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    Five C's for Cost Savings in the Cloud
    In Protiviti’s most recent Finance Trends survey, more than half (58%) of the respondents said they plan to increase their spending on cloud applications in 2020. Considering this number includes those who are contemplating migration or have already migrated to the cloud, the adoption of these technologies is not just a possibility but rather, a reality.   For…
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    Lessons from a Pandemic: SAP Leaders Detail Financial Tech Trends
    Digital transformation and the migration of critical systems to the cloud were underway long before COVID-19 forced companies to quickly convert to a remote work footing in early 2020. The global pandemic, however, provided an imperative for companies to accelerate their plans. That shift, or “tech-celeration,” provides important context in which to analyze the answers of respondents from…
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    Finance Data Priorities: First Get It Right, Then Make It Pretty
    Baseball great Yogi Berra is fondly remembered for famously miscalculating that, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” Unfortunately, making similar miscalculations on data in the business world is neither funny nor fondly remembered – such errors can damage reputations and create conflicts with customers, investors and regulators. As we increase our reliance on data for…
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    2018 Finance Trends: Security, Privacy and Governance of Finance Data Are Top Concerns, for Good Reason
    Data security and privacy is receiving a lot of attention at the highest levels of organizations these days. Boards are asking about it, executive management is concerned about it, and a growing number of regulations are placing demand on organizations to respond and comply appropriately. We are not surprised then that finance data security and privacy ranked as the top priority for the finance…
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    Finance Data Priorities: First Get It Right, Then Make It Pretty
    Baseball great Yogi Berra is fondly remembered for famously miscalculating that, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” Unfortunately, making similar miscalculations on data in the business world is neither funny nor fondly remembered – such errors can damage reputations and create conflicts with customers, investors and regulators. As we increase our reliance on data for…
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    With FASB Deadlines Finalized, a Final Checklist for CECL Readiness
    On October 6, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approved the final deadlines for the implementation of four major accounting standards, including CECL (Accounting Standard Update 326-13). For large public filers, the switch flips on December 15, 2019, impacting calendar reporting entities on January 1, 2020, as anticipated. With the deadline just around the corner, those…
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    Microsoft Copilot for Finance: From Productivity to Finance Transformation
    Finance organizations are at a pivotal moment. What began as AI experimentation for productivity is now becoming functional transformation, with Microsoft Copilot enabling finance teams to accelerate analysis, reduce manual effort and deliver higher value insights. According to Protiviti’s 2025 Finance Trends Survey, 72 percent of finance leaders are now using AI tools, up from 34 percent just…
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    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…
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    CFOs Now Consider the Security and Privacy of Finance Data Their Top Priority
    “Data is the new oil,” proclaimed The Economist magazine in 2017, succinctly making the point that data has become extremely valuable and that those who have it need to keep it secure. Losing important company data can be the equivalent of a country losing control over its most precious energy resource. Finance executives certainly have received the message. CFOs responding to Protiviti’s 2019…
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    Moving Finance to the Cloud: What Finance Leaders Need to Know
    As cloud technology matures, an increasing number of companies are migrating financial functions away from on-premise systems. In our most recent Finance Trends survey, more than half (58%) of the respondents said that they plan to increase their spending on cloud applications in 2020 — indicating that they either have already migrated and or are planning to do so this year. The movement of…
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