Expert profile
Highlights
- Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience in forensic accounting and investigations.
- Specializes in risk mitigation strategies, internal controls, and remediation plans regarding fraud, bribery, corruption, unethical business practices, and misconduct matters.
- Expertise in assessing and enhancing corporate compliance programs to ensure regulatory alignment and ethical governance.
- Bilingual in English and Turkish.
Industries
Financial Services | Industrial & Manufacturing | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Marine & Shipping | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism | Technology, Media & Telecoms
Expertise
Guler Ann Wiefling is a Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience in providing investigative, forensic accounting, financial analysis, litigation support, regulatory, corporate compliance, and advisory services.
Guler provides litigation support services with a focus on both commercial and matrimonial matters. She assists clients with forensic accounting, fraud investigations, asset tracing, breach of contract analysis, partnership disputes, business interruption, and the evaluation of lost profits and economic damages.
Guler has expertise in directing large-scale investigations into domestic bribery, allegations of employee misconduct, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds and assets, vendor collusion, kickback schemes, payroll fraud, False Claims Act violations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and white-collar crime investigations. She has served as an independent monitor and advises clients on strengthening internal controls, mitigating risk, and implementing remediation strategies to address fraud and misconduct.
Background
Guler’s extensive experience includes the assessment of third-party contracts and compliance, conducting royalty and license audits, identifying financial misreporting, evaluating internal control environments, and developing corporate compliance and governance programs to mitigate risk. She has worked with a broad range of clients, including corporations, government entities, boards of directors, C-level executives, and both in-house and external legal counsel.
Guler holds a master’s in finance and holds a certification in the fundamentals of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). She is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Women’s White Collar Defense Association. Guler regularly presents on the topics of anti-bribery and anti-corruption practices, fraud detection and prevention, and regulatory and corporate compliance initiatives.
Qualifications
MBA Finance
CFE
Certificate in ESG
Professional Memberships
ACFE, WWCDA
Contact Guler
Email: GulerWiefling@hka.com
Tel: +1 713 396 1531
Location:
1800 West Loop South
Suite 2175
Houston, TX 77027