Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog August 18, 2021 Four Steps to Keeping SAP’s Financial Processes Compliant: Step 2 Step 2: Optimize Internal Control Framework Protiviti has identified four key steps that organizations can take to improve their overall control environment and receive the benefits mentioned below. Each of these steps will be a focus in this four-part blog series. Step 1 covered analyzing configuration and processes. In this post, we review optimizing the internal control… Podcast February 21, 2021 Podcast - ESG and Financial Reporting Trends In this podcast, Protiviti Senior Managing Director Bob Hirth and Managing Director Chris Wright share their thoughts and insights about a number of ESG topics. Whitepaper June 10, 2022 Finding Equilibrium in an Era of Heightened Regulation Big Tech’s “big” problem How big is Big Tech? There is little doubt that the big five technology companies (i.e., Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook) are operating in a completely different stratosphere. As one recent New York Times blog described it, “America’s tech titans have formed a separate universe in which they are the sun, and everyone else — billions of humans, other… Survey April 1, 2021 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2021 and 2030 — Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Industry In the annual top risks survey conducted by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative, technology, media and telecommunications executives ranked pandemic-related government policies, adoption of digital technologies, data privacy and information security, cyber threats, and diminished economic activity among their top risk issues for 2021 and beyond. The survey results reflect… Whitepaper January 28, 2022 Compliance Priorities for 2022 in the Financial Services Industry As we consider the compliance challenges that will be top of mind for financial institution compliance officers in 2022, one thing is very clear: More and more often, they are being expected to play a significant role in managing risks that extend beyond what we have traditionally considered the purview of compliance. Coupling this reality with ongoing innovation, both in the industry and in… Survey January 24, 2022 Strategic Convergence: Three Focal Points That Require CIO/CFO Collaboration As CIOs strive to foster a data-first mindset throughout their organisations, they’ll discover that their CFOs are targeting the same objective in their finance groups — to make better decisions and take smarter risks. Protiviti’s 2021 Global Finance Trends Survey, an annual global survey of CFOs and finance leaders, shows that CFOs are strengthening their already-intense focus on data analytics… Infographic January 18, 2022 Infographic: Finance Trends for Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Finance leaders in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries plan to continue to address major priorities created by the e-commerce boom, market disruptions and the growing expectations around social accountability. According to the results of Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey, the finance leaders identified these among their top priorities: security and privacy of data… Blog August 16, 2021 Disinformation Risk: Are Bogus Whistleblower Complaints from Bad Actors Causing Corporate Havoc? “Misinformation” and “disinformation” have long been mainstays in the political arena, the climate change debate and even in the public discourse over COVID-19 vaccines. Misinformation represents information that is wrong, a challenge every business must deal with from time to time, whether in the press, analyst communications, social media, discussions at government levels, or other venues.… Podcast December 15, 2021 Podcast | Achieving Crypto Agility with QuSecure Crypto agility measures how well your company can adapt to new cryptographic primitives and algorithms without making disruptive changes. Every company will need to achieve this bragging right as soon as possible to avoid the coming quantum computing cryptographic apocalypse. This includes a combination of auditing where you are on the journey and then actually taking action. During this podcast… Blogs March 25, 2021 The Complexities of Rapidly Evolving Wage Law: Act Now to Mitigate Your Risk Is Your Organisation Underpaying or Overpaying its Employees? No organisation wants to be headline news for underpaying its employees. However, many businesses are being publicly ostracised for violating enterprise agreements (EAs) in Australia. Not only are EAs incredibly complicated, wage law is also evolving rapidly, with Victoria and Queensland passing legislation in 2020. Unfortunately,… Load More