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    May 21, 2019
    2019 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey – Destination: Transformation
    Chief audit executives (CAEs) worry that their internal audit functions lack the tools and skills to help their companies compete with “born-digital” newcomers. Most say they are taking steps to fix this. But innovation and transformation requires more than just a series of discrete activities. Next generation internal audit requires a fundamental rethinking of the design and capabilities of…
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    May 29, 2019
    SIFMA Ops Conference: Themes and Takeaways. Listen to the Podcast.
    Earlier in May, Protiviti Managing Director Douglas Wilbert attended the SIFMA Operation Conference and Exhibition in Boca Raton, FL. We share a brief podcast with highlights from the event. Full transcript below. SIFMA Ops Conference Podcast [transcript] Kevin Donahue: Hi, this is Kevin Donahue with the Protiviti Marketing Group. I’m pleased to be talking today with Douglas Wilbert…
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    May 30, 2019
    How Emerging Technology Companies Can Win the War for Talent
    In the technology industry, the competition for talent is fierce, and there is no letup in sight. Protiviti’s survey, The Top Risks for 2019, identifies the “talent crunch” as one of the three top risks for technology companies today and for the foreseeable future. A 2019 Gartner study concurs, finding that concerns about talent shortages now outweigh those about accelerating privacy…
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    May 31, 2019
    Following Through on the Audit Committee Agenda for 2019: Financial Reporting
    In the beginning of the year, Protiviti published our annual audit committee agenda recommendations for 2019, summarized in an earlier post by Protiviti Managing Director (and blog host) Jim DeLoach. There is an ever-growing variety of issues of which audit committees need to stay abreast these days. At its core, however, the function of the committee remains the same: to ensure the integrity…
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    January 15, 2020
    BlackRock’s Larry Fink Draws Another Line in the Sand – The Message Is Getting Clearer
    On Jaunary 14, BlackRock’s Chairman and CEO Larry Fink issued his annual letter to public company chief executives. BlackRock is a global investment management company, the world's largest, with almost $7 trillion in assets under management as of September 2019. This year’s letter conveys several important messages that are worth noting by those responsible for corporate strategy setting, policy…
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    January 16, 2020
    Next-Gen Internal Audit: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Agile Audit?
    As businesses focus on digital transformation for speed and service, they tend to put more emphasis on individuals and interactions than processes and tools. In the process, rigid hierarchical business processes are being replaced with collaboration, iterative processes and constant communication across the enterprise. These new methodologies are borrowed from software development, where they…
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    January 17, 2020
    Make ESG Part of the Public Company Readiness Checklist — Your Valuation Could Depend on It
    The public company readiness checklist for any business working toward an initial public offering (IPO) is long and complicated. And now, there are signs in the marketplace that for many companies aiming for an IPO, this checklist may need to include an analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and reporting. Demonstrating meaningful effort and progress with ESG issues…
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    January 27, 2020
    Agile Internal Audit: How to Audit at the Speed of Risk
    There's never been a better time to be an internal auditor. The internal audit profession is being asked to respond to an ever-increasing set of issues that reside in technology, compliance, culture, risk and other emerging hot topics. The ability for internal audit functions to remain relevant and address the needs of their clients is incumbent upon using new tools and techniques, including the…
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    January 28, 2020
    CECL and the New AICPA Practice Aid (Part 2): Financial Statement Presentation and Enhanced Financial Statement Disclosures
    New accounting standards that fundamentally change the way financial services organizations calculate current expected credit losses (CECL) took effect for large institutions on January 1, 2020. The new standards are part of a broader effort to increase the accuracy of financial statements and provide more transparency for stakeholders. Smaller financial organizations and private institutions…
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    January 29, 2020
    SEC Joins the PCAOB in Emphasizing the Importance of the Audit Committee’s Role
    On December 30, 2019 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement on the role of audit committees in financial reporting. This statement follows by a few weeks a similarly focused report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Together, the two releases underline the importance these regulators place on a well-informed, engaged, objective and effectively…
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