Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blogs August 22, 2025 Build Greater Resiliency Through Integrated Business Planning IBP programs often originate with financial planning and analysis (FP&A) leaders, who are called on to inform leadership with forecasts and business insights. In Protiviti’s most recent CFO survey, FP&A, profitability, reporting and analysis, strategic planning, enhanced data analytics and process improvement were identified as top areas where CFOs are seeking to improve capabilities. All… Blogs April 19, 2024 Six Reasons to Reconsider Cost Optimisation As senior executives face more pressure to respond to rising costs and eroding profit margins, CFOs can remind their colleagues that they have more cost-optimisation strategies than they might expect.Many business leaders reflexively reach for the headcount-reduction lever. This is understandable given the rising cost of labor and that downsizing and reducing year-end bonuses usually hits the… Blogs January 31, 2024 Navigating the GenAI course with Microsoft Copilot Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a hot topic these days, and not just in the IT world. The statistics indicate off-the-charts interest in GenAI’s capabilities, with AI spending predicted to more than double to $300 billion by 2026. Organisations are gearing up, determining how to best incorporate GenAI to significantly enhance their customer relations, revenue growth, cost… Blogs April 6, 2023 Why Data Governance Programmes Are Easy to Envision, Difficult to Sustain 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 26, 2023 COSO issues supplemental guidance on internal control over sustainability reporting – With examples 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… Client Story September 13, 2023 Agility in Action: IT Transformation Fosters Business Alignment This project focused on the company’s efforts to modernize its IT organization and achieve greater alignment with its business partners as their business model evolved. The project included three key phases of support, starting with an initial IT strategy and target operating model definition, transitioning to enabling value stream-focused Lean portfolio management and then a deeper dive… Blogs February 9, 2024 Operationalise sustainable sourcing in supply chain management Without an effective sustainability program within the sourcing and procurement and supply chain functions, the rest of the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) footprint can quickly disintegrate. Newsletter June 13, 2025 Industry Insights - Energy This quarter, we highlight key insights for energy and utilities leaders, covering top industry risks, evolving regulations, AI innovation and sustainability trends. Dive in to learn how to navigate change, strengthen resilience and lead with confidence. Newsletter July 2, 2025 Drive success with Copilot Studio As a long-standing Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner, Protiviti continues to lead the way in delivering AI-powered transformation. This month, we spotlight Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio - platforms that help organisations automate tasks, enhance productivity, and drive innovation. Client Story January 10, 2024 Achieving New Heights with Transformative Inventory Management Solutions The client wanted to improve inventory management practices at a facility in its commercial HVAC division, which was seeing significant production disruptions and inventory losses. Inventory was handled by several third-party logistics companies, leading to missing material and inventory inaccuracies. Load More
