Lucy Gonzales works with corporate clients and their legal advisors to conduct sensitive investigations into misconduct, financial statement fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption incidents. She also advises corporations on compliance risk, with a focus on compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions.
Prior to joining K2 integrity, Lucy was an assistant vice president at Credit Suisse, where she provided internal audit coverage of the bank’s risk and compliance division, focusing on financial crime compliance and credit risk. She managed and led internal audits regarding AML/CTF topics (Mexico and Canada), cross-border compliance, credit risk analysis of the stock borrow loan business, effectiveness of the LATAM chief compliance officer (CCO) function, and review of the bank’s risk management program for regulatory compliance with the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC). Additionally, she led a team in verifying highly scrutinized matters requiring action (MRAs) issued by regulators.
Before her time at Credit Suisse, Lucy was a manager at CohnReznick in its not-for-profit and education industry practices. She executed financial statement audits for a variety of clients, including community development financial institutions (CDFIs), social service entities, foundations, and professional associations. In addition to financial statement audits, Lucy also executed single audits (formerly known as A-133s), encompassing both financial and compliance components. Prior to her promotion to manager, Lucy served as a senior associate, where she spearheaded the testing of lending institutions (as part of CDFI audits), including transfers of financial assets, participation loans, servicing rights, TDRs, and impairments. Through her work with not-for-profit entities (including those that received federal awards/grants), Lucy analyzed valuation assessments, compliance of regulatory guidance, and effectiveness of internal controls.
Early in her career, Lucy served as a staff auditor at Loeb & Troper LLP, where she assisted in audits of employee benefit plans, consolidated fiscal reports, and entities subject to uniform guidance, and as a staff accountant at Village Voice Media.
Lucy is a member of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA), where she sits on the NYSSCPA’s Banking Committee; the American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA); the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW); and the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA).
Lucy received an M.S. in accountancy from Queens College, City University of New York, and a B.S. in accounting from Binghamton University. She is certified public accountant, licensed in New York. She is fluent in Spanish.
