Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Survey November 7, 2023 What Boards Need to Know About the CFO’s Changing Priorities As board members engage with CFOs, they should keep in mind that CFO priorities increasingly overlap with the company’s top strategic goals and risks. Case in point: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement rate as the CFO’s topmost priority in Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey. Further evidence of this trend lies in the fact that a majority of finance… Newsletter June 12, 2024 21st-Century Board Oversight of Talent Acute talent shortages across numerous industries underscore the risks emanating from outdated, reactionary approaches to managing people, succession and culture. The question arises, what is the board’s role in forging a 21st-century approach to managing talent?Changing times have led to fleeting employee loyalty, as talented individuals have more options than ever before with greater… Whitepaper February 4, 2021 Driving Operational Efficiency Through Leading ERP Solutions As an executive in healthcare, you make a lot of important decisions to ensure the financial health of your organisation. One of those important decisions might be to select and implement a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. If you have made that decision, you have determined that your current information system, be it an existing ERP or best-of-breed solution, does not meet the… Podcast December 13, 2023 Podcast | Quantum Dots: From Nobel Prize to Silicon-Based QPUs— with SemiQon The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. Physics is also interested in these little marvels, and they may have a big impact in quantum computing. We need many more qubits of high-quality to tackle complex business problems and use cases. How will silicon-based quantum processing units (QPUs) boost scalability for increased performance into the… Podcast January 10, 2024 Podcast | What Boards Need to Consider about Quantum Computing and Cryptography in 2024 - with Quantum Computing Inc. 2024 will be a milestone year for post-quantum cryptography, with NIST getting ready to release its new standards. We can expect proof-of-concept business use cases for quantum computing to become more common as machine fidelity and performance continue to improve. What should boards consider regarding PQC and other aspects of the quantum industry this year? Join Host Konstantinos Karagiannis for… Survey February 21, 2024 2024 Top Risks for Chief Audit Executives CAEs see a riskier near- and long-term environment than do most of their colleagues in the executive suite. Of all C-level respondents to our latest Top Risks Survey, internal audit leaders ascribe the highest-magnitude ratings to risks they expect to challenge their organisation’s ability to achieve its performance objectives during the next 12 months. Newsletter April 20, 2020 Compliance Insights - April 2020 Your monthly compliance news roundupOCC Reinforces Third-Party Risk Management ExpectationsRegulatory expectations related to third-party relationships have evolved considerably since 2013, when the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued prescriptive guidances SR 13-19 and OCC 2013-29, respectively. To account for this evolution, the OCC… Newsletter November 29, 2023 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider As they self-assess their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda focus in view of the company’s industry, circumstances, risks, financial reporting issues and current… Blogs May 19, 2021 Procurement Is a Key Player in Digital Transformation Initiatives, System Selection Matters As companies embark on digital transformation and continuous improvement initiatives, procurement is increasingly considered one of the pillars of that transformation. More than just a necessary back-office operation, procurement plays a critical part in a company’s overall financial strategy, and improvements in that area can cascade across the procure-to-pay (P2P) cycle all the way to the… Newsletter December 12, 2021 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider (Offered in Conjunction With Protiviti’s The Bulletin, “Setting the 2022 Audit Committee Agenda”) As they self-assesses their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda… Load More