Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Survey November 7, 2023 Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs If a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) from 2018 stepped out of a time machine into their 2023 offices, they would be astonished by what they saw. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurements would top their priority lists. Most of their finance organizations would be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to enhance their business planning and analysis (BP… Newsletter October 6, 2022 Private Equity Insights Q4 2022 We are approaching the last quarter of a challenging 2022, and as many of us dive into our strategy and business planning for 2023, the coming year looks to be more of the same. Inflationary trends, supply chain challenges, access to talent and skills, security and privacy issues, and working capital management are among the many challenges that private equity firms and their portfolio companies… Video April 23, 2020 Video - Enterprise Resilience: Today’s Learnings. Tomorrow’s Preparation. In the face of COVID-19 pandemic, we're asking ourselves difficult questions.How do we implement our crisis plan?How do we protect and support our people?How do we scale up or scale down to meet the changing demands?Is our infrastructure ready for a fully remote workforce?How do we manage the supply chain crisis?What's the economic impact of this crisis?While all of these reactive questions need… Newsletter August 15, 2022 Improving Board Performance in Disruptive Times The 2020s are well on their way to earning the ominous label of a troubling, disruptive decade, but there remain viable opportunities amid the challenges. What is the board’s role in preparing the organization for “show-stopping” and potentially existential risks? The Story: A global board survey conducted by McKinsey of approximately 1,500 corporate directors found that directors “are not… Whitepaper February 4, 2019 Oracle Security in the Cloud A Step-By-Step Approach to Building Strong Security Architecture During Oracle ERP Cloud Implementation and Redesign Projects. Organizations are becoming more accepting of moving their key business applications to the cloud, including their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. For companies looking to move to Oracle ERP Cloud, the advantages are many — high scalability, consistent… Newsletter April 9, 2021 Board Effectiveness: The Fed’s Guidance Speaks to Resiliency On February 26, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) in the United States issued expectations for boards of large financial institutions as a standard for its regulators when they assess board effectiveness. The guidance applies to all domestic bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies with total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more, with… Client Story June 25, 2019 Leading HVAC manufacturer deploys artificial intelligence to meet new lease accounting rules FASB’s new lease accounting guidance (ASC Topic 842), issued on February 25, 2016, requires organizations to recognize lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclose key information on lease transactions. For most companies with leased assets, the change significantly affects financial reporting. Companies must obtain key information through lease abstraction and populate a data… Whitepaper July 12, 2021 Top 10 pitfalls of an IAM program In spite of over 20 years of experience as an industry, Identity & Access Management (IAM) programs continue to struggle — and with good reason. There is a lot that can go wrong with an IAM program. Lack of funding, treating IAM like a project and not a program, not having business buy-in, and trying to overly customize packaged software are all examples of significant challenges that can… Whitepaper July 14, 2021 Enterprise Thinking: Planning the Deployment of Microsoft 365 to Ensure Investment The Microsoft 365 platform transforms how every member of an organization chats, emails, shares files and performs the essential tasks inherent to all corporate roles. A comprehensive approach to Microsoft 365 deployment planning will ensure the efficiency, cost saving and employee satisfaction that the Microsoft 365 investment has the potential to deliver. Widely available… Survey February 21, 2024 2024 Top Risks for Chief Audit Executives CAEs see a riskier near- and long-term environment than do most of their colleagues in the executive suite. Of all C-level respondents to our latest Top Risks Survey, internal audit leaders ascribe the highest-magnitude ratings to risks they expect to challenge their organization’s ability to achieve its performance objectives during the next 12 months. Load More