Nicole Sliger

Nicole Sliger leads the Forensic Solutions segment of BDO’s Forensics practice encompassing monitorships, investigations, litigation, dispute, anti-money laundering and global corporate intelligence service offerings. Based in the New York office, she has over 25 years of experience in providing accounting services to private and publicly traded businesses. She assists organizations and their counsel with matters involving alleged financial statement irregularities, management fraud and compliance issues, as well as investigating fraud perpetrated by rogue employees. She also provides monitoring and oversight services to companies required to comply with settlement terms and corporate compliance programs.

Nicole is currently serving as a member of the leadership team assisting the special compliance coordinator for Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd stemming from the historic settlement with the US Department of Commerce. She also served as the primary project leader for the historic National Mortgage Settlement engagement assisting the monitor in evaluating several large financial institutions’ compliance with the new mortgage servicing rules and other settlement terms. She has led engagements involving complex generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) issues, including the allowance for loan losses and has conducted certain peer analyses in this regard. Nicole has been involved in a number of high-profile securities litigation matters, monitorships, investigations and financial statement fraud cases, helping counsel evaluate and interpret auditing, accounting, financial reporting, regulatory and compliance issues. She has also testified regarding the tracing and quantification of the source of deposits involved with certain potential insider trading activities as alleged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Nicole has managed significant corporate investigations for Fortune 500 companies across various industries, including banking, manufacturing, professional services, and telecommunications, among others.

She assists counsel in identifying relevant documents during discovery and preparing for depositions of witnesses concerning testimony that involves the application of GAAP and GAAS. She supervises large-scale electronic document reviews and drafts reports used in filings with the SEC and other regulators. She has also led several internal investigations and matters involving whistleblower allegations. Nicole also helps the Firm’s audit teams identify areas susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud and develop audit procedures in response to identified risks of material misstatement.

Prior to joining BDO, Nicole was a Manager at Ernst & Young’s Fraud and Investigative Dispute Services practice where she assisted on several large-scale securities litigation matters and corporate investigations. Previously, as a member of their audit practice, Nicole conducted audits of companies in several industries such as manufacturing, telecommunications, biotechnology and professional services, including SEC registrants. Her experience includes implementation of SAS 99 requirements, assessment of audit risks, development of audit work plans to increase effectiveness and address the identified audit risks, and supervision and training on attest engagements.