Bio

Kristen Stanchak is a director with Baker Tilly’s financial services risk advisory practice. She has been providing internal audit, regulatory compliance and risk consulting services to financial institutions for almost 20 years. Kristen provides assurance, due diligence, internal controls, regulatory compliance and information integrity services to a wide range of clients, including de novo banks, credit unions and large, publicly registered commercial banks. Kristen performs internal audits, Sarbanes-Oxley testing, regulatory compliance audits and trust audits. Her internal audit specialty areas include interest rate risk, liquidity, investments, ACH, deposit operations, loan/lending operations, trust and wire transfers. As a certified regulatory compliance manager (CRCM), Kristen is well versed in all compliance areas including the Bank Secrecy Act, deposit compliance, loan compliance, insider loans, the Community Reinvestment Act, HMDA, flood compliance, fair lending, the SAFE Act, Unlawful Internet Gambling Act, Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts, or Practices (UDAAP) and privacy. Her extensive exposure to the operating environments within the financial institution industry allows her to share and help clients implement industry best practices. She has direct knowledge of bank operations and provides complex internal audit, regulatory compliance, and consulting services for both large and small banks. Master of Business Administration in accounting Wilkes University; Bachelor of Science in accounting King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania);