Beth Watson

Senior Director Risk Consulting

Beth is a CPA and Senior Director for SRA Consulting and has over 20 years experience in public accounting focusing on consulting, auditing and accounting for financial institution of all sizes. Prior to SRA, Ms. Watson spent 5 years as a strategic account manager with SS&C Technologies, a large international technology company providing cloud-based loan accounting and reserving solutions to financial institutions with a focus on CECL implementations.  She oversaw financial institutions ranging from under $1 billion to over $70 billion.  Prior to SS&C she was an Audit Director with BDO, USA LLP where she was involved in consulting engagements with the FDIC and OMSO for compliance with various legal settlements  with a number of financial institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico. In addition to consulting, she oversaw auditing and accounting engagements of financial institutions from De Novo stage through over $20 billion in assets.  Ms. Watson is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting at Niagara University. She currently a board member and President for the Risk Management Association Carolinas and Virginias regional chapter and a board member and past president of the Richmond, Virginia local chapter.  She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.