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 October 24, 2019 Lease Accounting Changes: The Journey So Far Many public companies have spent the better part of the last two years reworking lease accounting practices to comply with a new accounting standard that went into effect for calendar-year reporting entities on January 1,, 2019. Private companies have been given an extra year to manage the transition and are expected to be compliant beginning January 1, 2021. This is a complex and resource-… Blog October 30, 2019 With FASB Deadlines Finalized, a Final Checklist for CECL Readiness On October 6, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approved the final deadlines for the implementation of four major accounting standards, including CECL (Accounting Standard Update 326-13). For large public filers, the switch flips on December 15, 2019, impacting calendar reporting entities on January 1, 2020, as anticipated. With the deadline just around the corner, those… Blog November 1, 2019 Report: UK Regulators Urged to Hold Firms and Individuals Accountable for “Unacceptable” Number of IT Failures The UK government’s Treasury Select Committee is raising the stakes on accountability for IT failures within the financial services industry, describing the current level and frequency of operational disruption and consumer harm as “unacceptable” in a report published on 28 October, 2019. “With bank branches and cash machines disappearing, customers are increasingly expected to rely on online… Blog November 5, 2019 Client Lesson #3: “Don’t Send Me Resumes, I Need a Partner.” Protiviti and Robert Half frequently host summits with our clients. These forums provide us an opportunity to listen to and learn from those we serve. We value our clients’ time and the opportunity to understand their views on various topics. This is the final post in a three-part series to share lessons we learned at a recent summit. Our first post discussed the value of resources who went into… Blog November 6, 2019 Cybersecurity, Automation, Next-Gen Audit Skills: Key Themes From the SIFMA IAS Conference Evolving cybersecurity and operational challenges continue to reshape internal audit and risk and compliance functions. On October 27-30, the SIFMA Internal Auditors Society hosted its annual internal audit conference in Miami, exploring topics ranging from audit fundamentals, to intelligent automation, analytics and auditing cyber. Protiviti Managing Director Doug Wilbert from our Risk and… Blog November 8, 2019 Podcast: Addressing Operational Resilience From an Internal Audit Perspective In a previous podcast, Protiviti Managing Director Rick Magliozzi discussed key themes from the SIFMA IAS conference, which took place in late October in Miami. In this follow-up segment, managing directors Doug Wilbert and Carl Hatfield, who presented at the conference, focus on the role of internal audit, and what first- and second-line functions can do to facilitate internal audit's role in an… Blog November 11, 2019 In Many Technology Firms, the “Tech Balance” Wave Is Building in the Finance Function Tech industry CEOs are getting more internal support than they might realize in helping their businesses achieve “tech balance.” Findings from Protiviti’s 2019 Global Finance Trends survey suggest that CFOs at technology companies are helping their organizations, knowingly or not, to make tech balance a formal business strategy. This is not a surprise, though, given that the finance function is a… Blog November 12, 2019 Public Company Transformation: Critical Audit Matters Should Matter for Soon-to-Be-Public Companies The first round of financials is coming in from large, non-calendar-year-end filers under new enhanced public reporting standards, and the public companies with later year-ends are examining those disclosures for trends that will help them complete the new Critical Audit Matters (CAMs) requirement under the new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) auditing standard 3101 (… Blog November 13, 2019 SOX Compliance: Faster Automation, Fewer Controls, and How to Get There In previous posts (here and here) we highlighted certain discussions from a webinar we conducted earlier this year, about the results of Protiviti’s 2019 SOX survey. The webinar generated a number of questions from participants both during and after the live presentation. As those questions continue to crop up in our conversations with clients, we’d like to address two of them here. Why aren't… Blog November 15, 2019 CFOs Now Consider the Security and Privacy of Finance Data Their Top Priority “Data is the new oil,” proclaimed The Economist magazine in 2017, succinctly making the point that data has become extremely valuable and that those who have it need to keep it secure. Losing important company data can be the equivalent of a country losing control over its most precious energy resource. Finance executives certainly have received the message. CFOs responding to Protiviti’s 2019… Load More
