Finance and Accounting Process Optimization Design, deliver and manage to enable sustainable growth. Our extensive experience in operations, process, technology, and change management addresses complexity to avoid impacting employees.We show you how to align organizational structure with business objectives so you’re in control, and how to proactively manage program costs instead of reacting to challenges. You gain effectiveness and efficiency that positions the organization for growth.Our solutions improve efficiency and effectiveness, so organizations can more actively manage the strategic aspects of finance and accounting processes. Stop reacting and transform your organization High-value data, high-stakes decisions: CFOs drive growth and risk strategies Explore Protiviti’s Top Risks Report 2026 for finance executives to understand emerging challenges in AI, data security and global market volatility. Read more 2025 Global Finance Trends Survey Finance trends 2025 report outlines CFO priorities, AI adoption in financial services, and finance transformation driving the future of finance. Read more How We’re Helping Our Clients We deliver a wide-range of capabilities to support your organization's unique finance needs and beyond: Pro Briefcase Data & Analytics Future-state finance functions must generate insight that help to exceed consumer expectations. We can show your team members how use advanced data and analytics capabilities to facilitate this role. Pro Building office Cloud Let our Cloud team help you migrate finance ERP and operations (from CRM to reporting, reconciliations, and payment processing) to the cloud. We emphasize the mitigation journey while also ensuring the long-term cloud platform is efficient and secure. Learn more about our Cloud offerings. Pro Document Consent Intelligent Automation Using "Fit for Purpose" long-term solutions, we work with clients to develop automation for governance, IT infrastructure, security, and management protocols. This technology can automate business processes, improve efficiency, and transform finance. Pro Document Stack Enterprise Applications We help you select, design, implement, maintain, and protect your applications to facilitate finance and accounting process transformation. Pro Legal Briefcase Emerging Technologies We help companies apply new and emerging technologies for finance and accounting processes so they can drive competitive advantage and invest in the future growth. Pro Rightmark Square Managed Business Solutions A one-of-a-kind, flexible delivery model, Managed Business Solutions blends Protiviti’s consulting experience with Robert Half’s operational expertise to build customized resource teams to address your challenges and deliver rapid improvement. graph Target Operating Model Evaluate and find the right balance of internal and external talent to optimize resources and align with the organization’s strategy. Pro Screen System Integration Business Planning & Analysis Leverage Protiviti’s end-to-end customized solutions to understand and address your most challenging planning and analytics issues. We combine the strategic approach of consulting with the power of practice experience to deliver results. Leverage technology to transform the workforce from transactional to advisory Our Approach We help visualize all finance processes and analyze operative process data created by IT systems, resulting in greater process transparency and optimization. Our team develops integrated workflows with automated processes that enable more agile finance functions and allow a seamless mix of workers in a controlled cloud environment across the core finance and accounting processes.Record to Report - We help streamline and automate the financial closing process from record to report so the organization has timely and accurate reporting that reflects the data sourced from multiple departments.Business Planning & Analysis - We show you how to shift focus from what happened to what will happen and drive outcomes aligned with business strategies. We create a practical roadmap to transform outcomes under the organization's greater vision.Order to Cash - We help automate and integrate the "order to cash" process, including order management, fulfilment invoicing, reporting, collections and data management.Source to Pay - Our team knows how to optimize the end-to-end process, from finding and negotiating with suppliers to accounts payable.We can help you ensure that the services and support you provide are valuable, efficient, and cost effective. Our professionals use leading practices to show you how to optimize technology to standardize and automate accounting processes, develop new and enhanced service strategies, and identify and target value-added tasks. Leverage technology to transform the workforce from transactional to advisory Key Partners Through our alliance partnerships we connect innovative services and technology with consulting expertise to optimize key processes and business performance initiatives. Leadership Ken Thomas Ken Thomas, Managing Director, CFO Solutions, specializes in finance operations strategy, implementation and transformation of financial systems and their underlying data governance. Ken brings 30 years of finance experience from serving multiple leadership roles ... Learn More Shawn Seasongood Shawn is a Managing Director leading the Finance and Performance Management segment. He assists clients globally in business and system transformations to address growth, scalability of systems, challenges and process effectiveness.Shawn is a leader within the ... Learn More Andrea Spinelli Andrea is a Managing Director in Boston with experience in accounting and finance operations, target operating model design, shared services, and process optimization. Her background includes industry accounting operations, external audit, and business consulting. ... Learn More Nick McKeehan Nick McKeehan, Managing Director, CFO Solutions, serves as Protiviti’s Global Leader for Financial Reporting Remediation & Compliance services. He has over 20 years of experience leading Finance Transformations, including: public company transitions, financial ... Learn More Featured insights BLOG Crack the ERP Code for a Successful IT Transformation 4 min read One of the most common hurdles when organizations launch an IT transformation is the need to upgrade core enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. As business expands and market demands shift, older systems often reveal their limitations.... BLOG Beyond Go-Live: Change Enablement at the Heart of ERP Transformation 4 min read ERP transformations are often described as journeys, but the real test starts after the system is live. During our recent webinar, ERP Transformation: How High-Performing Organizations Align Business and Tech, leaders from The Aerospace Corporation,... 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