Finance & Operations
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The role of finance and operation executives is evolving to keep pace with the changing demands of customers and technology. Our finance and operations collection compiles global perspectives to help leaders become a forward-thinking, strategic partner to the business.


Explore key findings from our finance survey on CFO transformations and global trends, emphasising tech's role in strategic growth and security.
Featured Insights

Disruptors see the world differently
Disruptive change is happening, and more is coming. Is your organisation ready to seize the moment? Our results, based on a global survey of more than...

CFO Priorities Center on Data Protection, Planning, Process Improvement and Leadership
CFO Priorities in data protection, strategic planning, and leadership are key for their role expansion and strategic positioning as CEOs.

CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat
CFOs prioritise addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory...

Podcast | Transform: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz
A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic...
Enabling Technologies

Harnessing the future: Protiviti’s research on AI adoption
Due in large part to the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), organisations of all types and sizes are implementing, or considering...

The Future of Microsoft Copilot for Finance
As the wheel of digital transformation continues to turn, it brings with it profound changes across a myriad of industries. Perhaps none so much as in...

AI Investments Require the CFO’s Expertise – and Vice Versa
Explore how CFO expertise is crucial for maximising AI investments in finance for strategic growth and governance.

Leveraging AI in finance – Move from theory to practice
Finance leaders are actively prioritising practical AI use cases that deliver near- and long-term value. And the reason is simple: the benefits of...
ESG

IAASB’s ISSA 5000 Sets the Global Standard for Sustainability Assurance
The International Standard on Sustainability Assurance, or ISSA 5000, developed by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in...

CSDDD: It’s Not Too Soon To Get Moving
While the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that took effect in January 2023 is primarily disclosure-oriented, the EU’s...

Podcast | ESG Mindset – A Conversation with Matthew Sekol
In this episode of Board Perspectives, Protiviti Associate Director Alyse Mauro Mason talks to Matthew about the ESG mindset, technology and where we...

Business get ready! Australia takes another step forward with climate-related disclosure requirements
The Australian proposed sustainability reporting regulation, also known as The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other...
Workforce Transformation

2025 Report on Top Risks
Read Protiviti's Top Risks Report 2025 covering executives' views on emerging risks related to AI, cyber threats, talent management, and economic...

When GENERATIONS meet: Tell us how AI is transforming your multigenerational workforce
This latest report marks the second annual publication in this ongoing research initiative and offers practical guidance for leaders on how to...

21st-Century Board Oversight of Talent
Acute talent shortages across numerous industries underscore the risks emanating from outdated, reactionary approaches to managing people, succession...

Motivating the Multigenerational Workforce of 2030
Any predictions made before 2020 about the future of work have changed with COVID-19, inflation and social movements of the past two years. The...
Supply Chain

Podcast | Strategic and Sustainable Sourcing – with Radhi Subramanian and Debjani Mallick
An increasingly important issue for board members to address today is sustainability – specifically, sustainable sourcing and operations. These...

Podcast | Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk – with Lucas Manganaro
Supply chain management continues to be a hot topic in countless organisations in light of ongoing geopolitical challenges, evolving impacts of...

Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk
A shift in mindset to a strategic sourcing strategy anticipates and mitigates supply chain risk while improving resilience and responsiveness, still...

Manufacturer Optimises Supply Chain Analytics With Azure Machine Learning
Global Manufacturer optimises supply chain analytics with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning significantly improving its ability to adapt to rapid...