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Key issues being discussed in the boardroom and C-suite, according to results from the latest Protiviti-NC State global survey. Ongoing challenges triggered by a once-in-a-century airborne pandemic continue to unfold, reminding executives that the range of uncertainties has triggered an overwhelmin...

CFOs and finance leaders are focusing more time, expertise and innovation on their organization’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and Human Capital investments and reporting. Not only do ESG and Human Capital metrics and measurement rank among the higher priorities for CFOs and finance ...

Enterprise transformation demands technology to work and people to adopt it. The “people” component of enterprise transformation can make or break digital transformation. If people within the organization are given the right tools and are enabled and empowered to use them, they can achieve the d...

Collaborating with internal audit to minimize cost overruns and maximize value Data analytics has proven to create significant benefits across most industries and organizational functions, including internal audit. In fact, nearly two-thirds of internal audit functions now use data analytics as part...

To get past those limitations, companies need people at every level of the organization who understand the digital economy, even if they themselves don’t possess every competency it demands. Having a small “digital team” doing “digital things” in a sea of traditionalist...

According to the findings from Protiviti’s 2020 Next Generation Internal Audit Survey, chief audit executives (CAEs) and internal audit leaders report their next-generation competency levels in three vital areas – governance, methodology and enabling technology – to be remarkably low. There is...

Organizations of varying sizes and across industries have implemented Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs that aim to provide management and the Board of Directors with information on risks and opportunities that may influence decision-making and business performance. In the current COVID-19 ...

For several years, SkX Protiviti has described the “future auditor” as a chief audit executive (CAE) who takes definitive steps toward making The Institute of Internal Auditors’ vision of “an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity that adds value and improves an organizatio...