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  • Blogs

    April 6, 2023
    I am often asked, with all the investments in data management and infrastructure over the last 50 years, why are we still not great with governing data? To put it simply and directly – it’s hard! Data governance programmes are easy to envision conceptually, difficult to implement, and without proper care, impossible to sustain. Often data governance investments have a long ‘time to…
  • Blogs

    April 6, 2023
    This blog post was authored by Chris Hanson - Director, Danielle Baumann - Senior Manager, Enterprise Application Solutions on The Technology Insights Blog. As more and more retailers build strategies to address supply chain challenges, customer experience and ease of doing business, many have come to the realisation that there may not be a single best solution for their various needs.…
  • Whitepaper

    April 4, 2023
    Chief financial officers (CFOs) in the technology sector met to discuss leading industry practices, trends and other topics of mutual interest in a virtual roundtable conducted under the Chatham House Rule. The agenda for this virtual exchange, hosted by Protiviti Managing Directors Gordon Tucker, Christopher Wright and Fran Maxwell, was created through a series of pre-interviews. Comments from…
  • Survey

    April 5, 2023
    When assessing the top risk issues organizations will face this year as well as over the next decade, one key theme stands out: People and culture are at the top of the agenda.The 11th annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Survey, conducted by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative, reveals the top risks on the minds of global boards of directors and executives in 2023 and…
  • Whitepaper

    August 13, 2024
    In recent years, increasing pressures from a variety of stakeholders have combined to drive companies toward more sustainable practices in their business operations and greater transparency. The real game-changer, however, has been the proliferation of recent global environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting regulations, which require a level of reporting far above the voluntary…
  • Blogs

    April 6, 2023
    With so many changes to contend with in what feels like a never-ending series of unforeseeable events impacting people, processes, innovation, infrastructure and industries the world over, it’s a time of heightened risk and change on so many levels. Globally, banks are faced with increasing regulatory scrutiny that has in some cases resulted in a pivot to the organisational strategy, resource…
  • Newsletter

    April 13, 2023
    As a term in business, “agile” is typically used to refer to a project management methodology, especially for software development. But there is a different, more strategic connotation of agility that merits close attention by boards as markets evolve.
  • Blogs

    April 21, 2023
    Some of the toughest conversations CIOs will have within their organisations are likely to be about the benefits of adopting every emerging technology that’s caught business leaders’ attention versus the potential investments to be made in transforming legacy systems. As companies across all industries look to accelerate efforts to achieve their business transformation goals, a considerable…
  • Blogs

    April 26, 2023
    Last Thursday, the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released interpretive guidance on how to effectively apply the 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF) — which is currently applied to financial reporting — to sustainability reporting. The guidance results from a project approved by the COSO…
  • Podcast

    April 26, 2023
    One of the most significant decisions a CFO faces is selecting the right technology or tool to help them run the finance organisation and deliver expected results and value for the business. But technology selection is only the first step. There also is implementation, a just as important stage that can make or break the success of the technology and its effectiveness in the eyes of stakeholders…
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