Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog May 19, 2016 Going Beyond Assurance May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. In my last post, I gave a high-level summary of the North American results of the The IIA’s 2016 CBOK Stakeholder Study, as presented in an April 6th webinar I hosted. This… Blog May 20, 2016 Is Your Company Private? The SEC Still Has Advice for You. At Protiviti, we routinely counsel private companies that a good governance and control structure is a sound business strategy for any company, and particularly for fast-growth companies with outside investors. If you don’t believe us, just ask the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Recently, SEC chair Mary Jo White gave a speech at Stanford University, directly addressing private… Blog May 23, 2016 Prioritizing Risks and Demonstrating Strategic Risk Savvy May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. In my last post, I argued that internal auditors should go beyond assurance to serve as strategic advisers to executive management and directors. This begs the question: Which… Blog May 27, 2016 Wanted: A New, Soft Set of Skills for Internal Auditors May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. What I described in my previous posts, here, here and here, is a new kind of internal auditor – a well-connected and socially savvy strategist equally capable of understanding… Blog June 2, 2016 Understanding the Costs and Benefits of SOX Compliance Protiviti has released the results of its latest Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey, which offers a wealth of data and insights about the SOX costs and hours tied to compliance, and benchmarks the control environments of a broad spectrum of organizations. Learn more at our SOX Survey site, and view our video and infographic here. Jim [wpvideo NH5MmyQn] Blog June 2, 2016 Internal Audit at Financial Institutions Is Evolving Financial firms’ risk profiles are continually challenged by new regulatory requirements and heightened expectations from supervisors requiring firms to advance their risk management processes. At the same time, advances in technology are driving consumer demand for more mobile services, even as new entrants, the so-called fintech companies, are transforming the competitive landscape. All this… Blog June 9, 2016 AML Lookbacks: Top 10 Lessons Learned Regulators may require a financial institution to perform a transaction review of historical activity, often referred to as a “lookback,” when they determine that the financial institution does not have an adequate transaction monitoring program and/or has not evidenced sound decision making in determining whether transactions are suspicious or not. The scope of the lookback may span from six… Blog June 14, 2016 COSO Unveils New ERM Framework Editor’s Note: This week, COSO released for comment the much-anticipated update to its ERM Framework. I asked Bob Hirth, Chairman of COSO, if he would share his thoughts with us on the new framework. Bob graciously agreed. -- Jim After 18 months of hard and focused work with our advisory council and official observers, COSO is releasing the public exposure draft of its revised enterprise… Blog June 17, 2016 SOX Costs Are Rising But So Are the Benefits SOX costs are rising but so are the benefits for companies. Improved control structures, ability to address emerging risks and enhanced business and IT processes are some of the upsides. Listen to Brian Christensen, Protiviti’s global leader of Internal Audit, address these benefits, as well as cost reducing opportunities around SOX. [audio mp3="https://protivitiriskmgmt.files.wordpress.com/2016… Blog June 20, 2016 Technology Leaders Worry That Their Companies May Be Too Resistant to Change Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative teamed at the end of last year to survey directors and executives across a wide spectrum of industries for our fourth annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks report. We are drilling down, over a series of blog posts, to provide insight into these executive perspectives within key industries and how these risks may have evolved… Load More
