Paul Beierwaltes

Paul Beierwaltes has extensive experience in the banking industry, with their most recent position being Executive Vice President/Chief Audit Officer at BankFinancial since May 2021. Prior to that, they worked as the Internal Audit Division Manager at BankFinancial from November 2019 to May 2021. Paul also served as Vice President and Audit Manager at Wintrust Financial Corporation from March 2016 to November 2019. Before that, they were the Associate Director, Head of Control Framework and Policy at BMO Harris Bank from April 2014 to March 2016. Paul spent a significant portion of their career at MB Financial Bank, N.A., where they held the role of VP & Senior Audit Manager from September 1998 to April 2014. Paul started their career at Northern Trust as an Audit Team Leader from September 1990 to September 1998.

Paul Beierwaltes holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Business/Economics from Benedictine University. Paul is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) obtained in 2020 and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) obtained in 2004. Additionally, they have obtained certifications such as CPA, CBA, CRP, and CFIRS from multiple companies, although the specific years of obtaining these certifications are not provided.