Accounting firm Weiser has announced the addition of three new partners to the Financial Services Consulting Group, a new group within the firm that will be dedicated to servicing insurance and reinsurance companies, brokers, banks, and other financial institutions. The group will offer guidance on how to reduce risk, increase controls, and create efficiencies in critical finance and operational processes with the goal of assisting clients to reduce costs.

Joining the firm as partners are Michael Flagiello; Alex Unterkoefler; and Wayne Locke. Flagiello has more than 25 years of leadership experience building financial infrastructure and managing financial activities for both start-up ventures and global corporations. Capitalizing on a blend of financial discipline and creative strategic operational strength, he has spent a significant portion of his career in CFO roles enabling companies to have the financial capacity to execute their business initiatives.

Unterkoefler brings over 20 years of experience in advisory and business consulting services, and has led projects at several top-tier, large, multinational property casualty carriers. Focusing on clients within the insurance and reinsurance industry, his expertise covers complex reconciliation and process change, financial operations & analysis, contract compliance & analysis, statutory, and financial accounting initiatives.

Locke brings over 20 years of experience and a blended perspective of financial management and process efficiency to the financial services consulting industry. He has hands-on experience managing teams of professionals in improving their processes and maximizing the value of the finance function through partnerships with operations. In addition, he's been responsible for designing and implementing world-class, value-added business process management solutions for several large multinational property casualty carriers.