Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper October 7, 2020 Managed Business Services Overview Companies are seeking innovative ways to address today’s finance and accounting challenges. Unforeseen issues, transaction backlogs, and one-time events that demand a rapid response drive this search for new approaches. Finance leaders now operate with leaner staffs. Often, just enough resources are on board to meet routine business needs. Meanwhile, the pace of business change has… Newsletter March 25, 2020 Going Digital: The Future Auditor in Action For several years, Protiviti has described the “future auditor” as a chief audit executive (CAE) who takes definitive steps toward making The Institute of Internal Auditors’ vision of “an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity that adds value and improves an organisation’s operations” a reality. Several issues of The Bulletin have been devoted to describing various… Newsletter March 23, 2020 COVID-19’s Workplace Disruption: A Test of Board Resiliency In a crisis, clear thinking is needed in the boardroom. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion one of the most abrupt disruptions in decades, leaving organisations reeling with uncertainty as fear spreads faster than the virus itself. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis could very well present the ultimate test of resiliency — for leading companies in… Podcast Transcript July 4, 2022 Transcript | The Board’s Role in Building a Culture of Sustainability Corporate culture, once a rather squishy, hard-to-define concept for organisations, increasingly is a top-of-mind concern for leaders looking to create a desirable workplace for innovation and one where employees who have many choices want to remain long-term. The challenges are especially acute amid the current war for talent and the need to attract and retain the best people. And part of… Survey April 17, 2025 Risk insights for operations teams The top near-term and long-term risk concerns of chief operating officers (COOs) include rising labour costs, uncertain economic conditions, talent and labour availability, regulatory uncertainty, the rapid speed of disruptive innovations, and the long-term supply of skills needed to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies. These risk perspectives align with the top… Podcast August 23, 2021 Podcast | Workplace Transformation Next in our Transformation Series, guest host Lucy Pearman talks with Sophie Krynauw about the future of insurance and workplaces in a digital environment with global collaborative teams focusing on outcomes rather than process. Sophie Krynauw is the Transformation Audit Director at Group Audit Zurich Insurance Group. And part-time triathlete. Sophie is responsible for the designing the future… Podcast September 28, 2022 Podcast | Sustainable Finance With the dominance of ESG as a key agenda item in the boardroom and C-suite, it’s no surprise that one especially noteworthy topic is sustainable finance – ensuring that investments in products and services are aligned with ESG and sustainability standards. This certainly is a key area of focus in financial services.In this podcast, Protiviti’s Paul Middleton interviews Ana Carolina Oliveira,… Podcast Transcript September 28, 2022 Transcript | Sustainable Finance With the dominance of ESG as a key agenda item in the boardroom and C-suite, it’s no surprise that one especially noteworthy topic is sustainable finance – ensuring that investments in products and services are aligned with ESG and sustainability standards. This certainly is a key area of focus in financial services. In this podcast, Protiviti’s Paul Middleton interviews Ana Carolina Oliveira,… Survey April 17, 2025 Risk insights for human resources teams As chief human resources officers (CHROs) assess near-term and longer-term risks, their sights are set on macroeconomic variables and strategic challenges. These elevated CHRO perspectives closely align with the risk concerns of board members, CEOs, CFOs and other C-suite leaders in our latest annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Survey. Newsletter April 29, 2021 Quantum Computing: Why The Board Should Care There is a growing interest across the world in the feasibility of quantum computing and when it will finally become a reality in business. And that’s for good reason. Quantum would enable problem-solving capabilities to address simulations and complicated optimisation questions involving a formidable number of variables and potential outcomes at amazing speeds not attainable with conventional… Load More