Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Sort by: Relevance Date Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog November 30, 2021 Flourishing in a New Reality: Automation for the Post-COVID-19 Labor Market Availability and quality of finance and accounting talent is an issue chief financial officers (CFOs) have been grappling with since the COVID-19 pandemic spurred major changes in how people work — and how they relate to their work. For one thing, many employees are showing a decided preference for remote and hybrid work. Second, many employees have made new and lasting decisions about their… Blog December 2, 2021 Using Technology to Comply With Sarbanes-Oxley: Examining the Latest Trends Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, is credited with saying that “change is the only constant in life.” It is no secret that with the surge of IPO activity, rapidly changing technology and recent external disruptions, there has been constant change to our people, processes and technology. This uptick in change, along with increased regulatory requirements, has increased strain on our control… Blog December 6, 2021 5 Questions Boards Should Ask Their CFOs CFOs serve as a critical filter to the board of directors. And filter they must, due to the complex array of strategic risks boards expect their companies to monitor. CFOs’ expanding scope of responsibilities, strategic partnership with the CEO, and risk- and control-centric mindset enable them to pinpoint the pivotal aspects of threats to, and opportunities for, the enterprise that require the… Blog December 7, 2021 City Leadership Is Poised to Become the Most Important Job on the Planet, Says HSBC’s Greg Clark City or population center? Greg Clark, Group Advisor, Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC Group, suggests in a recent article for VISION by Protiviti that we embrace the latter term because it more aptly describes what cities are: places where people are concentrated. More than that, Clark sees the world’s population centers as playing a crucial role in our planet’s future — and that their… Blog December 8, 2021 Elevating ESG and Human Capital Reporting to the Next Level CFOs and finance leaders are focusing more time, expertise and innovation on their organization’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and Human Capital investments and reporting. Not only do ESG and Human Capital metrics and measurement rank among the higher priorities for CFOs and finance leaders, according to Protiviti’s latest global survey of CFOs and finance leaders, but these areas… Blog December 9, 2021 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2022 and 2031 — Global Leaders Expect Talent and Other Challenges Over Next Year and Decade, According to latest Protiviti-NC State University Survey Looking out over the next 12 months as well as the next decade, board members and C-suite executives all across the planet see a risky environment. There are concerns related to the pandemic; the future of work and the workplace; talent acquisition, retention and succession; disruptive innovation, new competitors and sustaining customer loyalty; the economy; regulatory change; utilizing… Blog December 10, 2021 How Supply Chain Resilience Can Help Oil and Gas Companies Increase Sustainability, Growth and Performance Major disruptions in the global supply chain due to pandemic-driven labor and material shortages, catastrophic weather events, shipping port logjams, and the resulting spikes in commodity prices, elongated lead times, and capacity constraints, have dominated the headlines over the past two years. With recognition that future disruptions are inevitable, more companies, including oil and gas… Blog December 13, 2021 Next-Generation Internal Audit Is All About Agile The next generation of internal audit is focused on dynamically identifying and responding to the organization’s needs, and as such is advancing across the healthcare industry. In order to keep up, companies will need to adopt an agile audit approach. Quickly turning data into accurate, actionable information is key to moving forward into the next generation of internal audit. The traditional… Blog December 14, 2021 Price Transparency Noncompliance Gets More Expensive in 2022 Price transparency empowers consumers to make better-informed financial decisions about their healthcare. On June 24, 2019, then President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13877, Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First, but for a variety of reasons, compliance has been slow in coming. As of January 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United… Blog December 15, 2021 Top Five Blogs of 2021 — Consumer Products and Services Government policies surrounding public health practices and market conditions imposed by COVID-19 continued to create challenges for many organizations in the consumer products and services (CPS) industry in 2021. Nonetheless, CPS companies remained resilient and innovative, creating enhanced digital customer experiences, introducing new loyalty programs, and implementing tools and processes to… Load More