CECL and the New AICPA Practice Aid: What Audit Committee Members Need to Know (Part 1)
With the deadline around the corner for large companies to adopt the new accounting standards on current expected credit losses (CECL), the AICPA has published a Practice Aid to help management, internal auditors and audit committees prepare. The new CECL standard fundamentally changes the way financial services organizations calculate expected loan losses and raises the […]
Winning the Finance Talent War: Five Strategies
Recruiting and retaining the right resources in the finance function has never been more critical due to accelerating adoption of new technologies and complying with a growing list of regulations. But a finance labor shortage often stands in the way of these imperatives, posing operational risks. Protiviti’s latest Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Survey, conducted […]
OCC Flags Warning Signs of Operational, Credit and Interest Rate Risks
In its Fall 2019 Semiannual Risk Perspective, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) highlights operational, credit and interest rate risks among key risk themes posing threats to the financial institutions it regulates. The themes, addressed by the OCC in this report, cover current and emerging risks facing national banks and federal savings […]
Regulatory Changes, Economic Uncertainty, Culture Among Top Risks for Organizations, According to New Survey
Entering into a new decade, boards and C-suite leaders around the globe are concerned with the escalating competition for specialized talent, their organizations’ culture and the ability to advance their digital maturity and embrace the transformative opportunities of technology. Business leaders contend that, coupled with the ongoing economic uncertainty and unknown future regulatory changes, these […]
Operational Resilience Supervision Moves into High Gear with Latest Consultation Papers for UK Institutions
As part of a series of coordinated consultation papers, UK supervisory authorities on December 5 proposed new rules and expectations aimed at strengthening the operational resilience of the financial services sector. The latest proposals represent the most significant effort to date by any financial regulator to create formal rules around the topic of operational resilience […]
In Transformations, People Are at the Heart of Success
In our age of digital transformation, finance leaders have unprecedented opportunity to transform operations and create strategic advantages through technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality and robotic process automation. When finance leaders guide their organizations through these transformations, they can help secure their own success by encouraging receptivity to change in […]
