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Lizette Arias

Consultant,
Sierra Financial Group (SFG)

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Sierra Financial Group (SFG)
Chicago, IL
Work: 4143368516

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Ohio

Bio

Lizette Arias is a bilingual global financial ethics and compliance professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field of business ethics, compliance programs and forensic investigations in both the public and private sectors.  

Lizette helps organizations mitigate and/or address financial fraud globally. She recently managed the Global Internal Fraud Investigations & Whistleblower Hotline Program at TransUnion, a newly created role for the credit-reporting agency.  She is a first generation college graduate in her family and has a passion for sharing her knowledge and energy with other professionals or students aspiring for higher education. Lizette is currently serving as Treasurer in HACE’s Board of Directors and she is an Advisory Board member with Xavier University’s, Cintas Institute of Business Ethics. The institute provides opportunities for students, faculty and members of the community to learn more about ethics and how to recognize and deal with value-based issues in the workplace.

Lizette has also held roles in this capacity at GE Aviation, General Cable, Johnson Controls, Emerson Electric, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte.  

Lizette is a graduate of DePaul University (Accounting) and The University of Notre Dame (MBA). She is a Certified International Ethics and Compliance Professional (CCEP-International), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Lizette completed an international ethics & compliance course abroad in London and France where she had the opportunity to learn of LOREAL’S and BP’s (British Petroleum) ethics and compliance programs first hand.  She is fluent in Spanish and resides in the Cincinnati area with her husband Tim, although her hometown is Chicago. Lizette is a new mom to Samuel, an energetic toddler that keeps her on her toes!

Practice Areas

  • Anti-Corruption
  • Compliance Counseling
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Internal Investigations
  • White Collar Crime