Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog 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… Blog 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.… Blog 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… Blog 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… Blog 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… Blog 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… Blog August 31, 2020 As Regulators Boost Market Surveillance Capabilities, Firms Should Enhance Self-Monitoring to Reduce Trading Violations Regulatory fines in any industry are not new. For as long as there have been regulations, hefty fines have served as the clearest and most concise method for regulators to publicly rebuke corporate offenders and wrongdoers. Over the last decade, the financial services industry has seen multiple billion-dollar fines, and they have been so recurrent that the public and media are almost… Blog September 9, 2020 The Critical Importance of Employee Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19 In the best times, leaders know that people – or human capital – are the heart of a successful organization. In challenging times, this concept is even more magnified; it’s the key to survival. The global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is delivering unprecedented challenges to businesses all over the globe. As organizations seek to adapt, COVID-19 has created a “new normal” for employees –… Blog September 10, 2020 Beyond Supply Chain Stopgaps: How Strategic Sourcing Can Drive Resilience in Today’s Market Across the global economy, supply chains have been hammered by the pandemic, forcing businesses to restructure their procurement operations in order to build in resilience. Such restructuring often comprises a broad range of actions that may include increasing warehouse space, altering delivery methods and seeking more flexible supplier contracts, among others. While these changes are… Blog September 17, 2020 Hard Times Bring Out the Best in People – Well, Not Always Thankfully, the stories we have all heard about the selfless acts of so many people, from front-line workers to caring neighbors, during the pandemic greatly outweigh the reports about people who have sought to profit from the circumstances. But, as the growing number (more than 50 cases involving $175 million in funds) of Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecutions related to Paycheck Protection… Load More
