Mike Torres

Michael R. Torres is a founding member of the public accounting firm PAAST, P.L. and partner in Genesis Systems Consulting, LLC. He has over 20 years of experience providing tax, accounting, attestation, business consulting, forensic accounting, and litigation support services to clients in the banking, hospitality and tourism, manufacturing, media, nonprofit, pharmaceutical, sports and entertainment, technology, and telecommunications industries. Michael’s experience includes domestic and international tax planning and preparation for individuals and corporations; preparing business plans for start ups, mergers and acquisitions; performing internal audits and operational reviews; as well as financial consulting. In addition, Michael has forensic accounting and fraud auditing experience on cases ranging from divorce to commercial litigation.

Michael has been involved in the performance of audits and agreed-upon procedures for financial institutions since 1997. He has worked in the Caribbean auditing international banks with various financial derivatives such as foreign currency forward exchange contracts, interest rate swaps, and equity swaps. Michael has also worked on international bank projects related to the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Act (BSA/AML) and the Patriot Act. He has also worked with various domestic banks in performing external audits, internal audits, BSA/AML consulting, loan reviews, and compliance audits of certain regulations.

Michael has lectured at Florida International University, Polaris International, now known as PrimeGlobal, and Bank United. He has appeared on Univision Television Network, CNN en Español Radio, Bloomberg in Español Radio, and Caracol USA Radio/1260 AM.

Michael stays current with topics relating to public accounting and financial institutions by frequently attending national, state and regional conferences hosted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA), Financial Managers Society; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Florida Bankers Association; Florida International Bankers Association; South Florida Banking Institute; and Certified Fraud Examiners. He also participates in the annual Deposit and Lending Compliance Seminar hosted by PAAST.

Prior to starting his own public accounting firm, Michael was the vice president of finance for Marex, a NASDAQ listed company, and an audit senior at Arthur Andersen.