Kaufman Rossin Promotes 8 to Senior Manager

Kaufman Rossin, one of the top 100 CPA and advisory firms in the U.S., has promoted 8 professionals across five different practice areas to senior manager.

The professionals are Ada Cohen, Oscar Enriquez, Nelson Martinez, Robert Matt, Andy Osteen, Stephanie Richards, Bryan Saxe and Matthew Wahler. All were formerly managers within the firm.

 Assurance Services

Martinez is a senior manager in the assurance department. He provides audit, review and other assurance services for clients ranging from start-up to mid-size companies in a variety of industries. He performs test of controls, analytical reviews, and substantive testing of transactions and balances with a focus on identifying internal control weaknesses.

Entrepreneurial Services

Saxe is a senior manager in the entrepreneurial services department. He is responsible for tax compliance and business consulting. He works closely with the Firm’s international tax team to assist international investors and controlled foreign corporations.

Estate and Trust Services

Osteen is a senior manager in the estate, trust and exempt organization practice. He provides tax compliance, advisory and consulting services to a variety of clients, including high-net worth individuals, estates, trusts and tax-exempt organizations. He specializes in individual, S-corporation, family limited partnership, fiduciary, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxation and planning for foreign and domestic clients.

Wahler is a senior manager in the estate, trust and exempt organization practice. He provides tax compliance, advisory and consulting services for estates, trusts, tax-exempt organizations and high-net-worth individuals. He assists and advises executors and trustees with administration issues including asset transfers and funding trusts. He also supervises the preparation of income tax returns, gift tax returns, estate tax returns, and returns for public charities and private foundations.

Risk Advisory Services

Cohen is a senior manager in the risk advisory services practice, where she leads several anti-money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) consulting engagements, assisting banks with Know-Your-Customer file remediation and transaction analysis. She also works on forensic accounting engagements involving a variety of industries, including litigation consulting matters relating to lost profits, damage calculations, internal fraud investigations and other complex accounting issues.

Enriquez is a senior manager in the risk advisory services practice, with extensive experience helping banks, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions navigate complex business challenges and manage risk. He conducts validations and calibrations of BSA/AML models, including transaction monitoring programs, customer risk rating methodologies, OFAC and watch list interdiction systems.

Richards is a senior manager in the risk advisory services practice. She has extensive experience in financial markets, industry regulation and compliance requirements – in addition to securities industry systems, operations, controls and processes. She advises clients on annual compliance reviews, anti-money laundering independent testing, supervisory control risk assessments, fraud investigations, customized compliance and product reviews.

Tax Services

Matt is a senior manager in the tax practice. Providing tax compliance services to real estate companies engages Robert’s expertise in complexities like tiered and fund structures, including related special allocations.  He helps clients utilize the Domestic Production Activities Deduction and Qualified Business Income Deduction. In addition, Robert is working with clients to help them navigate Opportunity Zone investments.