hi, this is Kevin Donahue with the Protiviti Marketing Group. I’m pleased to be talking today with Douglas Wilbert…
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    May 30, 2019
    How Emerging Technology Companies Can Win the War for Talent
    In the technology industry, the competition for talent is fierce, and there is no letup in sight. Protiviti’s survey, The Top Risks for 2019, identifies the “talent crunch” as one of the three top risks for technology companies today and for the foreseeable future. A 2019 Gartner study concurs, finding that concerns about talent shortages now outweigh those about accelerating privacy…
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    May 31, 2019
    Following Through on the Audit Committee Agenda for 2019: Financial Reporting
    In the beginning of the year, Protiviti published our annual audit committee agenda recommendations for 2019, summarized in an earlier post by Protiviti Managing Director (and blog host) Jim DeLoach. Since there is always a lot to unpack in these recommendations, we also hosted a recent webinar for audit committee members and others, available on demand on our website. As my colleagues point…
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    January 15, 2020
    BlackRock’s Larry Fink Draws Another Line in the Sand – The Message Is Getting Clearer
    On Jaunary 14, BlackRock’s Chairman and CEO Larry Fink issued his annual letter to public company chief executives. BlackRock is a global investment management company, the world's largest, with almost $7 trillion in assets under management as of September 2019. This year’s letter conveys several important messages that are worth noting by those responsible for corporate strategy setting, policy…
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    January 16, 2020
    Next-Gen Internal Audit: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Agile Audit?
    As businesses focus on digital transformation for speed and service, they tend to put more emphasis on individuals and interactions than processes and tools. In the process, rigid hierarchical business processes are being replaced with collaboration, iterative processes and constant communication across the enterprise. These new methodologies are borrowed from software development, where they…
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    January 17, 2020
    Make ESG Part of the Public Company Readiness Checklist — Your Valuation Could Depend on It
    The public company readiness checklist for any business working toward an initial public offering (IPO) is long and complicated. And now, there are signs in the marketplace that for many companies aiming for an IPO, this checklist may need to include an analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and reporting. Demonstrating meaningful effort and progress with ESG issues…
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