Sarah

Goessler

Director

Dallas

English

What our clients say

Expertise

Advisory

Audit and Accounting Advisory

Bribery and Corruption

Asset Tracing and Fund Flow Analysis

Forensic Accounting

M&A Disputes

Risk Assessments

Controls Testing, Enhancement, and Implementation

Sarah Goessler is a CPA with over a decade of experience in compliance monitorships, investigations, disputes, and fraud risk management. She has supported DOJ and SEC matters across industries worldwide, from aerospace to real estate. Sarah has led high-profile FCPA monitorships, arbitration reviews, and complex dispute resolutions, delivering sharp forensic insight in global cases.

Prior to joining FRA, Sarah was a member of KPMG’s forensic practice where she focused on fraud risk management, damages calculations, and data analytics. She also developed custom analytics to evaluate anti-bribery and corruption controls, facilitate risk-based transactional testing, and identify areas for process improvement.

Balfour Beatty Communities: Supporting Founding Partner and DOJ appointed monitor Frances McLeod in an ongoing monitorship, which includes evaluating the implementation and enforcement of the company's corporate compliance program and adherence to anti-fraud laws.
Global Aviation Company: Assisted multi-year forensic accounting support to a DOJ-appointed compliance monitor assessing the company’s implementation of an enhanced anti-bribery and corruption program.
Private Individual: Assisted the defense team of a client charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering, which included identifying relevant documents from 1m+ documents from over 10 jurisdictions and performing detailed flow of funds analysis.
Multinational Aluminum Producer: Supported an expert report and testimony related to bribery and corruption risks and related compliance controls in an international arbitration proceeding at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Healthcare Software (SaaS): Supported the neutral accountant in an expert determination matter, resolving an earn-out dispute in connection with the sale of a medical appointment software company.
Multinational Chemical Company: Supported the company in a $20 million purchase price dispute. The expert determination involved 20+ disputed items, including various net working capital items (e.g., contingent liabilities, inventory, receivables), net indebtedness and net pension funding. Client was successful in winning a significant majority of the items in dispute.