Biography
Sarah Goessler is a Director at FRA in the Forensic Accounting team. Sarah has over ten years in forensic accounting services including compliance monitorships, investigations, merger and acquisition disputes, fraud risk management, and data analytics.
Sarah has extensive experience in supporting companies and individuals responding to enforcement matters brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) across various industries including aerospace, oil and gas, medical devices, and real estate investment and management. Her corporate compliance monitorship experience includes:
- Supporting FRA’s founding partner serving as the independent compliance monitor for a provider of privatized military housing to the US Armed Forces
- Providing forensic accounting support to the DOJ-appointed monitor on a multi-year Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) monitorship involving the assessment of a Brazilian-based company’s global anti-bribery and corruption controls
Sarah recently conducted a review of a multinational aluminum producer’s compliance controls pursuant to an international arbitration proceeding and led the forensic accounting support for an individual facing FCPA violations and money laundering charges. Her experience also includes supporting the resolve of purchase price and earnout disputes in the chemical manufacturing, engineering and software industries.
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.
Sarah is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Texas and has a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
Awards & Recognition
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