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 November 8, 2021 The Clock Is Ticking on Finance’s Move to the Cloud The successes of Google, Apple, Amazon and other innovative, yet patient, global leaders underscore the advantages of not always being first to market. When it comes to adoption of cloud technologies, corporate finance groups also have a valuable opportunity to join the ranks of intelligent second movers. And CFOs can take advantage of lessons learned, practices developed and confidence gained… Blog November 8, 2021 Flash Report – Developments at and During COP26: The First Week The 12-day UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is underway in Glasgow, after a yearlong delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. For over 25 years, the UN has been bringing together world leaders and other interested parties to discuss global climate matters. This year’s summit is the 26th annual meeting, thus the name COP26. Some 25,000 delegates from all over the world are in… Blog November 9, 2021 Flash Report — The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: Who Wins, Who Doesn’t? It's finally here — a historic spending package from the U.S. federal government amounting to more than $1 trillion in infrastructure investments. What does the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act call for and who is going to benefit? This 2,700+ page legislation is the so-called “hard infrastructure” bill, as it is intended to modernize federal highways, transit systems and rail programs, as… Blog November 16, 2021 Flash Report — Developments at and During COP26: The Second Week The proceedings in the 12-day UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow have now concluded. The second week of the summit was about finalizing the document — the Glasgow Climate Pact — which was signed by almost 200 countries on November 13. Negotiators worked tirelessly through the week to turn the momentum and ambition of week one into an agreement that supports… Blog November 19, 2021 Robust Revenue Integrity Functions Protect Healthcare Organizations The revenue integrity function operates at the core of the revenue cycle in a healthcare organization, ensuring that clinical encounters are translated into accurate reimbursement for the business. Most healthcare providers today have some type of revenue integrity team — although exactly how that function works and how it is staffed varies by organization size and scope. Despite its critical… Blog November 22, 2021 The Future Through the Eyes of a Theoretical Physicist: Dr. Michio Kaku Part of the goal of launching VISION by Protiviti, our new, forward-looking content resource for the C-suite, was to tap big, innovative thinkers who would stretch minds and push the limits of our comprehension about business and the future. Well, mission accomplished. I’m not sure we could have come up with a bigger and more innovative thinker than Dr. Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist,… 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… Load More