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 Blog January 12, 2016 A Farewell to Michael Oxley Staunch champions of corporate governance and fair financial reporting lost a friend over the holidays with the passing of former U.S. Rep. Michael Oxley on January 1. The Ohio Republican, co-author, with Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes, of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), was an ethical stalwart and strong advocate and warrior for corporate oversight and accounting reform. SOX,… Blog December 15, 2020 Recharging Your Agile Transformation The seismic shift in project management functions from administrative to a consultative business partner is helping organizations transform across the enterprise and all areas of the project life cycle. In many companies, these transformational efforts are progressing well, coordinated by new lean-agile program management office (PMO) leaders. But for others, transformation is still out of reach… Blog February 20, 2019 Pursuing Next-Gen Business Opportunities With Better Data Governance In recent years, businesses have come to see improved data availability as a necessity for enhancing offerings, cutting costs and developing new models of business. For consumer products and services (CPS) companies, connected devices, online retailing and other digital tools are yielding more data than ever. Data and analytics — along with machine learning and artificial intelligence — are now… Blog December 12, 2023 Why Care about Technology Risks and Building Resilience? This is the first post in a two-part series exploring the benefits of technology resilience. It defines technology resilience and describes its value to organizations. A subsequent post describes aspects of technology resilience and outline steps to implement a technology resilience program. Technology resilience remains a new idea for some organizations. Even those who are familiar with its… Blog March 19, 2020 Utilizing Robotic Process Automation for Compliance The use of new technology continues to be a big focus for Protiviti’s SAP Ecosystem solution in 2020. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are poised to help our clients make dramatic shifts in performance, shareholder value and business development over the next several years. The ultimate goal is to eventually get to cognitive automation, where software brings automation to… Blog December 11, 2017 Avoiding “IoT Inertia” in the Oil and Gas Sector Requires an IoT Strategy To understand how the practical application of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can potentially transform traditional operations and create value for businesses, just look to the oil and gas sector. Digitalization of oil fields began in the industry years ago. And now that sensors are more affordable, even small and midsize companies have the ability to track, in real time, data generated… Blog July 17, 2024 Manufacturers Can Build Resilience With AI-Powered Crisis Simulations What you need to know: In a world where unpredictability has become the norm, organizations are seeking innovative methods to ensure their teams are prepared for any crisis. Traditional training approaches fall short in simulating the complexity and unpredictability of real-world crises and are not tailored to the organization. This is where AI-powered crisis simulations come into play,… Blog June 19, 2020 Leveraging SAP Risk Management and Process Control to Streamline Enterprise Risk Management Risk management is one of the top priorities for organizations of all types. This priority has not changed as companies have transitioned to virtual environments. The need to address risk and compliance concerns is still there, but the virtual world has created new challenges. In a recent webinar, which is currently available on demand, we discussed how SAP Risk Management and SAP Process… Blog August 13, 2019 CECL – A Regulators’ Perspective In July, we had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion with financial regulators in Protiviti’s San Francisco office. The discussion was attended by representatives from 25 banks and financial institutions, including Bank of the West, Charles Schwab, First Republic, MUFG and Wells Fargo. The panelists were Robert Coleman, Regional Accountant from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (… Blog September 15, 2021 Establishing a Successful SAP Identity Access Governance Center of Excellence Often, companies are so focused on getting to an optimal and secured environment across their SAP business applications and information systems landscape, they overlook the importance of connecting the dots to a broader identity access strategy, establishing the appropriate governance policies and ongoing processes to meet business, legal, security, risk, compliance and other organizational needs… Load More