Holly Sjostrom is a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young LLP’s Forensic & Integrity Services practice based in Dallas. Holly has more than 14 years of experience in forensic accounting and litigation consulting. She focuses on providing accounting consulting services to clients experiencing accounting irregularities, unexplained financial results, disputes surrounding the proper application of GAAP, and litigation-related damages claims.
Holly has significant experience in transaction forensics, consulting private equity firms and publicly traded companies on post-acquisition and related purchase price disputes (including working capital, earn-out, and indemnification claims). Holly has provided professional services on behalf of purchasers and sellers. She has also assisted neutral arbitrators in these types of disputes. Holly has testified in arbitration as a fact witness and an expert in indemnification claim proceedings.
Holly has also assisted on and led numerous accounting investigations including suspected accounting manipulation and embezzlement. She has worked with outside counsel in representing boards, special committees, and audit committees in independent and internal investigations. Holly has conducted numerous accounting investigations involving allegations of financial statement fraud (earnings manipulation) and/or accounting irregularities.