On Leaders’ Minds for 2019: Digital Challenges, Regulatory Scrutiny, and Competition for Talent
All enterprises are subject to risks that have the potential to disrupt business models and damage reputations overnight. Senior leaders – across industries and geographies – indicate they anticipate increasing risk in 2019. This is only one finding from the Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2019 report Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. This […]
From Spreadsheet-Driven Madness to Reporting That Excels
Perhaps it’s the exceptional usefulness of spreadsheets that makes problems with them inevitable. Many organizations we know have experienced being handcuffed to spreadsheets, for one or more of the following reasons: They lack a good reporting system. Their reporting systems are available to some but not all of their locations or departments. They need reports […]
Setting the 2019 Audit Committee Agenda
Boards today – especially audit committees – are expected to develop and maintain a thorough understanding of business risks and ask the tough questions to ensure that critical risks are being addressed and that the company is delivering on its regulatory and fiduciary reporting responsibilities. With so much to consider, it can be difficult to […]
Podcast: The Responsible Technology Firm of the Future
Technology firms are having an unprecedented influence over our lives and their reach has extended across the globe like never before. As a result, the level of regulatory scrutiny of these tech giants has increased dramatically as well. In the podcast below, Protiviti leaders discuss the changing regulatory landscape technology firms are facing today and […]
Top Risks 2019: CFOs Focus on People and Technology
Chief financial officers (CFOs), by virtue of their role as strategic and financial managers and scorekeepers, are in a unique position to view corporate risks across the enterprise. It is therefore useful to understand the concerns behind CFOs’ responses to the latest Top Risk Survey from the N.C. State University Enterprise Risk Management Initiative and […]
Finance Transformation: Change Management and Overcoming Resistance
As more companies tackle transformation, finance organizations, as scorekeepers, need to make sure they stay ahead of the change curve. The use of data and technology is often the first way finance looks to add strategic value to the company, but the key to success may actually lie in how effective finance leaders are at […]
