Powerful Insights – Details, episodes & analysis

This podcast is the replay of a webinar Protiviti hosted in January.
April 30 marked the 100th day of the second Trump administration. Since Inauguration Day, the administration’s actions have reshaped national and international policies, resulting in economic uncertainty, geopolitical risk and global instability. Traditional scenario-planning and risk management strategies are insufficient to address the seismic shifts that have taken place in such a short time. 
In this webinar, our panel of experts dissect the immediate and long-term implications for U.S. and global businesses, as well as provide pragmatic advice to help attendees:

• Unpack the key developments of the first 100 days
• Identify the possible winners and losers
• Manage through this period of uncertainty
• Consider what may be just over the horizon

Speakers:
Carol Beaumier, Senior Managing Director, Global Leader for Thought Leadership, Protiviti 
Michael Brauneis, Executive Vice President, Global Industry & Client Programs, Global Financial Services Industry Leader, Protiviti 
Peter Henry, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)

Tariffs are the dominant issue of the day and the focus of our latest edition of Powerful Insights as we discuss how companies can assess and respond to them effectively in their organizations.
Without question, tariffs are dominating agendas and discussions in boardrooms, C suites and more as organizations try to figure out their impact on their products, services, supply chains, customer relationships and much more. In this episode, Protiviti managing directors Kerry Buchar and Lucas Manganaro discuss these and other effects and how organizations can address them timely and effectively.
Kerry is a leader in Protiviti’s Business Performance Improvement solution, with experience in accounting and finance transformation. She advises clients across industries on financial planning and analysis, strategic reporting, target operating model design, process optimization and shared services.
Lucas leads the Supply Chain Innovation Practice at Protiviti. Throughout his 20+ year career, Lucas has held multiple supply chain and procurement leadership roles focused on transforming business processes and leveraging technology to improve top- and bottom-line results.
Contact Kerry here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/kerry-buchar.
Contact Lucas here: www.protiviti.com/us-en/lucas-manganaro.
For more information, visit the Finance Transformation home on the Protiviti website: www.protiviti.com/us-en/finance-transformation.

In this episode, we discuss digital maturity in finance. Or more specifically, how more finance organizations are employing ERP systems, moving to cloud-based systems, transitioning more to analytics, and with that, understanding the talent management and risk management needs that are required with these major changes.
Sharing their insights on these issues are two Protiviti experts, Chelsea Black and Kizzy Gift.
Kizzy is a Director in the Business Performance Improvement practice. Kizzy specializes in finance transformation and change management within the BPI solution at Protiviti. She works with global clients on finance and operational process improvement, project management and change management. Kizzy has over 15 years of financial services knowledge as well as other industries including manufacturing, HR, healthcare and insurance.
Chelsea is a Director at Protiviti and has spent the last eight years in the Business Performance Improvement practice. With more than 12 years of professional experience, Chelsea partners with clients to improve overall operations focusing on organizational, process and technology enhancements. She is a subject-matter expert in shared services as well as project and change management in the finance transformation space.
Contact Chelsea at chelsea.black@protiviti.com.
Contact Kizzy at kizzy.gift@protiviti.com.
To request a transcript of this episode, contact kevin.donahue@protiviti.com.

Mark Beasley and Jim DeLoach discuss key findings and takeaways from the Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2016 study conducted by North Carolina State University's ERM Initiative and Protiviti.

Protiviti Executive Vice President Brian Christensen and Managing Director David Brand discuss some of the key findings from Protiviti's latest Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, focusing on cybersecurity and technology trends, as well as what the future holds for internal auditors.

Utica College's Donald Rebovich and Protiviti's Scott Moritz share their thoughts on key findings from the inaugural White Collar Crime and Fraud Risk Survey.

This podcast accompanies Protiviti's Consumer Banking and Online Payments Survey.

Vendor Management – Realizing Opportunities in the Financial Services Sector

Rob Stroud, International President for ISACA, and David Brand, Protiviti Managing Director and leader of the firm's Global IT Audit practice, discuss the key findings and trends from the 4th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking study.

The World Bank and IMF estimate that global money laundering constitutes 3 to 5 percent of the world's GDP – or between $2.2 and $3.6 trillion a year. The onus is on financial institutions to monitor customer transactions and implement strong AML transaction monitoring systems. In this podcast, Protiviti Director Carl Hatfield, Associate Director Chetan Shah and Senior Manager Luis Canelon discuss how to accomplish this successfully and cost effectively.