How Kristen got here
Kristen Alutto brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial management, audit, risk management, and operational improvement. Throughout her career, she has helped organizations navigate complex requirements, strengthen accountability, and translate strategic priorities into practical action.
Kristen Alutto brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial management, audit, risk management, and operational improvement. Throughout her career, she has helped organizations navigate complex requirements, strengthen accountability, and translate strategic priorities into practical action.
Before returning to PBMares, Kristen served as a Principal leading large teams in support of federal agencies, including the Department of the Navy and the Department of Homeland Security. As an Account Leader for the Department of the Navy (DON) Financial Management Office, she oversaw three contracts focused on financial management and audit readiness. In that role, she led Audit Response activities for the DON, including the United States Marine Corps, and directed audit remediation efforts for lease reporting under Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 54, Leases. She also supported the codification of the Financial Management Policy Manual for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller.
She led teams of financial and technical professionals through audit readiness, remediation, policy development, and financial transformation initiatives. She also developed and delivered training programs to support professional growth and leadership development across her teams.
Kristen’s return to PBMares brings her career full circle. She began in 2007 as an intern at Witt Mares in the Norfolk, Virginia office after graduating from Virginia Wesleyan College.
How Kristen can help you
Kristen helps organizations understand their risks, strengthen internal controls, and improve the processes that support reliable financial reporting and effective operations. Her experience spans both audit and advisory roles, so she connects compliance requirements with the realities of day-to-day work.
Her approach begins with understanding your organization. She listens to the people doing the work and identifies the root causes of your challenges. She then works with your leadership and staff to set clear priorities, build practical solutions, and define measurable goals that support lasting improvement.
Her areas of strength span risk assessment and governance, internal controls and IT governance, audit readiness and remediation, business process optimization, and program management and team leadership.
Kristen is especially skilled at coordinating complex initiatives across multiple teams and translating findings and recommendations into meaningful, measurable results.
Focus Areas:
Cybersecurity; Risk Advisory
Industry Area:
Various
