Bart Statowski is a Director with Asurity Advisors with 15 years of experience in consumer financial regulations, risk management, and anti-money laundering regulations. Previously, he had held senior leadership roles at mid-size regional banks and a professional services advisory firm. Bart has extensive expertise in working with financial institutions to build out compliance management systems (CMS) as well as to prepare them for enhanced regulatory oversight and expectations.
In his time working with mid-sized banks, Bart has helped several regional banks with the development of their CMS, monitoring and testing programs, compliance training initiatives, policies and procedures, risk assessments, complaint management approach, key risk indicators (KRIs), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) process, Fair and Responsible banking and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) programs. In addition, he has worked with institutions seeking guidance on formulating responses to regulatory/legal, compliance inquiries as well as anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement examinations and actions.
Prior to his time in banking, Bart was a Risk Advisory Services Manager at a national consulting firm where he led engagements related to consumer compliance, fair and responsible banking, and BSA/AML. During his time at the firm, he helped clients identify risks within their processes and worked with them to help define potential solutions to any such gaps. He also provided oversight of staff and worked on ways to streamline and develop consistent review and reporting processes.
Bart is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago with a Finance and Economics degree. He has also attended the ABA National Compliance School and ABA Advanced Compliance school. Bart holds the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) certification, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification, and the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Fraud Professional (CAFP) certification. He is a board member of the Dallas Area Compliance Association (DACA).