Speakers Bureau

Financial institution professionals who want to learn about the latest issues and practices affecting their industry often look to their Associations for credible sources of information. Conference speakers who understand these issues can be relatively easy to find; but identifying experienced speakers who present these complex ideas in an engaging and motivating manner can be a challenge.

The McGladrey Speakers Bureau offers speakers who can address a wide variety of topics that will attract professionals from across your state. Our financial institutions professionals are devoted exclusively to serving the needs of financial institutions; they bring the industry experience and presentation skills needed to speak with authority on both state and national financial institutions issues.

Presentation Topics

Our professionals are available for presentations on a variety of topics including those listed below. If your organization has a request outside of this list, please contact us.

Accounting and Auditing

• Accounting and auditing updates
• Allowance for loan losses
• Asset impairment issues
• Audit committee and management interaction governance
• Derivatives
• Fair values for financial instruments
• Fraud
• Internal controls over financial reporting
• Leasing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Preserving capital through operational efficiencies
• Regulatory capital
• Risk-based assessments

Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering

• Common mistakes on CTRs
• Correct filing of Suspicious Activity Reports
• Customer ID program
• Examiner BSA / AML Examination Manual
• High risk monitoring / Customer due diligence policies
• USA Patriot Act

Information Technology

• Cloud computing
• Data storage strategies
• Emerging and strategic technologies
• IT security
• Networking solutions
• Regulatory issues related to technology
• Technology spending
• Unified communications, aka Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• Wireless opportunities

Mergers, Acquisitions and Expansions

• Branching
• Buying/Selling
• Chartering
• Valuation

Regulatory Environment

• Cease and desist
• Formal letters of agreement
• Memorandums of Understanding
• Regulatory letters of agreement
• Sales and acquisitions of financial institutions

Regulatory Risk and Opportunities

• Consumer confidentiality
• Enterprise risk management
• Fair lending
• Flood insurance
• HMDA compliance
• Hot topics in compliance
• Hot topics in deposit and lending compliance
• Rising costs of regulatory compliance

Risk Management

• Effective loan review programs
• Internal audit programs
• Risk assessments
• Sarbanes-Oxley internal control reviews

Tax Services

• Community bank taxation
• FIN-48, tax uncertainty accounting
• Income tax expense management
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Multi-state taxation
• Payroll tax
• Sales and Use tax for financial institutions
• S-Corp election and operations
• Unrelated business income taxes