Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Flash Report November 16, 2023 ASIC’s cyber security survey: Key takeaways and quick wins The results from the recent ASIC cyber security survey, ‘REP 776 Spotlight on cyber: Findings and insights from the cyber pulse survey 2023,’ released on 13 November 2023, have once again highlighted the security posture of corporate Australia’s management of cyber security. While there were some encouraging trends in specific security capabilities around identity and access management,… Blogs June 22, 2023 Harnessing Analytics to Streamline and Automate Your Control Environment In an increasingly complex business landscape, organisations confront mounting challenges linked to their operating models and cost management. These pressures are prompting a discernible shift in focus towards streamlining and simplifying controls to cut costs, boost responsiveness and enhance the control environment. Central to this evolution is recognising that a well-structured control… Insights paper November 3, 2023 Risk Management | Time Preference and the Battle for Efficiency In a world that has been on a multidecade trajectory of ever-increasing globalisation and interconnectedness, society has become addicted to efficiency. Businesses have been centralising their processes, relying on their just-in-time supply chains and offshoring to shared service centers to cut costs. 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. Survey December 20, 2023 2024 Top Risks in the Manufacturing and Distribution Industry The economy, talent and cyber threats drive concerns for manufacturing and distribution leaders beyond supply chainIn an ever-evolving and rapidly changing business landscape for manufacturing and distribution organisations, executives and boards are challenged to navigate myriad risks, particularly as their businesses continue to play catch-up on numerous fronts in areas such as innovation and… Survey December 7, 2023 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2024 and 2034 The 12th annual Top Risks Survey report highlights top-of-mind issues for directors and executives around the globe over the next year - 2024 - and a decade later – 2034. Client Story July 24, 2022 Managing through change: A small professional association gains flexibility and freedom Smaller firms can’t afford to be heavily dependent on technical consultants or bound to a portfolio of siloed applications that don’t provide the ability to track data. Recently, the visionary leader of a healthcare professional association freed her business from these dilemmas. But the flexibility and strength her small team stood to gain from their digital transformation initiative were… Whitepaper March 16, 2022 Top Risks for 2021 and 2030 - Financial Services Industry Perspectives Pandemic-related policies and regulation, interest rate environment are top concerns in financial services industry The continuing global challenges and potential existential threat posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Political divisiveness and polarisation. Social and economic unrest. Gridlock. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and other rapidly developing digital technologies. Rapid… Survey October 5, 2022 2022 and 2031 Financial Services Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Financial institutions demonstrate resiliency in responding to COVID and start to look forward out to the horizonOur survey results for 2021 reflected a financial services industry that was still consumed with responding to the most significant global pandemic in the past 100 years. Many of the areas of focus highlighted in last year’s survey involved short-term operational challenges, including… Flash Report February 23, 2022 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Its Potential Implications and Impact On February 21, after months of building up forces close to Ukraine’s borders, Vladimir Putin recognised the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine as “independent people’s republics.” He ordered the Russian Defense Ministry to deploy troops in those regions to “maintain the peace.” These actions commenced on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Crimea almost eight years to the day. The… Load More