Kaufman Rossin designates 6 risk advisory professionals as director

Kaufman Rossin, one of the top 100 CPA and advisory firms in the U.S., has designated six professionals in the risk advisory services practice as director: Lianet Cicero, Ada Cohen, Nathalie Feria, Sarah Fernandez, Dolores Marichal and Daniel Rosenberg.

Lianet Cicero, CPA, CAMS provides a wide range of compliance consulting services to financial institutions related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), sanctions regulations, Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA). She assists financial institutions in preparing and responding to regulatory examinations, including compliance with remediation requirements of regulatory enforcement actions and monitoring activities.

Ada Cohen, CFE, CAMS, ABV brings over 15 years of experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) consulting engagements. Currently, she focuses on independent reviews of compliance for financial institutions, advising a wide range of financial institutions from small, privately owned banks to large, multinational institutions in the United States, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Nathalie Feria, CCEP, CAMS, CISA assists a wide range of clients with consulting engagements, including risk assessments related to information security, information technology, and regulatory compliance, as well as, auditing, internal control analysis and remediation assistance engagements. She has extensive experience evaluating risk management programs and internal controls, as well as assisting clients in developing tailored policies and risk mitigation programs.

Sarah Fernandez, CIPP/US, CRCM provides consulting services to a variety of financial service providers including banks, mortgage companies, private lenders and fintech companies. Her services include risk assessments, gap analysis, CMS program development, and board and employee training. She also leads and performs regulatory compliance reviews and audits for financial institutions with a focus on risk management. With more than 17 years of experience in the financial services industry, she applies her extensive knowledge of financial institution operations and consumer protection regulations to assist clients with the development and implementation of effective compliance management programs.

Dolores Marichal, CAMS manages compliance projects for financial institutions, international banks, Fintech companies, multinational corporations, and law firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her expertise includes the development of BSA/AML and Counter-Terrorist Financing compliance programs, risk assessment and analyses, investigative due diligence, and remediation and corrective action projects.

Daniel Rosenberg, CISA, CPA leads attestation engagements on System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 and 2 reports, and consulting engagements with a specialized focus on internal controls and risk assessments related to IT, operational, and financial risks. He also specializes in developing insight-driven metrics using data analytics, visualization, and custom-reporting to enable businesses to efficiently prioritize risk mitigation and control implementation strategies.