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From Premise to Practice — Technology Is Providing Finance Leaders With Long-Sought-After Answers to Important Questions

As custodians of company data, finance leaders are fielding more questions from internal stakeholders than ever before. Those stakeholders — from the board down to operational line managers — want more metrics, more analytics, and deeper and more meaningful insights into financial and operational performance. The questions themselves aren’t new. It has only been recently, however, that finance…
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Podcast | Transform: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz

A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic planning and analysis, leadership, and enhanced data analytics — reveals a tale of transformation for CFOs whose responsibilities continue to widen.
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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.
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CFOs Elevate ESG Metrics Amid Regulatory Uncertainty and Changing Sentiment

In Protiviti’s 2025 Finance Trends survey, environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement gained priority, moving from number nine last year to number eight in 2025. This increase in the importance of ESG metrics was across all finance roles, but it was especially significant for chief financial officers (CFOs). For CFOs, ESG metrics rose even higher in priority, moving from…
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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…
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RPA Offers a Fast and Cost-Effective Way to Automate Account Reconciliations

Seventy-three percent of chief financial officers are looking to new technologies as ways to streamline processes and add value to their organizations, according to Protiviti’s 2019 Finance Trends survey. There are many off-the-shelf solutions that promise to help them do that by automating everything from check processing to call centers. Another, sometimes overlooked solution is robotic process…
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From Cloud Migration to Managed Services, TMT Finance Leaders Tackle Challenges With Multifaceted Strategies

Supply chain problems are still lingering. Technology integration, still lagging. And companies still are lacking skilled workers to fill key roles as they contend with high interest rates and a possible recession. Surveying the technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) industry landscape, the results of Protiviti’s 2022 Global Finance Trends Survey are not necessarily surprising. Some…
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Leading the Drive for Profitability

The big picture: Half of the top 10 priorities of CFOs and finance leaders indicate a need for greater agility in finance organizations, according to Protiviti’s 2023 Global Finance Trends Survey. Marketplace uncertainties and economic challenges make the need for agility critical as organizations strive for growth and profitability. Between the lines: CFOs can and should play a more…
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Cost Optimization Is a Top CFO Priority, but Some Finance Groups Fall Short

Explore how CFOs prioritize cost optimization in financial strategies for enhanced revenue and resilience, according to our survey.
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New Protiviti Research — From Automation and Cloud to ESG and Talent Management, CFOs Are Reimagining Their Long-Term Roles

These are dynamic times for CFOs and their finance teams, and they are not likely to change any time soon. As strategic programs for ESG, technology transformation, supply chain transformation, talent management and more continue to expand, executive teams are leaning more heavily on the finance organization to provide the data, analytics and insights they need to make informed decisions. And who…

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