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    APAC ACAMS Conference Focuses on Technology, Talent, Collaboration – Listen to the Podcast
    Last month, Protiviti sponsored and participated as a panelist at the 11th Annual APAC ACAMS Conference, which took place on April 8-9 in Singapore. Carol Beaumier is a Senior Managing Director with Protiviti. She oversees the Protiviti Asia-Pacific Financial Services practice, and attended the conference along with Nigel Robinson, Managing Director and Singapore Country Market Lead, and Ronita…
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    Flash Report: PCAOB 2018 Inspection Observations
    In 2018, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspected over 160 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 700 public company audits in the United States and abroad. On May 6, the PCAOB published its Staff Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations. Although the publication is aimed at external auditors, it provides important insights for organizations preparing for audits.…
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    2019 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey – Destination: Transformation
    Chief audit executives (CAEs) worry that their internal audit functions lack the tools and skills to help their companies compete with “born-digital” newcomers. Most say they are taking steps to fix this. But innovation and transformation requires more than just a series of discrete activities. Next generation internal audit requires a fundamental rethinking of the design and capabilities of…
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    SIFMA Ops Conference: Themes and Takeaways. Listen to the Podcast.
    Earlier in May, Protiviti Managing Director Douglas Wilbert attended the SIFMA Operation Conference and Exhibition in Boca Raton, FL. We share a brief podcast with highlights from the event. Full transcript below. SIFMA Ops Conference Podcast [transcript] Kevin Donahue: Hi, this is Kevin Donahue with the Protiviti Marketing Group. I’m pleased to be talking today with Douglas Wilbert…
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    How Emerging Technology Companies Can Win the War for Talent
    In the technology industry, the competition for talent is fierce, and there is no letup in sight. Protiviti’s survey, The Top Risks for 2019, identifies the “talent crunch” as one of the three top risks for technology companies today and for the foreseeable future. A 2019 Gartner study concurs, finding that concerns about talent shortages now outweigh those about accelerating privacy…
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    Following Through on the Audit Committee Agenda for 2019: Financial Reporting
    In the beginning of the year, Protiviti published our annual audit committee agenda recommendations for 2019, summarized in an earlier post by Protiviti Managing Director (and blog host) Jim DeLoach. Since there is always a lot to unpack in these recommendations, we also hosted a recent webinar for audit committee members and others, available on demand on our website. As my colleagues point…
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    Advanced Data Mining Technologies and AI Can Aid Firms’ Transition from LIBOR to Alternative Risk-Free Rates
    As the financial markets prepare for potential disruptions from the phasing out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and selection and implementation of alternative risk-free rates (RFR) by the end of 2021, financial institutions are seeking creative solutions to help manage the anticipated workload and transition risks. On a macro level, institutions currently have myriad concerns…
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    Who Is Watching the Bots? Part 1 – RPA Governance
    Just as a civil society relies on the rule of law, robotic process automation (RPA) at scale requires good governance to enable success while helping to mitigate associated risks. In this post, the first of two highlighting key points from our recent RPA webcast, we look at some elements of good RPA governance. Governance – the establishment of polices, and the implementation and monitoring of…
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    Who Is Watching the Bots? Part 2 – Operational Challenges (and Solutions)
    A lot of organizations are beginning to realize the value of deploying robotic process automation (RPA) to perform high-volume, repetitive tasks that were previously performed by human users. Properly managed, RPA allows companies to scale operations and increase productivity. RPA comes with its own set of operational challenges, however, that must be considered. In Part 1 of our discussion we…
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    For Technology Startups, Taking a Potentially Faster Path to Going Public Doesn’t Mean Skipping Critical Steps
    Many technology startups are delaying their initial public offering (IPO) — waiting years, in some cases — and going well beyond the traditional Series A, B and C rounds of funding to support the development of their products and services. A major downside of this approach is that, by the time the company is ready to go public, it may have already seen most of its growth. That leaves less…
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