Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) nearly two decades ago, internal audit teams that need to help their organizations comply with the law’s requirements have been desperate to find less resource-intensive...
Archive - July 2021
Angelo PoulikakosResearch Shows High Digital Maturity Can Be a Critical Driver for Next-Gen Audit
Most companies that weathered pandemic-related disruption successfully from an operational perspective entered the crisis with a relatively high level of digital maturity and a trust-based, collaborative culture that...
Andrew Struthers-KennedyThe Future of Regulation: Technology
The future of regulation is technology: That’s the word from Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO and co-founder of AIR, the Alliance for Innovative Regulation. Ms. Barefoot is also the host of the global podcast show Barefoot...
Lucy PearmanThe Accelerating Imperative of ESG: How Private Equity Players Can Kickstart Their Sustainability Journey
The expectations of regulators, investors and consumers regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives for public companies have been mounting for some time, but they are also gaining traction in the...
Bob Hirth
Steve WangSuccess from Scarcity: 5 Lessons in Frugal Innovation
In a culture of abundance, scarcity is often equated with adversity. But abundance can be a burden as well, leaving otherwise healthy companies unprepared to deal with extended periods of lack of resources. The global...
Kris WadiaProposed U.S. Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Leveling the Playing Field for Third-Party Risk Management Requirements
On July 13, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a joint request for comment to their Proposed...
The Protiviti ViewAs the IPO Market Continues to Heat Up, Building Out the FP&A Function Takes on Renewed Urgency
Today’s fast-paced IPO market requires financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams to deliver top-notch budgeting, forecasting and analytical expertise within a shorter period of time. While building out the...
Rob Gould
Andrea Vardaro ThomasThe SEC’s Technology Modernization Is Accelerating — Are You Ready?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is catching up on the advanced technology front. For CFOs at public reporting companies as well as those with pre-public organizations and companies with close ties to...
Jim DeLoachCan Internal Audit Help Build Business Resilience? Protiviti Shares Stories of Persistence, Agility and Going Beyond Limits to Do That, in the Latest “Internal Auditing Around the World”
What do Booking Holdings, Centene Corporation, DBS Bank, GlobalFoundries, Grupo Bepensa, Inchcape, Standard Chartered and TrueBlue have in common? All these companies have internal audit departments that have taken on a...
Data and Analytics Can Help Hospitality Firms Combat Expected Tick-Up in Fraud and Human Trafficking
The hospitality, leisure and travel industry found an unusual, albeit temporal, respite from human trafficking and certain fraud incidences during the peak of the pandemic, but this limited reprieve is quickly fading as...
Constantine Boyadjiev
Scott Kamenick