Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Survey December 10, 2024 CFOs Prioritising Financial Planning, Profitability Analysis and Data Protection In an era of prolonged global volatility, increasingly competitive landscape and rapid regulatory changes, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are devising new ways to navigate uncertainty. On the global front, these responses emphasise uplifting financial planning and analysis (FP&A) (in particular strategic forecasting and profitability analyses), data security and privacy, the use of… Survey December 17, 2024 2024 Consumer Goods and Retail Finance Priorities In this year’s survey, the finance leaders ranked financial planning and profitability analysis and reporting, strategic planning, routine reporting and closing activities, security and privacy of data, and process improvement as their top five priorities for the next 12 months. Client Story November 8, 2024 Getting Smart About Sourcing: How One Educational and Resource Institution Rebuilt Its Procurement Organisation Discover the transformative journey of an educational institution's procurement overhaul, where strategic sourcing was key. Optimising processes and leveraging spend, they identified $72M in savings potential. Newsletter October 22, 2024 Private Equity Insights Q3 2024 In this issue of Private Equity Insights, we discuss our latest Global Finance Trends Survey results. CFOs and finance leaders around the world rated their top finance priorities. Our intent is for PE firms to use this intelligence to design and deploy new practices, tools and innovative approaches in their own finance organisation. We next take a look at financial planning & analysis (FP… Survey November 6, 2024 2024 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Finance Priorities Discover how TMT Finance Priorities are shifting towards AI, cost optimisation, and robust data security in the digital age. Client Story October 7, 2024 Telecom Leader Sets New Standard as Top Employer with Innovative Pay and Job Structures Telecom leader innovates pay structures for next-gen growth, setting new standards with a unified job architecture and base pay framework to attract top talent. Survey October 1, 2024 Cost Optimisation Is a Top CFO Priority, but Some Finance Groups Fall Short Explore how CFOs prioritise cost optimisation in financial strategies for enhanced revenue and resilience, according to our survey. Survey April 27, 2022 The Transformation of Transactional Work When comparing the findings of Protiviti’s latest global survey of finance trends to the results from prior years, one of the most significant changes relates to the higher priority placed by midlevel professionals on the finance organisation’s transactional activities – cash flow forecasting, financial reporting, the procure-to-pay cycle, working capital management, profitability reporting and… Whitepaper September 16, 2020 Strategies for Reducing Retail Shrink During Challenging Times Shrink has long represented a significant challenge for retailers. Unfortunately, during a time of tightening margins and declining sales, the issue shows no signs of withering away. According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey of the National Retail Federation (NRF), shrink is at an all-time high. In 2019, it accounted for an average rate of 1.62% of inventory, calculated at retail,… Podcast October 5, 2020 Podcast: A Private Equity Perspective on Legal Services A Company in Your Portfolio Requires Legal Counsel – What Are Your Options? Protiviti Managing Director Rob Gould and Robert Half Managing Director Joel Wuesthoff discuss options for PE firms to access legal counsel and services. It is common for companies expanding through acquisitions to outgrow their in-house capabilities. This is often the case with legal services during acquisitions, when… Load More