SUMMARY

Svetlana Stepanaviciute, is a Senior Manager in RKA’s Global Investigations, Fraud, Compliance, AML/Financial Crimes, and Anti-Bribery/Corruption practices. Multi-lingual in six languages, she is a seasoned forensic accountant and lead investigator, with more than 17 years of international experience leading complex fraud matters, forensic accounting engagements, anti-corruption reviews, regulatory compliance assessments, asset tracing matters, and financial disputes across borders in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

She has advised domestic and international law firms, multinational corporations, family offices, financial institutions, government agencies, and private clients, on matters involving fraud, bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions compliance, financial misconduct, economic damages, and litigation support.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prior to RKA, Svetlana served as Principal of Forensic Investigations at a boutique consulting expert firm, where she provided litigation support and investigative services to lending businesses, diplomatic organizations, and private clients. Her work included conducting internal investigations, evaluating accounting systems and internal controls, performing due diligence reviews, assessing ultimate beneficial ownership structures, and preparing economic damages analyses for litigation matters.

Prior to that, Svetlana served in the Big4, as Senior Manager in PwC’s Investigations & Forensics practice, where she led Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance assessments, anti-bribery and anti-corruption due diligence reviews for global acquisitions, fraud investigations across multiple industries, and specialized training programs for corporate investigations teams and internal auditors.

At another major global firm, she held a Managing Director role and led work-streams on a high-profile banking monitorship following a major money laundering scandal. She also supported U.S. Department of Justice-related investigations involving allegations of fraud, bribery, and corruption across numerous high-risk jurisdictions, directing teams, analyzing complex financial transactions, and presenting findings to legal counsel and executive leadership.

Earlier in her career, Svetlana held forensic accounting and investigations leadership positions at Deloitte in both the United States and the Middle East, where she worked on fraud investigations, FCPA matters, AML and KYC reviews, sanctions-related engagements, expert witness assignments, commercial disputes, and financial damages assessments.

She began her professional career in audit and assurance, in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.