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    Are Third Parties Pharmaceutical Companies’ Achilles’ Heel?
    For pharmaceutical and life science firms there has been nothing like the past 18 months. Faced with a 100-year pandemic that demanded unprecedented speeds in research and development while working under conditions that were unusual to say the least, these companies have had to collaborate with each other and with third parties as never before. And yet, even in these exceptional times, the…
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    Internal Auditors in the Spotlight as Trusted Advisers and Partners in Business Resilience
    Internal auditors are being challenged to do more than ever before, often in areas beyond the typical audit plan prepared each year. Stakeholders are looking for greater insight and knowledge into their organizations. Deft internal audit organizations have been able to engrain the importance of their role and reaffirm value. In November 2018, Protiviti published a white paper that was a call to…
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    Understand SBA Lending Risks Better to Reap the Rewards
    On August 5, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released the “Small Business Administration Lending: Risk Management Principles” bulletin (OCC 2021-34). This guidance informs bankers and examiners of the critical components for ensuring a sound risk management system related to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lending. In this blog post, we explore the risks and…
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    Will Portfolio Optimization Prove Quantum Advantage This Year?
    Finding a specific use case that proves quantum advantage will radically kickstart the quantum computing industry. While universal gate-based quantum computers with error correction are a few years away, annealers – quantum systems from D-Wave – are proving excellent at specific types of problems today, especially in a hybrid approach aided by classical computers.…
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    Succeeding With Data and Analytics: A Guide for Internal Audit Teams in the Manufacturing Industry
    Internal audit leaders at manufacturing and distribution (M&D) companies increasingly recognize the potential of bringing disparate data sources together to produce analytical insights that  strengthen their practices. Outside of internal audit, M&D organizations are already applying analytics to production challenges like predictive maintenance of equipment or calibrating the supply…
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    Future of Transaction Monitoring: Chasing the Holy Grail
    The current and future state of suspicious activity monitoring and reporting is being transformed by technology and the use of data, analytics and robotics. In the latest episode of Protiviti's Risk Transformation podcast series, Mark Highton, Managing Director leading Protiviti’s Financial Crimes Consulting practice, interviews Vishal Ranjane, Head of Global AML Strategies, Solutions and…
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    On Risky Women Radio: Workplace Transformation and the Future of Audit
    As the host of a recent episode on Risky Women Radio, a podcast series, I had the pleasure to speak with Sophie Krynauw, Director of Transformation at Zurich Insurance company. Ms. Krynauw is responsible for designing Zurich’s future audit strategy, focusing on the interplay between customer outcomes and science-based methods, while balancing the need to digitalize and transform skills…
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    Achieve Diversity or Explain Yourself: SEC Adopts Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule
    On August 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq’s proposal to hold companies listed on the exchange accountable for board diversity. The new Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule sets a baseline requirement for diverse board membership and specifies a consistent set of disclosures so stakeholders can evaluate the  current board compositions of listed companies. Nasdaq…
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    Podcast: Today’s Challenges and Trends for Utilities
    Like organizations in virtually every industry today, utilities are addressing a number of critical challenges and trends in the market, from infrastructure demands, to calls to improve the customer experience, to talent demands, and much more. How will the future for utilities evolve? In this informative podcast, Peter Tumminello and Claire Gotham offer a number of interesting insights into…
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    CFOs and Finance Leaders Face Growing Responsibilities, Including ESG Reporting, According to New Protiviti Survey  
    Organizations look to CFOs and VPs of finance for additional actions and data that, until recently, were considered outside their purview. Results from a just released Protiviti Finance Trends Survey reveal that these leaders are increasingly relied on as a go-to source for insights required by companies to address fast-moving drivers of change: CFOs and VPs of finance are informing and shaping…
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