Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast September 10, 2024 Podcast | Transform: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic planning and analysis, leadership, and enhanced data analytics — reveals a tale of transformation for CFOs whose responsibilities continue to widen. Client Story December 14, 2023 Solving Legacy Accounting Challenges With Automation and Process Improvements Protiviti partnered with clients to implement best-of-breed digital solutions to automate financial close processes, along with process improvements and data governance and controls solutions to resolve the issues. Change management to support accounting teams in adopting the new processes was also a key deliverable. Newsletter April 9, 2021 Board Effectiveness: The Fed’s Guidance Speaks to Resiliency On February 26, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) in the United States issued expectations for boards of large financial institutions as a standard for its regulators when they assess board effectiveness. The guidance applies to all domestic bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies with total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more, with… Survey November 7, 2023 What Boards Need to Know About the CFO’s Changing Priorities As board members engage with CFOs, they should keep in mind that CFO priorities increasingly overlap with the company’s top strategic goals and risks. Case in point: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement rate as the CFO’s topmost priority in Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey. Further evidence of this trend lies in the fact that a majority of finance… Survey October 1, 2024 CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat CFOs prioritise addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory requirements. Newsletter November 29, 2023 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider As they self-assess their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda focus in view of the company’s industry, circumstances, risks, financial reporting issues and current… Survey April 17, 2025 Higher education risk insights The higher education sector is contending with significant challenges. Rapid regulatory changes and declining enrolments due to demographic shifts and competition are creating uncertainty. The need for technological integration, increased governmental scrutiny on institutional practises, and financial instability due to tuition discounting are further complicating the landscape. Additionally,… Client Story January 6, 2023 Cloud-based Healthcare Analytics Company Expands Solutions and Customers d2i is a cloud-based healthcare analytics solutions firm that’s on the move. The company provides an unparalleled data analytics application that aggregates, harmonizes and enriches diverse data sources to some of the largest hospital emergency departments (ED) in the United States. The company currently extracts Electronic Health Record (EHR) data into their environment for over 240 hospitals.… Survey April 17, 2025 Risk insights for finance teams If the first few months of 2025 are any indication, navigating risk-strewn near-term and long-term risk environments will be difficult. In this regard, the chief financial officers (CFOs) broad exposure to macroeconomic and strategic risks as well as finance-focused operational challenges is valuable. As finance leaders develop and update strategic roadmaps amid global uncertainty, it is helpful… Newsletter May 13, 2020 Getting There Eventually: Finding Equilibrium in Uncertain Times (Part 1 – Build on Your Strengths) For those who have read just about everything concerning coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) within their capacity and attention span to absorb, the lethal message is clear: This pandemic is unrelenting. It’s not going away anytime soon, the threat to our health and economy is real, and the world in which we live, work and play has changed from what was familiar. Most discussions concerning the… Load More
