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… Survey October 1, 2024 CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat CFOs prioritise addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory requirements. Blogs May 25, 2021 Finding a Flexible Approach for Fintech Regulation Bernadine Reese is managing director at Protiviti UK. With her 27 years of experience in the financial sector, she shares her view on finding a flexible approach for fintech regulation. Read the press article here. While the pendulum of UK regulation swings between “more principled” and “more prescriptive”, there has always been a focus on competition and innovation. In 2016, the … Survey October 1, 2024 Cost Optimisation Is a Top CFO Priority, but Some Finance Groups Fall Short Explore how CFOs prioritise cost optimisation in financial strategies for enhanced revenue and resilience, according to our survey. Survey December 17, 2024 2024 Consumer Goods and Retail Finance Priorities In this year’s survey, the finance leaders ranked financial planning and profitability analysis and reporting, strategic planning, routine reporting and closing activities, security and privacy of data, and process improvement as their top five priorities for the next 12 months. Newsletter August 5, 2024 Top of Mind – August edition This month, explore the frontier of audits, finance, sustainability, and tech. Dive into our 2024 Global Internal Audit Top Technology Risks Survey and be part of shaping the future. From financial crime to AI governance, we're here to empower and inform. Podcast September 10, 2024 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. Client Story December 14, 2023 Solving Legacy Accounting Challenges With Automation and Process Improvements Protiviti partnered with clients to implement best-of-breed digital solutions to automate financial close processes, along with process improvements and data governance and controls solutions to resolve the issues. Change management to support accounting teams in adopting the new processes was also a key deliverable. Whitepaper April 9, 2025 Third-Party Resilience: Increasing Transparency The threats faced by financial institutions are vast, multi-faceted and constantly evolving. The industry has responded in kind, in part by investing in resilience capabilities that enhance their ability to recover from destructive attacks, including attacks that may lead to data loss or critical system unavailability. 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… Load More