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 November 8, 2022 Four Enablers to Achieve a Balanced Approach to Inventory Management As CFOs deepen their collaborations with supply chain leaders to deploy and improve revenue assurance models, they’re seeking reassurance that “just-in-case” approaches will not lead to excess inventories or trigger working capital and cashflow management risks. Supply chain leaders can assuage these concerns by acquainting corporate finance leaders with the new processes and protocols they are… Blog December 11, 2019 In Transformations, People Are at the Heart of Success In our age of digital transformation, finance leaders have unprecedented opportunity to transform operations and create strategic advantages through technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality and robotic process automation. When finance leaders guide their organizations through these transformations, they can help secure their own success by encouraging… Whitepaper March 23, 2021 CFO EXCHANGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (MARCH 12) Chief financial officers (CFOs) of high-growth technology industry companies meet virtually in a small-group setting using Chatham House rules to exchange learnings and discuss business challenges and industry trends. Participants of this exclusive CFO peer group create the agenda through a series of pre-interviews. Protiviti is proud to support and host members of this community. The… Blog December 14, 2020 A Leadership Perspective: Growing with the Client Fifteen years ago, I had the good fortune of winning a project to build a data warehouse for National Vision (NVI). The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy, been acquired by a private equity (PE) firm and purchased a like-sized organization named America’s Best. To say it was chaotic, exciting and disruptive to the industry would be an understatement. The catalyst for our project was a… Blog January 16, 2024 Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography with . . . PCI 4.0? The quantum threat to cryptography has kept the field of cryptography in a state of suspense for decades. In May 2022, a seismic event happened that most didn’t notice at first, but we’re about to feel the shakes. The White House published the National Security Memorandum on Promoting United States Leadership in Quantum Computing While Mitigating Risks to Vulnerable Cryptographic Systems, also… Blog January 24, 2017 IT Innovation, Part 2: Maximizing the Value of Security Investments As my colleague Ed Page indicated in his January 11 post, digital transformation represents one of the biggest innovation opportunities of the 21st century, and failure to respond quickly to innovation opportunities is one of the biggest risks faced by any business today. A recent Protiviti white paper, Catching the Digital Wave of Change, points out that no industry is isolated from the… Blog October 8, 2019 SOX Control Awareness and Communication Is One Way Organizations Can Help Reduce Costs and Hours Protiviti’s 2019 SOX survey shows that companies, with the help of technology, are finally beginning to make headway in the 15-year battle to rein in SOX compliance costs and rising control counts. A few weeks ago, we discussed some of the factors that contribute to the reduction in hours and costs, and we pointed to reducing and standardizing control counts as one of these factors. But a reduced… Blog September 27, 2021 For Rent: San Francisco’s empty offices and the future of central business districts U.S. cities are getting bigger, and the pandemic has not affected that trend, at least for now. Non-coastal cities are rising along with “superstar” cities like Seattle, San Francisco and New York.The “central business district” is increasingly transforming into a central culture, entertainment and recreation district—a key to attracting urban dwellers who are otherwise able to work from home.The… Solution and Industry Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX) We have served hundreds of clients with their SOX compliance consulting needs that range from program builds and turn-key execution, to rationalization and transformation.Protiviti has been a long standing and recognized global thought leader in SOX and Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) compliance. Our publications, benchmarking studies and global seminars are widely recognized in the… Blog October 18, 2021 Use of Digital Tools Distinguishes Internal Audit Groups Advancing on the Next-Gen Journey We know from Protiviti’s 2021 Next-Generation Internal Audit Survey that most internal audit groups have been slow to adopt next-gen technologies and upskill their teams in preparation for the future of work. But the survey also found that those who are ahead of the pack and are “digitally mature” are reaping the benefits of next-generation practices and adding value to the business due to their… Load More