Results for “Finance Trends Survey”

  • Podcast
    March 28, 2023
    The level of uncertainty in today’s global marketplace and the velocity of change continue to produce an array of potential risks that can disrupt an organization’s business model and strategic plan on very short notice. The results of the latest Top Risks Survey from NC State University’s ERM Initiative and Protiviti indicate the business landscape, to no surprise, looks much riskier for 2023…
  • Blog
    December 14, 2016
    We live in an age of great convenience enabled by technology. Snap a photo of your check on your smartphone to make a deposit, simple. Rollover an IRA from your home office, easy. Change the password on your bank account from the airport, no problem. What is less apparent to consumers of these services is the risks they may be assuming by making use of these conveniences. And while few of us…
  • Blog
    October 31, 2013
    Search Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on Google, and you’ll find tales of epic failure outnumber success stories seven to one. If I had a $100 bill for every CFO I have heard complain about his or her frustration with an ERP platform, I’d have a serious bankroll on my hands. Today I thought I’d even the score a little by offering my two cents (since I don’t have that bankroll, unfortunately…
  • Blog
    April 13, 2020
    Who knew that 2020 would become the Year of the Virtual Workplace? Certainly, the impact of stay-at-home guidelines arising from the global spread of COVID-19 has changed the way the world works. Businesses around the globe have been forced to transform, literally overnight in many cases, to deliver a robust work-from-home platform for workforces of all shapes and sizes. Not surprisingly,…
  • Blog
    March 1, 2021
    Data quality and SAP S/4HANA migration (either through greenfield or brownfield implementation) seem to be distantly connected topics and hard to convince that they do depend on each other quite significantly. We don’t need to talk about the importance of the data in this blog, as that has already been discussed enough. With the increased digitization of processes, an abundance of data is…
  • Blog
    December 10, 2020
    Many organizations have now started their journey to SAP S/4HANA or are currently in the midst of an implementation. It is important to integrate controls early in the implementation, rather than going through the effort of trying to incorporate these after go-live. This is referred to as a “design in” approach, opposed to a “retrofit” approach. Controls are integrated throughout the…
  • Blog
    October 15, 2020
    As part of a typical business intelligence program, organizations are bound to take advantage of multiple systems. One system may provide exceptional reporting capabilities. Another may provide best-in-class dashboarding. Yet another may provide outstanding predictive abilities. The challenge is understanding where and how to access multiple systems in a business intelligence landscape. This is…
  • Video
    June 30, 2020
    Accounting and finance organisations have been challenged recently with new accounting and financial reporting and compliance requirements from a new revenue recognition standard to a new lease accounting standards to more recently accounting for credit losses and agreeing with their audits on critical audit matters.
  • Video
    June 23, 2022
    Protiviti recently conducted a survey of executives to explore 5G’s impact. Business leaders in various industries were surveyed about their timelines for 5G adoption, levels of investment, perceived benefits and barriers to implementation. Read our white paper for key highlights: At a Crossroad: Weighing the Realities and Risks of 5G.
  • Blog
    July 5, 2017
    Life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical device companies possess sensitive, high-value data that cybercriminals, hacktivists, unscrupulous competitors and other malicious actors aim to steal or otherwise expose. Personally identifiable information (PII), such as employee data and information about clinical trial participants, is a prime target for compromise. So, too, is intellectual property (…
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