Areas of Expertise

  • Forensic Accounting
  • Fraud and Internal Investigations
  • Probate, Trusts, & Estates
  • Ponzi Schemes
  • White Collar Crime
  • Post-Acquisition Disputes

Industries

  • Financial Institutions
  • Insurance
  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale & Retail
  • Government
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Healthcare
  • Restaurants
  • Oil & Gas
  • Media
  • Technology
  • Probate, Estates, & Trusts

Prominent Cases

  • Analyzed whistleblower allegations and audit findings at a not-for-profit organization. Worked with the organization to respond to and resolve issues identified in cure notice.
  • Worked with public insurance company CFO and accounting team on preparation of SEC filings and financial statements.
  • Analyzed transactions, structures, and relationships between a mortgage lending fund and affiliated individuals and entities. Analyzed the nature and extent of deposits and withdrawals so as to determine whether the fund was operated as a Ponzi scheme.
  • Prepared probate court accounting. Allocated asset values and recorded financials for a conservatorship involving multiple business entities, trusts, beneficiaries, and bank accounts.
  • Prepared models assessing lost profit damages related to competitor interference in multiple geographic markets

Designations

  • CPA
  • CGMA

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Southern California, 2010

Experience

  • 1 Year with Firm
  • 15 Years of Relevant Experience

Biography

Joyce Suen has over 14 years of experience in forensic accounting, fraud investigations, litigation support, and consulting. She has worked with clients in a wide range of industries, including consumer goods, manufacturing, insurance, real estate, financial institutions, oil and gas, media, technology, not-for-profit, government agencies, probate, estates, and trusts.

Joyce is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of California and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Joyce graduated from the University of Southern California in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Prior to joining B. Riley Advisory Services (formerly GlassRatner), Joyce worked at an international consulting firm for over 10 years and at a forensic and financial consulting firm prior to that.

Joyce is member of the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), and the AICPA's Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Section. She is a graduate of CalCPA's Leadership Institute Program and previously served on the board of directors of CalCPA's Los Angeles chapter.

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.