Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Survey October 1, 2024 CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat CFOs prioritize addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory requirements. Survey November 6, 2024 2024 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Finance Priorities Discover how TMT Finance Priorities are shifting towards AI, cost optimization, and robust data security in the digital age. Survey January 7, 2022 Three Conversation Starters That Advance CISO/CFO Collaboration The quality and, in some cases, the existence of the CISO/CFO relationship varies by company. In organizations where the CISO role is positioned and promoted as a source of value, CISOs and CFOs tend to collaborate more often and more meaningfully than in companies that treat information security as a cost center (and typically struggle with cybersecurity as a result). Protiviti’s 2021… Client Story March 31, 2021 Water company completes successful digital and financial transformation, positions itself for further growth Effecting transformational change on a global scale is challenging for any organization, in any environment. It is an even tougher hill to climb during a global pandemic. Yet, this didn’t stop one organization, a worldwide leader in providing cleaner, softer water through innovative, sustainable solutions, from successfully pursuing a major global finance and IT transformation in 2020. Client Story February 26, 2021 Aerospace firm embraces holistic inventory transformation, saves millions A successful organization is one that can deftly coordinate its many moving parts, but, sometimes, even the best organizations can get out of sync. That was the case with an aerospace company and its inventory. The organization knew it was operating with too much stock and was even holding millions of units after they had been written off the books. The company made numerous attempts to optimize… Client Story May 12, 2023 Regional bank achieves national growth by diligently championing change A regional bank envisioned growing into a national financial institution – and put customer satisfaction at the heart of their growth strategy. Their customer-centric philosophy would demand deep transformation in all aspects of operations. Optimizing processes and investing in new technology would enable scalable, high-touch services and result in increased operational efficiency and winning… Newsletter May 4, 2023 Organizational Culture Is a Competitive Advantage 1 big thing: Where are the culture strategies? Consider this: If culture eats strategy for breakfast, why do some organizations continue to respond to labor shortages and economic contractions with salary increases, staff reductions and other snack-sized, often short-sighted actions? Survey May 9, 2023 Technical Debt and Innovation – the CFO’s Perspective Organizations today spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets and invest a fifth of their IT human resources on technical debt management. This research, based on a global survey of more than 1,000 CIOs, CTOs and other technology leaders, underscores the burden created by technical debt and likely is an eye-opener for the CFO.[1] As organizations strive to increase their focus, and time and… Client Story June 30, 2023 Change management, automation and new digital tools transform finance operations for educational services company A $1 billion educational services holding company that operates in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand needed to transform its finance operations. The organization, which operates numerous higher-education institutions and provides a workplace educational benefits administration solution, enrolled more than 100,000 students in its universities and served 50,000 workplace learners in 2021, growing… Insights paper June 19, 2026 The Road to AI Automation in Finance: Six Actions for the CFO It’s the current call heard ‘round the world: Company leaders are issuing directives to implement AI in finance back-office workflows. The problem: These directives state an AI adoption goal but lack the strategy, planning and execution for finance organizations to achieve meaningful, measurable value. CFOs and finance leaders are left to answer an important question: “How can we implement AI… Load More