New Content on KnowledgeLeader - 10/6/2025
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Tools
The following tools were published on KnowledgeLeader this week:
Code of Conduct Questionnaire
Strengthen your ethical foundations and corporate governance practices with the questions included in this tool, which provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating the effectiveness of your code of conduct, focusing on key elements such as leadership’s role in setting the “tone at the top,” clear documentation of expected behaviors, and protocols for handling ethical dilemmas. It emphasizes the importance of management’s visible commitment to ethical standards and the board’s oversight responsibilities, ensuring that everyone from executives to employees understands and upholds the organization’s values.
Corporate Treasury Policy
Our Corporate Treasury Policy serves as a guide for organizations aiming to enhance their treasury management practices. By providing a structured framework for managing treasury operations, this tool enables companies to effectively safeguard their financial assets while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The policies and procedures detailed within this tool facilitate optimized cash flow management, risk mitigation and strategic investment decisions. With an emphasis on control, transparency and efficiency, this resource is essential for organizations seeking to fortify their financial governance and reduce exposure to risks.
Close-the-Books, Finance, IT and Human Resources Review Report
Our Close-the-Books, Finance, IT and Human Resources Review Report is an audit tool designed to enhance operational efficiency and control across critical business functions. It provides a detailed evaluation of financial close processes, payroll systems and organizational structures, leveraging the capabilities of enterprise tools. This report identifies key challenges, such as inefficiencies in manual journal entries and gaps in user training, while recommending actionable improvements like automating recurring tasks, enhancing training programs and implementing robust internal controls. By benchmarking current practices against industry standards, this tool empowers organizations to streamline workflows, reduce errors, and improve data accuracy for timely and reliable financial reporting.
Payroll/Human Resources Audit Work Program
Unlock the potential to strengthen your organization’s payroll and HR processes with our Payroll Human Resources Audit Work Program. This resource offers a proven, systematic approach to uncovering compliance risks and operational weaknesses before they impact your bottom line. By using this audit work program, companies can evaluate the effectiveness of their internal controls, ensure adherence to regulations and policies, and access targeted recommendations for improvement. The result is enhanced compliance, greater process accuracy, and robust protection for both employees and organizational assets. This document includes two sample work programs that provide detailed frameworks for conducting payroll and HR audits.
Hotel Accounts Receivable and Credit Review Audit Work Program
Unlock the full potential of your hotel’s financial operations with our Hotel Accounts Receivable and Credit Review Audit Work Program. This expertly crafted audit tool is designed to guide you through an extensive review of accounts receivable (AR) and credit management processes in hospitality environments. By leveraging this program, you can identify control gaps, optimize cash flow, and mitigate risks that directly impact your property’s financial health. It offers a structured approach to evaluating AR and credit cycles, starting with process mapping and a segregation of duties matrix to highlight inefficiencies and oversight issues.
Publications
KnowledgeLeader has also published several publications this week.
2025 Finance Trends Survey Report
In response to ongoing concerns about where the global economy is going, leading CFOs are fortifying their finance organization’s capabilities with the right people, technologies and processes to achieve a clear view of the horizon. These are among the many notable takeaways from the results of Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey of CFOs and finance leaders around the world. Another is this: Given demands for the finance organization to deliver clear foresight into opportunities, risks and other developments on the horizon, and how the enterprise needs to respond, the slate of responsibilities on the CFO’s plate continues to grow.
The CFO’s Disruption Playbook — Is Your Company Keeping Ahead of the Innovation Curve?
In today’s fast-paced business world, finance leaders are stepping up as powerful drivers of innovation and disruption. Their impact goes far beyond balancing the books—they’re shaping the future by infusing organizations with agility, a relentless focus on customer needs, and a commitment to harnessing the real potential of AI. As market pressures intensify and technology evolves at breakneck speed, it’s never been more crucial for companies to rethink how they operate. Success now depends on making smarter decisions faster, modernizing processes, and fostering a culture where learning never stops.
Enhanced Security for Healthcare Record Monitoring Using Deep Learning in a Cloud Environment
As healthcare moves rapidly into the digital age, the fusion of deep learning and Internet of Things (IoT) technology is reshaping how patient records are monitored and protected. Today’s smart systems can collect, analyze and secure vast amounts of sensitive health data in real time, offering both patients and providers peace of mind. Advanced models like Graph-based Convolution Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory (GCBILSTM) are leading the charge, delivering remarkable improvements in data accuracy and processing speed. This means not only better outcomes for patients but also streamlined operations and reduced costs for healthcare organizations.
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