Cost and Performance Management Leverage real-time data to create lasting and meaningful change. As organizations face challenges and struggle to find the right talent to meet increasing demands, the time is now to start refining cost and performance management.We help you gain access to a transparent, timely view of your financial performance at any time. With the ability to access data and reports remotely and from multiple channels, our cost and performance management tools deliver superior performance and results.Our experts help you improve data quality, efficiency, and operational results. Develop innovative approaches to scalable and sustainable cost control Survey October 24, 2023 2023 Global Finance Trends Survey Explore Protiviti’s 2023 global finance trends survey with expert opinions, financial forecasts, and financial risk assessments. Download the full report. Read more Optimize costs and strengthen your organization with Protiviti How We’re Helping Our Clients We deliver a wide-range of capabilities to support your organization's unique finance needs and beyond: Pro Briefcase Data and Analytics At Protiviti, we understand that data is the foundation necessary for effective planning and analysis that supports management decisions. Our technology solutions enable you to use data efficiently to produce meaningful reporting and analytics to make timely data driven business decisions. Pro Building office Finance and Accounting Process Excellence We aim to design, deliver, and manage processes that enable scalable growth, leverage leading technologies, transform the workforce from transactional to advisory, and better integrate with other business functions. Pro Document Consent Target Operating Model When you need to refine your finance target operating model, we focus on enabling this future-state model while considering the shortage of skilled talent, and the impacts on people, process, technology, and governance. Pro Document Stack Intelligent Automation Organizations are increasingly turning to intelligent automation to automate business processes, improve efficiency, and drive finance transformation. Learn more about how we can help you integrate intelligent automation into your finance function. Pro System Security Technology Whether you are looking to automate, modernize, or embark on an end-to-end finance transformation journey, our technology consulting solutions range from strategy, design, and development through implementation, risk management, and managed services. Pro Legal Briefcase Operations At Protiviti we empower resilient and flexible operating models to optimize operational effectiveness, driving better throughput, quality or work, labor utilization while improving the customer experience. All enabled through new digital process models, advanced analytics and autonomous techniques that are changing ho... Pro Rightmark Square Managed Business Solutions A one-of-a-kind, flexible delivery model, Managed Business Solutions blends Protiviti’s unmatched consulting experience with Robert Half’s deep operational expertise to build resource teams customized to address unique client challenges and deliver rapid improvement. Pro Screen System Integration Business Planning & Analysis Leverage Protiviti’s end-to-end customized solutions to understand and address your most challenging planning and analytics issues. We combine the strategic approach of consulting with the power of practice experience to deliver results. Our Approach Performance measures for the finance and accounting team must align with the overall business strategy. This ensures that your organization has the key capabilities and data to make decisions and take action. We help develop innovative approaches to scalable and sustainable cost control. These insights enable organizations to make intelligent business decisions and drive performance and growth while managing risks. At all times, you can dive into the relevant data and reports and track your organization’s performance in real-time.Using leading practices, our professionals deliver solutions in the following key areas:Budgeting, planning and forecastingData management and strategy, and visualizationCost optimization and strategies to save capitalThe improvement and standardization of policies and procedures Our Methodology Organizational Redesign Our advisors assess the skills of your current employees and evaluate opportunities to integrate cross-functional teams throughout the planning processes from departments such as finance and accounting, demand planning, procurement, sales and marketing, and HR. Process Improvement We’ll assess your current processes and establish a current framework for linking strategic plans into annual planning and forecast processes. After developing and implementing a comprehensive, integrated business planning process, we’ll work across finance and HR to connect incentive targets to financial performance. Technology Enhancements and Automation Together, we’ll look at the system architecture across business units and/or geographies. We’ll coordinate and implement your technology enhancement projects for maximum efficiency and results. Improve the Quality and Access of Data and Reporting Our advisors analyze or develop a standard set of reporting across divisions and at a consolidated level. They’ll perform strategic analysis to build or improve upon financial models, data quality, and data access, as well as identify opportunities to optimize operating spend and investments. Leadership Shawn Seasongood Shawn is a Managing Director leading the Finance and Performance Management segment. He assists clients globally in business and system transformations to address growth, scalability of systems, challenges and process effectiveness. Shawn is a leader within the ... Learn More Andrea Spinelli Andrea is a Managing Director in Boston with experience in accounting and finance operations, target operating model design, shared services, and process optimization. Her background includes industry accounting operations, external audit, and business consulting. ... Learn More Ken Thomas Ken is a Managing Director in the Business Performance Improvement practice. He specializes in finance operations strategy, implementation and transformation of financial systems and their underlying data governance, process reengineering, and ... Learn More Nick McKeehan Nick is a Managing Director who serves as Protiviti’s Global Leader for Financial Reporting Remediation & Compliance services. He has over 20 years of experience leading Finance Transformations, including: public company transitions, financial accounting ... Learn More Mark Gosnell Mark is a Managing Director in Protiviti’s Los Angeles Office, leading the West Coast Finance & Performance Management practice. Prior to joining Protiviti, he was an executive leader at IBM, managing large-scale business transformation, process improvement and ... Learn More The Need for Improved Forecasting in a Challenging Marketplace The market’s volatility is changing the way organizations use forecasting approaches. The traditional forecasting method of collecting a stable set of fixed costs, demand projections, and other inputs is no longer enough to keep up in a rapidly changing landscape. That’s why Protiviti’s consulting services use advanced, dynamic forecasting methods that automatically access real-time data based upon an evolving collection of internal and external systems. These real-time financial insights equip stakeholders with the information they need to make critical decisions. Now more than ever, we need real-time data at our fingertips to propel decisions at critical business junctures. With the help of Protiviti’s consulting services, we can amplify the impact of your organization’s data and create lasting and meaningful change. INSIGHTS PAPER 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 aiming to reduce total cost of ownership. BLOG Leading the Drive for Profitability The big picture: Half of the top 10 priorities of CFOs and finance leaders indicate a need for greater agility in finance organizations, according to Protiviti’s 2023 Global Finance Trends Survey. Marketplace uncertainties and economic challenges... BLOG Supply Chain Management’s Upgrade Is Overdue Manufacturers are reassessing their supply chain frameworks and capabilities in response to never-before-seen supply chain upheavals and dramatic customer ordering swings. By the numbers: 45% of finance organizations consider cost optimization to... PODCAST Podcast | Accelerate: Assessing CFO and Finance Leader Priorities for the Coming Year – with Kerry Buchar and Chris Wright The volume of CFO priorities has increased for years. In the past 12 months, the intensity of these urgencies also spiked, forcing finance leaders to make higher-stakes decisions more quickly and implement major adjustments with far-reaching... BLOG Technical Debt Demands Your Attention By the numbers: Technical debt consumes nearly one-third of technology budgets and more than one-fifth of technology professionals’ time; 70% of CIOs and technology leaders view technical debt as a major drag on their organization’s ability to... WHITEPAPER Business Planning & Analysis Is the Next Generation of Financial Planning As finance leaders collaborate with their business partners to adjust plans in the face of economic headwinds, they should take a moment to reflect on the state of their financial planning capabilities: Are financial plans adequately linked to... Button Button Driving to Order-to-Cash Optimization and Accounts Receivable Transformation This U.S.-based client, a subsidiary of a global water treatment company, offers water-as-a-service solutions to over half of the Fortune 500 companies across North America. Read more Organizational Changes Drive Seamless Transformation of Back-Office Processes to Propel Business Strategy This leading technology company provides terrestrial and wireless network solutions, emergency services, and satellite and space communications technologies to a global customer base. Read more