Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Client Story May 26, 2023 Transforming risk culture from the bottom up: A global insurance provider’s RCSA journey A leading global property and casualty insurance provider set out to transform its risk controls as part of an ongoing effort to promote a culture of excellence. Siloed knowledge of operational risk and controls made it difficult for the organisation to improve quality and compliance. Establishing awareness of vulnerabilities and mitigation protocols across the organisation would boost regulatory… Podcast April 28, 2022 Podcast: Future of Operational Risk Managing risks and strengthening controls associated with operations have become increasingly more complex for all organisations. Firms are expending significant time, money, and resources to implement required changes and prioritise operational risk management efforts. As costs continue to increase, it is clear that the overly manual, reactive, and siloed status quo is unsustainable. In this… Newsletter October 9, 2024 Board Risk Reporting in Disruptive Times Risk reporting to the board may not be fit for purpose in these uncertain times. Directors are trending toward expecting more dialogue, engagement and forward-looking insights based on relevant data and information. A principled approach would help.Boards and their companies face a constant and seemingly unending state of flux in the marketplace. Emergence of the unexpected is the norm. For… Survey October 27, 2020 Singapore’s Payment Services Act The Payments Services Act (PSA) has now been in force for several years, and many firms have received their licences, while others are still in the process of obtaining them. Whether already licensed or still awaiting in-principle or final approval, the challenges for firms are the mandatory obligations under the the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Payment Services Act with which they… Whitepaper October 22, 2020 How Firms Can Tackle Technology Risk Blind Spots to Build Resilience Contrary to popular belief, criminals — insiders or outsiders — are not the most common cause of major operational failures. Technology is the biggest culprit. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotic process automation (RPA), cloud computing and other technologies continues to transform finance. It has created a mix of technological risks that frequently disrupt… Survey February 21, 2024 2024 Top Risks for Chief Audit Executives CAEs see a riskier near- and long-term environment than do most of their colleagues in the executive suite. Of all C-level respondents to our latest Top Risks Survey, internal audit leaders ascribe the highest-magnitude ratings to risks they expect to challenge their organisation’s ability to achieve its performance objectives during the next 12 months. Whitepaper July 14, 2023 Making Supply Chain Agility a Reality Supply chain agility is a strategic urgency and should be backed by formalised tools and processes.The big picture: A persistent focus on cost impedes supply chain resilience and revenue assurance. Many organisations discover their supply chains are not agile enough only after the damage has been done.Boards, leaders and operations executives should define, execute and calibrate supply chain… Blogs April 6, 2023 How SAP Central Finance Benefits Manufacturers This blog post was authored by Sheeraz Iqbal, Director, Enterprise Application Solutions on The Sap Insights Blog. Manufacturers often have heterogenous systems to accommodate different processes in a manufacturing cycle. From procurement and inventory management to calculating overhead, these systems carry critical financial data and information that are necessary to determine… Whitepaper July 12, 2021 Top 10 pitfalls of an IAM programme In spite of over 20 years of experience as an industry, Identity & Access Management (IAM) programmes continue to struggle — and with good reason. There is a lot that can go wrong with an IAM programme. Lack of funding, treating IAM like a project and not a programme, not having business buy-in, and trying to overly customise packaged software are all examples of significant challenges that… Blogs May 19, 2021 Procurement Is a Key Player in Digital Transformation Initiatives, System Selection Matters As companies embark on digital transformation and continuous improvement initiatives, procurement is increasingly considered one of the pillars of that transformation. More than just a necessary back-office operation, procurement plays a critical part in a company’s overall financial strategy, and improvements in that area can cascade across the procure-to-pay (P2P) cycle all the way to the… Load More
