Monica Reyes

Monica Reyes is a Director of the Audit team at the public accounting firm, PAAST, P.L. She specializes in providing attestation services to financial institutions. Her experience in the banking industry includes loan reviews, remote deposit capture audits, e-banking audits, deposit operations audits, branch operations audits, validation of allowance methodology, trust audits, human resources audits, automated clearing house (ACH) audits, loan operations, investments and wire transfers.

Monica has experience with reviews and regulatory compliance audits, including deposit compliance, lending compliance, and safety and soundness.  In addition, Monica also performs procedures for compliance with FDICIA requirements.

Furthermore, Monica has experience with BSA Model Validations and BSA audits. She has also performed look-back projects as ordered by different regulatory bodies: FDIC, OCC, DFR and Federal Reserve. Monica’s experience includes working with Yellow Hammer, Assist, Enhanced Compliance Solution (ECS) and other BSA/ AML systems. In addition, Monica’s experience in performing BSA/AML audits for financial institutions further strengthens her ability to assess AML risks and recommend industry best practices.

In addition, Monica also performs financial statements audits, reviews, compilations, revenue audits of nonprofit organizations and employee benefit plans. She has also assisted in seller/buyer due diligence engagements and forensic engagements.

Monica frequently participates in educational programs provided by the South Florida Banking Institute and the Cuban America CPA Association in an effort to expand her industry knowledge and technical skills.