Finance and Accounting Process Optimisation Design, deliver and manage to enable sustainable growth. Our extensive experience in operations, process, technology, and change management addresses complexity to avoid impacting employees.We show you how to align organisational structure with business objectives so you’re in control, and how to proactively manage program costs instead of reacting to challenges. You gain effectiveness and efficiency that positions the organisation for growth.Our solutions improve efficiency and effectiveness, so organisations can more actively manage the strategic aspects of finance and accounting processes. Stop reacting and transform your organisation High-value data, high-stakes decisions: CFOs drive growth and risk strategies Explore Protiviti’s Top Risks Report 2026 for finance executives to understand emerging challenges in AI, data security and global market volatility. Read More 2025 Global Finance Trends Survey Finance trends 2025 report outlines CFO priorities, AI adoption in financial services, and finance transformation driving the future of finance. Read More How we’re helping our clients We deliver a wide-range of capabilities to support your organisation's unique finance needs and beyond: Pro Briefcase Data & Analytics Future-state finance functions must generate insight that help to exceed consumer expectations. We can show your team members how use advanced data and analytics capabilities to facilitate this role. Pro Building office Cloud Let our Cloud team help you migrate finance ERP and operations (from CRM to reporting, reconciliations, and payment processing) to the cloud. We emphasise the mitigation journey while also ensuring the long-term cloud platform is efficient and secure. Learn more about our Cloud offerings. Pro Document Consent Intelligent Automation Using "Fit for Purpose" long-term solutions, we work with clients to develop automation for governance, IT infrastructure, security, and management protocols. This technology can automate business processes, improve efficiency, and transform finance. Pro Document Stack Enterprise Applications We help you select, design, implement, maintain, and protect your applications to facilitate finance and accounting process transformation. Pro Legal Briefcase Emerging Technologies We help companies apply new and emerging technologies for finance and accounting processes so they can drive competitive advantage and invest in the future growth. Pro Rightmark Square Managed Business Solutions A one-of-a-kind, flexible delivery model, Managed Business Solutions blends Protiviti’s consulting experience with Robert Half’s operational expertise to build customised resource teams to address your challenges and deliver rapid improvement. graph Target Operating Model Evaluate and find the right balance of internal and external talent to optimise resources and align with the organisation’s strategy. Pro Screen System Integration Business Planning & Analysis Leverage Protiviti’s end-to-end customized solutions to understand and address your most challenging planning and analytics issues. We combine the strategic approach of consulting with the power of practice experience to deliver results. Leverage technology to transform the workforce from transactional to advisory Our approach We help visualise all finance processes and analyse operative process data created by IT systems, resulting in greater process transparency and optimisation. Our team develops integrated workflows with automated processes that enable more agile finance functions and allow a seamless mix of workers in a controlled cloud environment across the core finance and accounting processes.Record to Report: We help streamline and automate the financial closing process from record to report so the organisation has timely and accurate reporting that reflects the data sourced from multiple departments.Business Planning & Analysis: We show you how to shift focus from what happened to what will happen and drive outcomes aligned with business strategies. We create a practical roadmap to transform outcomes under the organisation's greater vision.Order to Cash: We help automate and integrate the "order to cash" process, including order management, fulfilment invoicing, reporting, collections and data management.Source to Pay: Our team knows how to optimise the end-to-end process, from finding and negotiating with suppliers to accounts payable. Leverage technology to transform the workforce from transactional to advisory Key partners Through our alliance partnerships we connect innovative services and technology with consulting expertise to optimise key processes and business performance initiatives. Leadership Ken Thomas Ken is a Managing Director in the Business Performance Improvement practice. He specialises in finance operations strategy, implementation and transformation of financial systems and their underlying data governance, process reengineering, and ... 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