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The financial services industry continues to diversify, but competition and more complex vendor relationships make determining business strategy more complicated.

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  1. Daniel Altschul

    Daniel I. Altschul

    CPA

    Principal

  2. Christine Anderson

    Christine Anderson

    CPA, CITP, CGMA

    Managing Principal – Growth Strategies

  3. Cecilia Angat

    Cecilia Angat

    CPA

    Principal

  4. Nirav Badani

    Nirav Badani

    CPA

    Principal

  5. Jason C. Barnes

    Jason C. Barnes

    CPA

    Principal

  6. Baker Tilly Professional

    John Basile

    CPA

    Principal

  7. Baker Tilly Professional

    Adam Bullock

    CPA

    Principal

  8. Baker Tilly Professional

    Sommer Cannon

    MBA, CPA

    Managing Director

  9. Zachary Carr

    Zachary Carr

    CPA

    Managing Director

  10. Paul Daddio

    Paul Daddio

    CFA, ASA

    Director

  11. Man Du

    Man Du

    CPA

    Director

  12. Brad E. Elmer

    Brad E. Elmer

    Managing Director

  13. Ashley Ferrell

    Ashley Farrell

    CPA, CFE, CFF

    Director

  14. William Grady

    William Grady

    J.D., CLU®, CFP®

    Principal

  15. Rick Guillen

    Rick Guillen

    CPA

    Principal

  16. Kimberly Jin

    Kimberly Jin

    CPA

    Principal

  17. Mathew O'Rourke

    Matthew O'Rourke

    CPA

    Principal

  18. Kristi Oates

    Kristi Oates

    CPA

    Principal

  19. Bridget Quinn

    Bridget Quinn

    CPA

    Principal

  20. John Romano

    John Romano

    CPA, CIA, CFE, CITP, CSM

    Principal

  21. Kevin D. Schalk

    Kevin Schalk

    CPA

    Principal

  22. Larry Smetana

    Larry Smetana

    CPA

    Principal Emeritus

  23. Christopher J. Tait

    Christopher J. Tait

    MBA, CISA, CCSK, CFSA

    Principal

  24. Keith Troutman

    Keith Troutman

    CPA, MBA

    Principal

  25. Frank J. Walker

    Frank J. Walker

    CPA, CFF, CVA

    Principal

  26. Baker Tilly Professional

    Lauri Webster

    CPA

    Managing Director

  27. Jonathan Zeigler

    Jonathan Zeigler

    CPA, CITP

    Managing Principal

  28. Mark Boettcher

    Mark J. Boettcher

    CPA, CISA, CBCP

    Principal

  29. Dave DuVarney

    Dave DuVarney

    Principal

  30. Garrett Gosh

    Garrett Gosh

    CPA, CITP

    Principal

  31. Jim Kearney

    Jim Kearney

    CIA, CISA

    Director

  32. Kaelan Kearney

    Kaelan Kearney

    Director of Business Development

  33. Ivan Cilik

    Ivan Cilik

    CPA

    Principal

  34. Baker Tilly Professional

    Russell Sommers

    CPA, CISA

    Principal

  35. Corey Parker

    Corey Parker

    CIA

    Principal

  36. Baker Tilly Professional

    Phil Schmoyer

    CFE, CISA, AES, CSM

    Principal

  37. Bosco Yuen

    Bosco Yuen

    CPA, CISSP, CISA, CIA, CSX, CCSA, PMP

    Principal

  38. Carol Bolles

    Carol Bolles

    CPA

    Principal

  39. Daniel E. Buttke

    Daniel E. Buttke

    CPA

    Principal

  40. Emily Di Nardo

    Emily Di Nardo

    CPA, CITP, HITRUST CHQP

    Principal

  41. Matthew Johnson

    Matthew D. Johnson

    CPA, CITP

    Principal

  42. Eric Kegler

    Eric M. Kegler

    CPA

    Principal

  43. Matt Nitka

    Matt J. Nitka

    CPA

    Principal

  44. Brian P. Rozek

    Brian P. Rozek

    CPA

    Principal

  45. Nikki Bielick

    Nicole E. Bielick

    CPA

    Principal

  46. Baker Tilly Professional

    Lauren Hayes

    CPA, CIA

    Principal

  47. Tanya Thomas

    Tanya M. Thomas

    CPA, CGMA

    Principal

  48. Lori A. Catapano

    Lori Catapano

    CPA

    Principal

  49. Les Kulin

    Les Kulin

    LL.M., J.D.

    Principal

  50. Joe Donnelly

    Joe Donnelly

    CPA

    Principal

  51. Chuck Kronmiller

    Chuck Kronmiller

    CPA

    Principal

  52. Baker Tilly Professional

    John Heyde

    CPA

    Principal

  53. Gideon Gradman

    Gideon Gradman

    Managing Director

  54. Nate Voss

    Nate Voss

    Principal

  55. TJ Beary

    Timothy J. Beary

    CPA, EA

    Principal

  56. Bryan Halpin

    Bryan Halpin

    Director

  57. Tyler R. Inda

    Tyler R. Inda

    J.D.

    Principal

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    Bernard Regan

    MSc, MBCS

    Principal

  59. Simon P. Oddy

    Simon Oddy

    FCA, CFE, MCIArb

    Principal

  60. Derek W. Royster

    Derek W. Royster

    CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE

    Principal

  61. Ben Hobby

    Ben Hobby

    FCA, Dip CII

    Principal

  62. Keith Tuffin

    Keith Tuffin

    FCCA, MAE, MCIArb

    Principal

How can you move your organization toward the future you envision? Work with professionals who understand your financial services company and will talk with you about your challenges to help you find the right solution.

Our solutions

The financial services industry continues to diversify, but competition and more complex vendor relationships make determining business strategy more complicated.

Have confidence in our ability to assist your organization in attaining your goals because of our experience providing solutions for business needs.

  • Banking and capital markets
  • Asset management
  • Insurance

Banking and capital markets sector

  • Commercial banks
  • Community banks
  • Credit unions
  • Fintechs
  • Mortgage bankers
  • Nontraditional lenders
  • Savings institutions
  • Student loan organizations

Asset management sector

  • Broker-dealers
  • Family office/high net worth family owners
  • Funds of funds
  • General partnerships and their principals
  • Health and welfare funds
  • Hedge funds
  • Institutional investors
  • Management companies
  • Pension funds
  • Private equity firms and funds
  • Real estate investment funds and holding companies
  • Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
  • Registered investment advisors (RIAs)
  • Securities exchanges
  • Venture capital firms

Insurance sector

  • Health plans
  • InsurTechs
  • Life insurance
  • Medical/professional liability
  • Mutual insurance companies
  • Property and casualty insurance
  • Reinsurance
  • State insurance regulators
  • Insurance agencies and brokers

Grow your business

  • Agent talent strategies
  • Analytics, dashboarding and business intelligence
  • Board and audit committee advisory
  • Buy-side and sell-side advisory
  • Capital raising solutions
  • CFO advisory services
  • Cost segregation studies
  • Customer experience enhancement
  • Demutualization consulting
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP) valuations
  • Fund formation and structuring
  • Go-to-market roadmap development and implementation
  • Growth strategy assessment and alignment
  • Market assessment
  • Merger and acquisition tax structuring
  • Payment transformation
  • Product and service innovation and launch effectiveness
  • Risk optimization
  • Strategic advisory
  • Structure review
  • Structured finance support
  • Tax credits and incentives
  • Transaction advisory, due diligence, structuring and capital formation

Optimize resources

  • Agile internal auditing
  • Benchmarking studies
  • Board and department level training
  • Change management
  • Cost containment strategies
  • Data analytics and business intelligence
  • Executive search
  • Federal, multi-state and local tax planning and compliance
  • Financial modeling and decision support
  • Financial ratios
  • HR consulting and benefits administration
  • Internal audit
  • IT operations management
  • Management company staff requirements and back office structuring
  • Outsourced and co-sourced accounting and internal audit services
  • Resource optimization
  • Robotic process automation (RPA)
  • Strategic planning facilitation
  • Sub chapter S planning
  • Tax credits and incentives
  • Vendor management services
  • Workforce and talent management

Manage risk and compliance

  • Assessments of internal controls
  • Business continuity planning/disaster recovery
  • Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-money laundering (AML)/ USA PATRIOT Act compliance
  • CFPB and other consumer finance compliance assessments
  • Complex commercial dispute support
  • Compliance reviews
  • Comprehensive risk assessment framework
  • Credit and operational risk consulting
  • Cyber policy and program development, risk assessment and consulting
  • Cyber risk insurance analysis
  • Data privacy assessment, design and implementation
  • Enterprise risk management and ORSA assessments
  • FDICIA assistance
  • Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) compliance
  • Fraud and forensics
  • HIPAA security assessments
  • Infrastructure stability
  • Internal audit co-sourcing and outsourcing
  • Litigation support
  • Loan reviews and collateral reviews
  • Major claims forensics
  • Market conduct investigations
  • NYS DFS cyber readiness and compliance
  • Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Sanctions compliance
  • Payment card industry (PCI) compliance
  • Pricing and rate analysis
  • Regulation AB assessments and compliance
  • Regulatory compliance:
    – FINRA Rule 3310
    – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
    – RESPA/Regulation Z/Dodd Frank
    – USA Patriot Act
  • Review of reserves
  • Risk or economic capital modeling
  • Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and implementation assistance
  • Securitization due diligence
  • Security assessment (external/internal)
  • State risk-focused insurance examinations
  • Third party data center reviews
  • Trust department reviews

Gain assurance

  • ALLL/CECL (current expected credit loss) model validation
  • Actuarial due diligence and review of fair value reserves
  • Agreed upon procedures (AUP) reports
  • Attest audit and examination opinions
  • Audits of onshore and offshore funds
  • Certification of loss reserves
  • Corporate and intangible asset valuations
  • Corporate governance annual disclosure assistance
  • Due diligence
  • Employee benefit plan audits
  • Fairness opinions
  • Federal, multistate and international tax
  • Fraud and investigations
  • GIPS® verifications
  • Information systems examinations
  • Investor liquidity requirements
  • IRS practice and procedures
  • Management company operating cash requirements
  • Management fee and incentive allocation structure
  • Model Audit Rule (MAR) implementation assistance
  • Model validation
  • Operational and compliance attestation
  • Preparation of fund, management company, general partner and principals tax returns, and K1s
  • Processes and controls documentation and testing
  • Quality assurance review (QAR)
  • Reinsurance consulting
  • REIT quarterly and annual testing
  • Risk assessment and planning
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings
  • SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 reporting services
  • State nexus consulting
  • Valuations
  • Verification of performance results
They are more than consultants. The Baker Tilly team raised the quality of our internal audit and risk management functions and helped us through the change management required to ensure success. We are extremely pleased with their work.
Craig Campbell, Chief Administrative and Risk Officer, WPS Health Solutions, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp.
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