Results for “Finance Trends Survey” Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Client Story September 14, 2023 Organizational Changes Drive Seamless Transformation of Back-Office Processes to Propel Business Strategy Protiviti partnered with leading technology company to assess, redesign, and standardize procurement, accounting, and finance functions. The company’s overall goal was to eliminate manual and disparate back-office processes to create capacity for strategic and growth objectives. Blog September 8, 2022 Leveraging SAP Analytics Cloud Planning to Streamline FP&A Processes, Unlock New Capabilities Like many companies undergoing a digital transformation, Protiviti’s experts recently assisted a national financial services company struggling with error-prone financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes. These processes were mostly rooted in Excel, focused on allocations and reporting, and had received limited investment in innovative technology compared with profit-generating… Blog August 5, 2019 Compliance 2.0: Transforming SOX Practices With Technology Organizations have been getting better and more efficient at Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance practices for the past 17 years since SOX was implemented. Nonetheless, with control counts rising and external auditor expectations increasing, compliance hours are growing, too. The results of Protiviti’s 2019 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey suggest that while a reduction in hours is still possible,… Blog October 10, 2023 New Research: Navigating a Technology Risk-Filled Horizon Now is the time for technology audit groups to evolve. The big picture: This year’s Global Technology Audit Risks Survey, conducted by Protiviti and The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA), reveals a complex and multifaceted landscape of technology risks. Why it matters: Our survey results reveal a dichotomy in technology risk management capabilities. While organizations appear well-… Blog March 9, 2022 Regulatory Scrutiny and Labor Issues Top Healthcare Risks Over the Next Decade After two years of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations are trying to take full stock of how the crisis has changed their business and industry, while also trying to ready themselves for what’s likely to come next. And based on the findings from our latest Top Risks Survey, what these organizations see on the horizon for this year, and for the decade to come, is an array of… Blog May 6, 2021 Recover: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework’s Outlier The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) has achieved broad adoption across a range of different industries. The NIST CSF, which allows organizations to evaluate their maturity against a detailed set of standards and best practices, is broken down into five core functions: 1. Identify: Does the organization know how to manage cybersecurity risk to… Blog September 29, 2020 Excellence Starts at Home: Why CEOs Should Hold Functional Leaders Accountable for Serving Their Internal Customers Imagine a scenario where a company decides that it needs a proprietary app to better engage with customers. It hires an outside developer to create the app but the developer fails to deliver on time or as specified. The company isn’t able to drive the adoption of the app as planned, and in turn its projected growth and customer retention suffer. There is a strong dissatisfaction with the… Blog August 10, 2017 Transitioning to the New Revenue Recognition Standard Will Likely Be Harder Before It Gets Easier The new revenue recognition accounting standard from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is going into effect for most public companies in their next fiscal year, and a year later for everyone else. This fast-approaching deadline explains the increased interest and focus on the standard in Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives. The focus also showed up more demonstrably in our 2017 SOX survey… Newsletter August 30, 2022 Compliance Insights - June 2020 Your monthly compliance news roundupFinCEN: BSA Reporting Obligations Remain Crucial During COVID-19 as Fraud Trends RiseThe first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States was confirmed on January 20, 2020, two months after the first known cases are believed to have originated in China. While the world turned its attention to the virus and finding effective treatment, a… Blog March 12, 2021 To Prepare for Risks the Next Decade May Bring, Start Fostering an Innovation Mindset Now In today’s dynamic and uncertain business climate, a company’s ability to innovate continuously and strategically is not only a business differentiator but a survival strategy. The disruption and uncertainty of the past year drew a sharp line between the businesses that innovated quickly and thrived and those that failed to adjust quickly and faltered. It’s also clear that any company aiming to… Load More
