Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Leading the Drive for Profitability The big picture: Half of the top 10 priorities of CFOs and finance leaders indicate a need for greater agility in finance organizations, according to Protiviti’s 2023 Global Finance Trends Survey. Marketplace uncertainties and economic challenges make the need for agility critical as organizations strive for growth and profitability. Between the lines: CFOs can and should play a more… Survey CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat CFOs prioritise addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory requirements. Survey From Cloud Migration to Managed Services, TMT Finance Leaders Tackle Challenges With Multifaceted Strategies Supply chain problems are still lingering. Technology integration, still lagging. And companies still are lacking skilled workers to fill key roles as they contend with high interest rates and a possible recession. Surveying the technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) industry landscape, the results of Protiviti’s 2022 Global Finance Trends Survey are not necessarily surprising. Some… Blog CFOs Elevate ESG Metrics Amid Regulatory Uncertainty and Changing Sentiment In Protiviti’s 2025 Finance Trends survey, environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement gained priority, moving from number nine last year to number eight in 2025. This increase in the importance of ESG metrics was across all finance roles, but it was especially significant for chief financial officers (CFOs). For CFOs, ESG metrics rose even higher in priority, moving from… Survey Three Conversation Starters That Advance CISO/CFO Collaboration The quality and, in some cases, the existence of the CISO/CFO relationship varies by company. In organisations where the CISO role is positioned and promoted as a source of value, CISOs and CFOs tend to collaborate more often and more meaningfully than in companies that treat information security as a cost center (and typically struggle with cybersecurity as a result). Protiviti’s 2021… Blog New Protiviti Research — From Automation and Cloud to ESG and Talent Management, CFOs Are Reimagining Their Long-Term Roles These are dynamic times for CFOs and their finance teams, and they are not likely to change any time soon. As strategic programs for ESG, technology transformation, supply chain transformation, talent management and more continue to expand, executive teams are leaning more heavily on the finance organization to provide the data, analytics and insights they need to make informed decisions. And who… Blog RPA Offers a Fast and Cost-Effective Way to Automate Account Reconciliations Seventy-three percent of chief financial officers are looking to new technologies as ways to streamline processes and add value to their organizations, according to Protiviti’s 2019 Finance Trends survey. There are many off-the-shelf solutions that promise to help them do that by automating everything from check processing to call centers. Another, sometimes overlooked solution is robotic process… Podcast Podcast | Transform: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic planning and analysis, leadership, and enhanced data analytics — reveals a tale of transformation for CFOs whose responsibilities continue to widen. Blog From Premise to Practice — Technology Is Providing Finance Leaders With Long-Sought-After Answers to Important Questions As custodians of company data, finance leaders are fielding more questions from internal stakeholders than ever before. Those stakeholders — from the board down to operational line managers — want more metrics, more analytics, and deeper and more meaningful insights into financial and operational performance. The questions themselves aren’t new. It has only been recently, however, that finance… Blog Moving Finance to the Cloud: What Finance Leaders Need to Know As cloud technology matures, an increasing number of companies are migrating financial functions away from on-premise systems. In our most recent Finance Trends survey, more than half (58%) of the respondents said that they plan to increase their spending on cloud applications in 2020 — indicating that they either have already migrated and or are planning to do so this year. The movement of… Load More