Meet The Experts

Jim Paolucci

Vice President, Operations & Client Services

Jim has spent over 30 years in the Recovery Auditing industry in various leadership roles with experience in finance, accounting, operations, client relations, and business unit management. Prior to joining SAS, Jim served in various leadership roles for other Recovery Audit companies. Jim has partnered with the key decision makers for Fortune 500 and multibillion-dollar companies including retail in establishing and executing professional services in the areas of recovery auditing, consulting, advisory, risk mitigation, operational improvements and business process outsourcing.

Lorri Kissell

Vice President, Business Development

Lorri  has worked in the Accounts Payable Recovery Audit industry for the past 17+ years. Her roles in Business Development and Client Service have created many successful projects and relationships.

Lorri continues her education through her relationships, and through professional associations. As a member of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Lorri is an active participant on the Regional Conference Committee. She is the former Chapter President for The Institute of Financial Operations (IFO), and Accounts Payable professional’s organization. Additionally, she also served on the Board of Directors for the IFO.

The passion that she has for solving complex problems, and for working with clients to implement solutions surrounding lost profits, internal controls and process improvement, fit perfectly into what SAS is all about.

Ashley King

Vice President, Business Development

Ashley joined Strategic Audit Solutions in September 2024 as Vice President of Business Development.

She has been a leader in the recovery audit industry for nearly 20 years, with most of her time spent building relationships with Fortune 500 companies to drive new business growth.

In this role, Ashley is responsible for new business sales, primarily in the commercial sectors, helping finance and accounting teams solve their operational challenges with innovative solutions to achieve their goals.

Prior to joining SAS, Ashley had a long and successful career in sales and sales management as a VP for both PRGX and Cotiviti.

Bryan Crimin

Senior Director of Operations

Bryan Crimin is a veteran in the Recovery Audit industry, with 38+ years of experience. Bryan is an expert in retail recovery auditing having worked on audits for 7 of the top 10 retailers nationally. He has audited and/or managed the audit for the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, the largest online retailer, and the largest warehouse club operator.

Bryan has also audited or managed recovery audits internationally in 30 unique industries including Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining, Transportation and Motion Pictures. Bryan’s strengths are in audit start-ups and utilizing his deep industry knowledge as well as, the identification and development of innovative audit approaches & new claim types.

Over his career, he has authored several industry white papers, served on multiple steering committees, and was a regular presenter at industry events.

Leslie Abrams

Senior Director of Operations

Leslie has 25 years of experience in the recovery audit industry, She brings unparalleled expertise and a proven track record of cultivating enduring partnerships with top commercial businesses. Her extensive knowledge and leadership will be instrumental in expanding SAS’s opportunities and strengthening customer relationships.

In her role, Leslie will work closely with the accounting and finance teams to provide innovative AP audit services and solutions that enhance efficiency and drive value for our clients.

Prior to joining SAS, Leslie held key roles in sales and operations at PRGX and Corporate Audit Solutions, where she consistently demonstrated her ability to deliver results and drive growth.

Linda Oneufer

Audit Director

Linda has over 25 years of experience in Accounts Payable including over 12 years of experience in the Recovery Audit field. This experience has provided her with a solid understanding of the Accounts Payable recovery process and experience with various systems and methods of recovery.

Her background gives her a strong understanding of all aspects of Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable, from procurement through payment and on into the recovery audit process.

For 10 years Linda was the Accounts Payable Manager for Rite Aid Corporation. During her tenure she was an integral part of building their in-house Accounts Payable system, incorporating purchasing, receiving and item management systems. Linda also spent 5 years as an Accounts Payable Process Specialist for Royal Ahold USA, gaining invaluable knowledge of best practices in the retail accounts payable field, including the warehouse, store and expense payable areas.

Mitch Blau

Audit Director

Mitch Blau has built a reputation of trust and dependability over more than 20 years of experience in Accounts Payable Audit, Recovery, and Consulting for healthcare systems. Beginning with his family owned firm, and then working for one of the industry leaders, Mitch has gained unique knowledge and experience on AP Best Practices in large health systems. He truly enjoys sharing his knowledge, experience and insights with his clients.

Mitch’s areas of expertise include accounts payable, purchasing, ERP systems, data analysis and vendor relations. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients throughout his career and has prevented hundreds of millions in future losses by identifying system weaknesses and recommending process improvements.

Mitch is the Secretary for the New Jersey Chapter of The Institute for Financial Operations (aka: IFO), an Accounts Payable professional association. Mitch holds the association’s highest certificate, CAPP – Certified Accounts Payable Professional.

Taffy Davidson

Director of Audit Innovation

With a vast career in the post audit industry spanning 25 years, Taffy brings experience in all sectors of retail and commercial. Her ability to decipher data, understand relations and her unique audit insights have earned international respect. Throughout her service with PRGX, Cotiviti and APEX, she has successfully led the development of audit applications for DSD, WA Distribution, Returns and Allowances that serve as best practice models. Her attention to detail, drive for excellence and focus on customer service has been recognized throughout the industry, winning awards for customer service, innovation of audit and creation of new and expanded concepts.

With an understanding of both P2P and Merchandising philosophy, merchants have sought her counsel beyond the recovery process and she has hosted roundtable discussions with companies from various industries.

In addition to her work in the US, Taffy led the implementation of multiple international internal audits, has worked in Costa Rica along internal and outsourced shared service divisions and has led teams in India. Outside the audit industry, she served as Merchandise Finance manager – Electronics for Walmart Stores, Inc. Taffy lives in Bentonville, AR.

Lesley Lopez

Marketing Director

Lesley Lopez is a versatile marketing strategist known for effectively addressing challenges and turning them into opportunities. She excels at connecting people, departments, and resources to drive initiatives from ideation to execution.

Her career began at Navistar Financial Corporation, where she advanced through senior roles, gaining the attention of executive leadership and managing significant corporate transformations.

In her role as Marketing Director with SAS, Lesley will utilize her strategic thinking, commercial knowledge, and creative vision to develop marketing strategies and manage projects that will contribute to the success of our high-performing teams. Her quick learning and exceptional people skills make her an invaluable asset to our team.

Nicole Scheib

Senior Audit Manager

Nicole has over 20 years’ experience in the accounting field, 15 of those years were spent in the Audit Recovery field. She has sharply honed computer skills and strong knowledge of the accounting process. Hence, she can quickly manipulate the data to find errors. She has been with SAS for over six years.

Nicole also spent over 10 years at PRGX, both as an Analyst in the Quality Assurance department and as an auditor. In her analyst role, Nicole was an integral player in developing and implementing a new claims management system. This experience gave Nicole a great knowledge of the entire Post Audit Process, from meeting the client, to starting an audit, through claim generation, claim correspondence and claims management.

In her first role, Nicole was a Senior Cost Accountant for Nashua Corporation and MicroTouch Systems. Her financial planning, reporting and decision support for many different product lines. These years gave Nicole a great knowledge of the procurement process as she played an important role in make/buy, outsourcing, capital investment and capacity decisions.

Ann Rink

Senior Audit Manager

Ann has 30+ years of experience in finance, procurement and internal audit. She also has an extensive background in Accounts Payable leadership and managing Recovery Audit partners.

Ann has over 20 years of experience at the country’s two largest grocery wholesalers, which aligns with SAS’s grocery client portfolio. During her career, Ann led her AP team through system implementations, acquisitions, creation of a Shared Services Center, and the development of a post-payment audit program.

As the client in many post audit relationships she learned and understood the value the correct partner can bring. Working together, with SAS as a partner, they created successful audit strategies which extended beyond the traditional duplicate payments to include freight and pricing compliance and many other avenues to recover monies.