Case Study: Large Consulting Firm achieves personalized, prioritized risk management and executive alignment with Protiviti

Personalized risk assessment delivers lasting value, unites team around common goals

Large Consulting Firm, a major U.S. professional services organization, faced an ineffective, generic risk assessment from a prior consultant that left senior leadership with a non‑actionable set of recommendations and no clear priorities. The company engaged Protiviti to deliver a more personalized approach—a customized risk assessment and an analytics capability to evaluate changes in risk over time without overburdening management.

Protiviti produced a prioritized list of improvements focused on the hottest risk areas (closing acquisition loopholes, system consolidation, IT and employee training, data scaling, and regulatory compliance) and implemented risk‑tracking metrics. The work aligned the executive team around agreed priorities, turned recommendations into implementable initiatives, and embedded ongoing risk measurement into the organization, giving leadership and the internal audit director a clear, measurable way to monitor and reduce exposure.