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Guide to the State of Data Analytics
What is Data Analytics?Data analytics is the practice of embedding insight into operations to drive business strategy and performance.What Does this Mean?With the...
Electronic Discovery Risks, Challenges and Procedures
Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) refers to the process of searching, locating and securing electronic data for the purpose of using it as evidence in a legal cas...
Developing Budgets: What You Need to Know
In a previous blog on Managing Mergers and Acquisitions KPIs, we discussed what exactly key performance indicators are:“KPIs are generally defined as quantifiable...
Self Assessment: Launching Here and Soaring Beyond
First Step: Use Self-Assessment Within the Internal Audit DepartmentThe first and simplest way to use the self-assessment process is to use it in determining your...
How Important is Due Diligence to the M&A Process?
There are several key phases of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process:Growth/Portfolio strategyDue diligenceIntegration planningIntegration executionProj...
How Does Opportunity Risk Apply to Financial Business Processes?
Opportunity risk occurs whenever there’s a possibility that a better opportunity may become available after having committed to an irreversible decision.We all ex...
Measure Cost-of-Quality to Improve Product Quality
Total quality management requires commitment and persistence. Quality will always have a cost, but many companies are demonstrating that investments in quality al...
How to Keep Your Organization’s Policies Up to Date
Defined policies and procedures play an integral role in efficient and effective company operations. They are also key to the company’s internal control environme...
What You Need to Know About Robotic Process Automation
Are You Familiar With Robotic Process Automation?Robotic process automation (RPA) has been gaining traction as an efficient way to automate labor-intensive and re...
Is Your Financial Close and Reporting Process Too Manual?
Most organizations continue to invest a significant number of hours every month in a particular set of activities related to calculating, manipulating and validating critical financial reporting data us...