Results for “Finance Trends Survey” Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc News September 12, 2023 New Protiviti Survey Finds Companies Prioritizing Enabling Technology for SOX Compliance Audit and finance leaders are investing in automation and advanced technology tools with continued PCAOB pressures and ESG and Cyber disclosure mandates as a backdropMENLO PARK, Calif. – September 12, 2023 – The fourteenth annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Survey, conducted by global consulting firm Protiviti, finds that 74% of organizations are seeking opportunities to further enable… Blog December 4, 2013 Finance Priorities in 2014: Streamlining the Close As someone who’s always trying to peer over the horizon to see what’s “next,” I look forward to the results of our annual Finance Priorities Survey, released earlier this quarter. What sets this publication apart is it reflects the voice of the CFO and other finance executives – real people who face real problems every day. This year’s findings are particularly intriguing considering that many… Blog January 4, 2024 Are You Proactive in Understanding the Technology — And Talent — Gaps in Your Finance Group? AI and other technology innovations have CFOs understandably excited about the possibilities for the finance organization and the broader enterprise. Why it matters: CFOs are concerned about lagging behind quicker-to-pounce competitors. What's next: CFOs are focused on deploying advanced analytics, generative AI (GenAI) applications, diagnostic AI techniques and tools, process mining, and other… Blog May 2, 2016 Internal Audit at a Tipping Point and Ten-Year Trends May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. In the tenth year of our Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, we believe internal audit has arrived at a tipping point. The issue is no longer whether or not your function is… Blog November 8, 2021 The Clock Is Ticking on Finance’s Move to the Cloud The successes of Google, Apple, Amazon and other innovative, yet patient, global leaders underscore the advantages of not always being first to market. When it comes to adoption of cloud technologies, corporate finance groups also have a valuable opportunity to join the ranks of intelligent second movers. And CFOs can take advantage of lessons learned, practices developed and confidence gained… Blog April 27, 2022 The Ripple Effect of Supply Chain Disruption on Budgeting and Forecasting: Think Flexible and Long-Term Two years ago, COVID-19 lockdowns threw economies and supply chains into turmoil. Last year, supply chain disruptions and inflation were assumed to be transitory. More recently, the crisis in Ukraine and the lockdown of Shanghai and other cities have further exacerbated matters. Amid this turbulence, it should be no surprise that management teams across industries have abandoned the notion that… Blog November 1, 2023 New Research — CFO Priorities Increase Amid New Expectations CFOs are marshaling all of the talent, technology and data resources within their reach to address a growing list of priorities while driving strategy in the C-suite and meeting new expectations in the boardroom. Emerging priorities: Our latest Global Finance Trends Survey results, based on responses from more than 900 finance leaders worldwide, show that CFOs recognize the magnitude of the… Blog September 27, 2021 5 New Responsibilities for the Beyond-Finance CFO For years, pioneering CFOs steadily extended their duties beyond the boundaries of the traditional finance and accounting function. Over the past year, an expanding set of beyond-finance activities – including those related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters; human capital reporting; cybersecurity; and supply chain management – have grown in importance for most finance groups.… Blog April 11, 2018 Financial Institutions Are Better Than Most at Bridging the Gap Between Procurement and Finance, But They Are Far From Perfect When Protiviti conducted a procurement survey, Bridging the Gap Between Finance and Procurement to Maximize Value, in 2017, the responses of organizations in the financial services industry (FSI) appeared to suggest that the industry has been the most successful among the industry groups represented in the survey at finding the balance between procurement and finance. On closer inspection,… Flash Report May 11, 2021 Skills and Scale The New Finance Labor Model Proves Its Real-World ValueThe finance labor model of the future has passed a major test – and it was a massive one. The results of Protiviti’s latest global survey of CFOs and finance leaders show that finance organizations which leverage a diverse talent pool of full-time employees, contract and temporary workers, expert external consultants, and managed services and… Load More