Brad
Birkholz
As a Manager, Brad provides BSA/AML/OFAC and regulatory compliance expertise to financial institutions to banks and financial service companies of various sizes, which are regulated by various banking agencies. His responsibilities include performing and managing regulatory compliance engagements that include Bank Secrecy Act audits, compliance audits, risk assessments, model validations, and enhanced due diligence reviews.
Before joining Plante & Moran, PLLC, Brad’s has held previous positions as a Senior Regulatory Compliance Consultant with an international consulting firm and as a Compliance Officer with a large financial institution. In these roles, Brad maintained similar responsibilities in his involvement on a variety of regulatory compliance related engagements.
Brad earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).