Jim Cutrona

Overview

Jim has over 25 years of extensive background in internal audit, regulatory compliance, financial planning and analysis, financial institution operations, and technical accounting research and reporting with a focus in the banking industry. His experiences throughout the years also include trust/bank operations audits, BSA/AML/OFAC audits, Sarbanes-Oxley, HMDA/fair lending reviews, regulatory compliance audits, mortgage operations, risk assessments, credit administration, asset liability management, and profitability analysis.

Prior to joining Briggs & Veselka, Jim held the roles of Vice President of Risk Management, assistant controller, and internal audit director at multiple banks and Risk Advisory Consultant at Experis Finance.

While a consultant with Experis Finance, Jim was engaged as a Mortgage Loan Compliance Advisor – Subject Matter Expert for BMO Harris Bank in Chicago from April 2014 through December 2015. As a compliance advisor he reported directly to the Bank's Mortgage Lending Executive Management group and was responsible for:

• Policy and Procedure implementation and process transformation
• Establishing key compliance controls for mortgage origination process
• Establish mortgage loan quality control compliance testing for the Bank's quality assurance department
• Involved with TRID and mortgage application system implementation
• Worked with the Bank's mortgage loan originators, underwriters, processors, and closers to ensure compliance with significant mortgage lending regulations.