Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog In the Wake of the Regulatory Relief Act, Banks Hasten M&A Deals – Five Quick-Hit Considerations to Improve Your M&A Risk Posture The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) was signed into law on May 24, 2018, removing compliance barriers for many banks in the $10 billion to $250 billion asset range. The law has been touted as a way to buoy capital for economic growth by providing regulatory relief to smaller and less complex banks that don’t meet the government’s definition of “too big to… Blog In SOX Compliance, Automation Is Key to Higher Value As executives and compliance leaders look for ways to reduce overall hours required for SOX compliance and glean strategic value from compliance activities, automating controls and testing and broader use of robotic process automation (RPA) show promise that should be evaluated. According to Protiviti’s 2018 SOX Benchmarking survey, nearly one in three organizations reported using technology… Blog GDPR: Immediate Steps, Cross-Border Transfers and More. Listen to the Podcast. In our continuing GDPR series, Tom Lemon, Managing Director with Protiviti's Technology Consulting group in the UK, addresses several important questions, including the first steps to establish a defensible position and some of the data cross-border transfer mechanisms available to companies outside of the European Union. Listen to the podcast at this link. A full transcript of the conversation… Blog Agile Risk Management: Financial Institutions Expand Business Control Functions to Navigate the Digital Future Business control functions — operational teams with a primary focus on risks, controls and compliance — are growing rapidly in the financial services industry, with the number of full-time-equivalent employees more than doubling at some large financial institutions every year since 2014. It’s part of a trend toward a flatter, more agile risk management philosophy. Applying the taxonomy of the… Blog Vendor Risk Management in Financial Services: A Closer Look Third-party risk has been on the forefront of the minds of risk officers, compliance officers, information security officers, heads of procurement, and even CFOs of banks and other financial institutions for well over a decade. In the extended podcast below, Chris Monk, a Managing Director with Protiviti's Business Performance Improvement group and a leader of our Third-Party Risk Management… Blog How Finance Should Tackle Post-Merger Integration: Plan for the Expected! Whether organizations involved in merger and acquisition (M&A) activities have been fortunate to be among the 20 percent whose deal objectives for synergies were successfully met, or among the 80 percent that failed in that regard, one fact rings true for the CFO and his or her team: “There will be significant post-merger clean-up work to get the books and records stabilized.” The level of… Blog So You Want to Use RPA in Audit — Here’s How You Start Robotic process automation (RPA) has been gaining traction as an efficient way to automate labor-intensive and repetitive tasks across a variety of business functions, including finance, accounting, technology, legal, HR, and, increasingly, audit and compliance. As the popularity of this relatively simple and affordable technology increases, internal audit departments are starting to realize… Blog 2017 Technologies Driving GRC Change Digital transformation was probably one of 2016’s top buzzwords, meaning many different things to different analysts, journalists and vendors. For me, it represents real and significant investments in modernizing IT infrastructures, including those that support GRC activities and processes. Consider the trends we’re immersed in. Enterprises are adopting cloud and mobile technologies at an… Blog No More Waiting Game for Manufacturers: Industry 4.0 Is Already Here The term “Industry 4.0” isn’t new to manufacturers. What is new, for many of these businesses, is the recognition that the next wave of the Industrial Revolution is already breaking. There is no more time for “Let’s wait and see what this means for our business.” No manufacturer can afford to sit on the sidelines and watch as their industry is transformed by major innovations in digital… Blog Answer Fundamental Questions and Beware of Overconfidence Before Moving to the Cloud For any business, migrating to the cloud is an essential step in the digitization journey. The baseline cloud benefits, such as reduced costs, greater efficiency and enhanced customer service, are important objectives to strive for, of course. The latter is especially attractive to consumer products and services companies. But there are many considerations, in addition to the benefits, that… Load More
