Areas of Expertise

  • Data Analytics 
  • Due Diligence
  • Financial Modeling
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Internal Investigations

Industries

  • Credit Card Processing
  • Hospitality / Hotels
  • Restaurant
  • Real Estate Development
  • Telecom

Education

  • BBA University of West Georgia
  • MPAcc University of West Georiga
  • MBA University of West Georgia

Designations

  • MBA

Experience

  • 5 Years with Firm
  • 8 Years of Relevant Experience

Biography

Irene Byela is an Associate Director with diverse experience in litigation support, restructuring services, and due diligence assignments. Irene's skills have been applied to the quantification of damages, fraud investigations, calculating complex waterfall distributions in real estate development disputes, financial modeling and analyses in corporate acquisition disputes, cash flow modeling in bankruptcy assignments and compliance analysis for corporate clients in regulated industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Irene was a lead analyst at a telecommunication and information consulting firm where she refined her analytic and research skills working in various specialty areas including tax compliance, tax accounting, audit defense, process improvement, tax mapping, and billing.

Irene has a strong educational background that enhances her work, including a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance, Master of Professional Accounting, and MBA with a concentration in Business Intelligence and Cyber Security. In addition to English, her language skills include fluency in Ukrainian and Russian. In 2023, Irene authored an article for the Georgia Society of CPA's titled "What is Forensic Accounting?".

B. Riley Advisory Services works with lenders, law firms, private equity sponsors and companies of all types. Our Advisory Services are a unique mix of Valuation and Appraisal Services including asset-based lending (ABL) Valuations; Restructuring and Turnaround Management; Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support; Operations Management; Compliance, Risk & Resilience Services; and Transaction Support Services including Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings Reviews. B. Riley Advisory Services is the trade name for GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, Great American Group Advisory & Valuation Services, LLC, Great American Group Machinery & Equipment, LLC, and Great American Group Intellectual Property Advisors, LLC.