Martin Wilczynski is a senior managing director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation practice and is the leader of its Forensic Accounting & Advisory Services practice. Based in Washington DC, Mr. Wilczynski is an accounting and investigative professional with nearly 30 years of professional experience. His background includes 10 years of auditing experience at an international accounting firm and 6 years on the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served for 5 years within the Enforcement Division.
Experience
Since leaving the SEC in 1998, Mr. Wilczynski has focused his consulting practice almost exclusively on SEC enforcement proceedings, internal and forensic investigations, FCPA and anti-corruption reviews, litigation support, financial reporting and revenue recognition issues. He has worked with outside counsel in representing boards and special committees in a number of complex, fact-finding accounting investigations involving financial restatements, whistleblower allegations and SEC enforcement and reporting issues. He has also been responsible for conducting several forensic “Section 10A” examinations resulting from concerns raised by auditors of public companies. Mr. Wilczynski has assisted counsel on many occasions in translating and communicating the results of those investigations to the SEC staff as well as to other regulators.
Among other high profile engagements, Mr. Wilczynski serves as co-leader of the global FTI Consulting team providing investigative and litigation support to the Trustee and his counsel on the landmark Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities matter. Mr. Wilczynski also led a team providing technical accounting and consulting assistance to counsel on the UnitedHealth Group Inc. options backdating engagement, as well as a number of other global accounting investigations.
While he was at the SEC, Mr. Wilczynski was responsible for numerous financial and accounting investigations, including the critical evaluation of investigatory evidence used in making recommendations to the Commission. In addition, he has expertise with respect to actions brought against accounting and auditing professionals pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. In 1997, Mr. Wilczynski was awarded the SEC’s Sydney C. Orbach Award in recognition of significant accounting contributions to the Commission’s full disclosure program and to the protection of investors.
Mr. Wilczynski received an M.B.A. in finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a B.S. in accounting with highest honors from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is credentialed as a Certified Financial Forensics professional with the AICPA. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association of SEC Alumni and the SEC Historical Society.