St. Louis, MO - Pario Forensic Accounting Services (Pario Forensic), a leading provider of forensic accounting services to the insurance and legal industries, is pleased to announce new roles for integral employees. Keith Seiffert, previously a Manager of Forensic Accounting, has been promoted to a Senior Manager of Forensic Accounting. Rachel Stern moves from her position as a Senior Forensic Accountant to a Supervisor of Forensic Accounting. Mr. Seiffert and Ms. Stern bring extensive experience and expertise to their new roles as Pario Forensic continues to lead the industry in comprehensive solutions and innovation.
An accomplished leader, Keith Seiffert has more than ten years of accounting experience in both forensic accounting and auditing. Mr. Seiffert has extensive knowledge of detailed financial analytics and complex business and accounting concepts. His forensic accounting experience includes insurance, corporate, and legal matters. Within the insurance industry, he has worked on matters involving the property, liability, and financial policies, which include services such as business interruption, employee dishonesty/fraud investigations, product recall, inventory/contents reconstruction, and economic loss in injury and death.
Some types of legal matters in which he has been involved include lost profits, fraud investigations, financial condition analyses, and economic loss in injury and death. Throughout his career, Mr. Seiffert has been involved in the preparation of expert accounting evidence for use in arbitration, mediation, and trial, as well as consultation services for other litigious issues. He has provided expert witness testimony in deposition. Further, Mr. Seiffert has been involved in the preparation of educational materials and has provided presentations on forensic accounting topics to clients, colleagues, and students.
A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration specializing in Accounting, Mr. Seiffert also holds the CPA and CFE designations. In his new role, he will help oversee the forensic accounting operations, lead the team through critical projects, and continue to perform forensic accounting services.
An experienced professional, Rachel Stern has a background in the insurance, legal, governmental, and non-profit industries, among others. A graduate of Truman State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Ms. Stern holds the CFE credential and recently obtained her CPA designation.
Ms. Stern has been involved in business interruption and extra expense claims, lost profits cases, product recall matters, marital and contract dispute cases, inventory reconstruction, economic loss in injury and death, and employee misappropriation investigations. She is well-versed in internal audit as well as external financial statement audits, which include inventory valuations, vouching and tracing amounts within general ledger detail, bank reconciliations, internal control reviews, and compliance testing. Each of her roles throughout her career has involved obtaining the necessary documentation to support conclusions. As a Supervisor, Ms. Stern will use her wealth of knowledge in these disciplines to offer a comprehensive and well-rounded perspective to her colleagues and Pario Forensic’s clients.
“We are proud to announce these key enhancements to the Pario Forensic team,” says Randall Wilson, Managing Director of Forensic Accounting Services for Pario Forensic. “Keith and Rachel have both the experience and expertise that makes them ideal leaders within our Forensic Accounting division. Together, they offer our clients a continued focus on exceptional customer service and technical expertise as well as professional support to our entire team.”
Based out of Pario Forensic’s office in St. Louis, Keith Seiffert can be contacted at 314-779-0553 or by email at keith.seiffert@parioforensic.com. Also located in the St. Louis office, Rachel Stern can be reached at 314-909-3111 or by email at rachel.stern@parioforensic.com.
For more information, please contact:
Randall Wilson
Managing Director, Forensic Accounting Services
T: 314.909.3148
E: randyw@parioforensic.com
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Pario Forensic Accounting Services is an independent accounting team that combines accounting knowledge with investigative skills in various settings, which enables them to provide objective and independent financial conclusions. Meeting the needs of the legal and insurance communities, Pario Forensic provides a variety of forensic accounting services related to Lost Profits, Business Income, Extra Expense, Misappropriation, Employee Dishonesty, Fraud, Subrogation, Inventory Reconstruction, Economic Loss in Injury and Death Cases, and more.