Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog January 4, 2023 Telling Your ESG Story: Five Data Considerations The first formal mention of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles appeared some 18 years ago in the United Nations Global Compact initiative, which garnered support from financial institutions across the world. During the next decade-and-a-half, and without much notice, ESG slowly gained steam. But outcries to address climate change in recent years, as well as social and gender… Blog January 10, 2023 The Post-Quantum Cryptography Conundrum Business leaders may have heard of quantum computing, but many are not yet aware of its incipient threat to cryptography and cryptocurrency. When these machines reach a sufficient level of performance, they will be able to easily factor prime numbers, which poses a threat to RSA. Only a few realize that the time to prepare for the conundrum of post-quantum risk is now. In quantum computing, the… Blog January 11, 2023 Create to Execute: Managing the Fine Print of Sales Contracting In Protiviti’s recent post, Easy As CPQ: Launching A Successful Sales Cycle, we outlined the Configure, Price Quote phase of the Q2C process. The next critical step in a company’s quote-to-cash (Q2C) process, and one that helps solidify accurate revenue collection, reporting and a good customer experience, is contract creation and execution. During this phase, any prior negotiations are… Blog January 4, 2023 Talent, Culture and Disruption Are Top-Ranking Risks for CFOs, Survey Shows I love to learn new words. Whether or not CFOs are familiar with this term, they undoubtedly know its connotation and are dealing with its effects every day. Permacrisis — named by the UK-based Collins English Dictionary as the 2022 word of the year — is defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.” In essence, it’s a… Blog January 11, 2023 A 5-Step Plan to Operationalize DEIB As senior leadership teams evaluate their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) strategies and objectives for 2023, they might consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This fundamental physics principle states that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. This concept also applies to DEIB programs that fail to become institutionalized despite being launched with great… Blog January 12, 2023 ESG: Nine Actions CFOs and Finance Leaders Can Take Today Findings from our latest Global Finance Trends survey reveal that environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and reporting are taking center stage as a top priority of CFOs today. Case in point: In 75% of organizations, the finance team has taken on ESG risks and issues as part of its role. With their unique blend of financial management fundamentals, risk intelligence and access to… Survey January 16, 2023 2023 Top Risks in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Industry 2022 has been an exigent year for the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry. Many companies continued transformations accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they faced an intensifying regulatory environment, geopolitical turmoil and supply chain disruptions. Survey January 13, 2023 2023 Top Risks in the Consumer Products and Services Industry Global economic uncertainty, inflation and supply chain disruptions are major headwinds facing the consumer products and services industry group, and particularly consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies, heading into the new year. Separately, for airlines and hospitality companies, the potential impact of an unexpected crisis on revenue and resistance to cultural changes are the top… Leadership Tammy Mittelstaedt Tammy Mittelstaedt is a Managing Director in the Enterprise Applications Solutions (EAS) practice in our Chicago office. She has over 20 years of experience in delivering transformational, operational, and digital innovation programs, with an emphasis on finance-led transformations. Tammy has held senior roles in some of the world’s largest consultancies and has served global clients in a… Partner NICE Actimize NICE Actimize is the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions for regional and global financial institutions, as well as government regulators. Consistently ranked as number one in the space, NICE Actimize experts apply innovative technology to protect institutions and safeguard consumer and investor assets by identifying financial crime, preventing fraud,… Load More