Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Client Story February 7, 2023 Global Hospitality Company Achieves Efficiencies with Microsoft and Nintex A global hospitality company needed to transition their highly manual process for RFPs to one that was more automated. The need to update their processes was driven by the changes required to address the Covid-19 pandemic, which created a dynamic business environment and market demands to act nimbly. The company recognized it required a solution that could automate and expedite a traditionally… Flash Report July 31, 2023 SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Enhancements: Efforts to Boost Investor Confidence On 26 July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments1 to its rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by public companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The SEC’s view is that cybersecurity threats and incidents pose an ongoing risk to public companies, investors and market… Newsletter December 9, 2022 Setting the 2023 Audit Committee Agenda As in prior years, our suggested 2023 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, process and technology issues and financial reporting and disclosure issues. In addition to discussing these agenda items, we have offered questions for audit committees to consider when self-assessing their own performance with respect to executing the normal ongoing activities articulated in the… Newsletter April 10, 2024 Private Equity Insights Q1 2024 After decades of globalisation shaping the world order, businesses are now forced to accept a new reality. Organisations are increasingly focused on mitigating risks from non-linear, disruptive events stemming from bleeding-edge innovation, political uncertainty, new and emerging technologies, and geopolitical tensions and potential conflicts. Flash Report April 26, 2024 FTC bans noncompete clauses and the legal battle begins. What does it mean? Earlier this week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to ban for-profit U.S. employers from including noncompete clauses in employment contracts, a move that could affect tens of millions of U.S. workers. The rule bans new noncompete clauses for all workers and makes existing noncompete agreements unenforceable except for those covering senior executives—those workers earning more than… Flash Report November 30, 2022 Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) Approved by European Council; More Than 50,000 Organisations Affected For the latest on CSRD, click here.On 28 November, 2022 the European Union (EU) Council (“Council”) gave its final approval to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will require new, standardised and detailed sustainability reporting by companies. The CSRD represents a significant expansion from the earlier Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), which it replaces, and… Client Story March 17, 2021 Financial lender and co-op owner get a fresh start with an integrated CRM solution The impending retirements of two key executives would constitute a significant disruption for any enterprise. It’s even more disruptive when the business’s legacy customer relationship management (CRM) system was home-built by the departing CIO, and other legacy systems split customer data into separate collections. Under such circumstances, a few agile interventions might be called for. As with… Client Story May 11, 2021 Healthcare organisation pursues RPA operational excellence to heal inefficiencies across revenue cycle, supply chain and more Businesses the world over are adopting Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve operational quality. Some businesses have begun by implementing readily available off-the-shelf RPA technology, only to find coding a few bots is not sufficient to build a sustainable RPA programme. Succeeding with RPA — that is, deriving the greatest value from the… Whitepaper June 21, 2022 Agile Is Strategic: Finance’s New Labour Model Advances The flexible labour model is on the rise for finance organisations, and there is no going back. A year ago, findings from Protiviti’s global survey of CFOs and finance leaders showed that the use of a new finance labour model helped organisations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions with greater speed and agility. The results of this year’s survey confirm this long-term trend: Finance… Whitepaper March 24, 2022 At a Crossroad: Weighing the Realities and Risks of 5G The promises of 5G are undeniable: massive connectivity for internet of things (iot) devices, reduced latency and ultrareliability with supersonic speed. While forwardthinking business leaders are embracing this new era of improved network performance,speed and user experience, many still wonder if 5g is right for their business — and if so, when is the right time to invest in it… Load More