Crystal is a director with Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. She has more than 23 years of experience working with financial institutions with a focus on financial crimes compliance. Crystal leverages her industry experience and deep regulatory knowledge to lead and transform Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions and fraud compliance programs for financial institutions of all asset sizes, from community banks to global investments firms. She has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions that exceed regulatory expectations and enhance business performance.
- Assists financial services clients with evaluating BSA/AML and sanctions compliance including independent reviews, reviews of suspicious activity reporting, validation of customer risk ratings, transaction monitoring system implementation and validation and lookback analysis
- Assists with audit support for client readiness and serves as a resource for ongoing client readiness support
- Develops and implements key risk strategies for financial institutions, FinTech’s and investment advisors to align with regulatory expectations
- Develops and implements AML and sanctions compliance programs for financial institutions to allow them to exceed regulatory expectation and permit growth through mergers and acquisitions
- Develops and implements fraud risk management strategies to build a fraud model and reduce fraud losses
- Serves as a key resource for clients who are remediating regulatory findings
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS)
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- EWC, volunteer
- Girl Scouts of the USA, volunteer
- Midwest Food Bank- Georgia Division, volunteer
- Row Georgia, volunteer
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS)
- Certified AML FinTech Compliance Associate (CAFCA)
- Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt
