About Flynn + Sweeney
Flynn + Sweeney was formed in 2009 by founding Partners, Ryan Flynn and John Sweeney. Each began their careers at international accounting firms prior to joining forces. In May 2015, Flynn + Sweeney expanded service offerings by adding Rory Flynn as a Partner. The consulting practice continues to grow with the addition of Senior Directors Becky Rich (May 2021) and Ethan Manning (January 2022). Rory, Becky and Ethan all worked with a top five accounting and consulting firm prior to joining Flynn + Sweeney, with over ten years of experience working with each other on engagements. Flynn + Sweeney continues to build out their team of regulatory compliance, BSA, ACH and internal audit specialists to ensure that our services are provided with the highest quality. Flynn + Sweeney offers institutions the expertise of a large firm at reasonable, smaller firm rates. Our office is located in Des Moines, Iowa; however, we work with clients throughout the United States as well as internationally.It’s our clients who make us successful, and we focus our energy on helping them get to where they want to go in business, and in life.
Ryan Flynn
CPA & PARTNER
Ryan gives you the kind of comprehensive CPA services and customized advice that will move you towards your money goals. His holistic approach covers every angle of your financial plan and delivers objective advice that’s always in your best interests.
John Sweeney
PARTNER
John realizes that everyone's financial needs are complex, making it more important than ever to ensure your investment, savings, tax, insurance and estate plans not only work together, but work for you.
Rory Flynn
CRCM, CAFP / PARTNER
Phone: 515.729.3782
Rory obtained his degree from the University of Iowa and began his career with the Iowa Division of Banking as a bank examiner. Rory then joined RSM and over his ten-year career worked his way from an associate to a Director and their west region regulatory compliance leader. As the west coast regulatory compliance leader, Rory led all compliance and BSA consultants in administering projects for clients along the west coast.
He specializes in federal regulatory compliance requirements affecting financial institutions. Specialties include:
• Lending and deposit compliance regulations;
• Bank Secrecy Act (BSA); and
• National Automated Clearing House Association (Nacha) Rules.
Rory teams with institutions of all sizes and regulatory oversight to meet their regulatory compliance objectives. He works with institutions to either perform the work as an independent third party or supplement internal resources to help management with additional knowledge and dedicated hours to stay on top of their internal goals and monitoring. Rory also provides training on regulatory compliance to staff and board members as well as work-paper development for in-house compliance monitoring.
Over Rory’s 20-year career, he has worked with over 75 financial institutions of all shapes and sizes and in all capacities. Rory’s client base consists of financial institutions that vary in size, geography and complexity. It includes institutions from $150 million in assets to over $11 billion in assets. This provides him with a diverse background on handling regulatory compliance issues affecting financial institutions.
