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In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organisations need to modernise and transform their technology in order to successfully compete. CIOs play a critical role in transforming the world of work using automation and technology – but they can’t do it alone. Collaboration among the C-suite is critical. In this blog series, Protiviti’s Technology Consulting…

by Rich Cohen, Managing Director and Fractional In-house Counsel Today’s societal, investor and regulator expectations and the exponential advancement of data and technology are creating significant pressures, demands and opportunities for General Counsel (GC) and their legal departments. Increasingly, they are being called upon to do more, expanding their focus to areas that include environmental,…

Twenty years ago, the effects of the Enron era were enormous. Confidence in the capital markets and in financial reporting and corporate governance in general had deteriorated to a dangerously low level. Shareholder losses were staggering. People’s life savings were lost. The corporate frauds and abuses were numerous and egregious. The web of culpability cast a wide net. The blame game was in full force. The lack of…

Mention leading technology companies in the world, and it is doubtful that oilfield service organisations jump to the top of your list. These companies are known for performing the gritty work of producing, maintaining and repairing oil-extracting equipment. They also provide drilling, energy discovery, well maintenance and other vital services to oil and gas companies. But a growing number of oilfield service…

As companies come under growing pressure to make measurable, reportable (and reported) progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there is increased demand on business leaders to implement effective sustainability practices that resonate with customers, partners and employees. Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies have not been immune to the pressure. Although TMT industry…

Financial operations (FinOps) professionals around the world are generally unflappable, and they need to be. Moving finances to cloud, essentially transferring the spend from CapEx to OpEx, is proving to be a struggle. Organisations are seeing mixed success as they attempt to adopt new FinOps methodologies and are finding it difficult to control spend as development teams and engineers are responsible for…

Digital transformation in finance has been on the docket for years. So, why do organisations still struggle? The status quo is filled with manual, spreadsheet-driven workflows and fractured application ecosystems that may have been caused by failed attempts at digital transformation — and significant investments alone will not guarantee success. These issues have led to reduced data integrity and delayed reporting…

Mission critical The quote-to-cash (Q2C) process is a vital part of the sales cycle that is responsible for driving revenue for an organisation. It encompasses detailed sales functions spanning from initial quote configuration to payment receipt and revenue recognition. Optimising the Q2C process allows companies to speed up sales cycles, close a higher percentage of deals and create a better buying experience for…

Cyber risk is a growing threat to organisations of all shapes and sizes. Cyber risk quantification allows organisations to better understand the financial impact that these risks pose; however, setting the scope of quantification activities and clearly articulating their outputs can be a challenge. Recently, Protiviti teamed up with the FAIR Institute to review how organisations can implement key Factor Analysis of…

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations provides a database logging feature that can be used to track insert, update, delete, and rename key operation changes made to tables and fields in the application. Database logging is a valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 used to provide a chronological record of changes that occur within the application. Each record contains details of the date and time stamp…