Sheara Fredman

Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Goldman Sachs

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Sheara Fredman has been Goldman Sachs’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since November 2019, responsible for external and internal reporting, product control and regulatory capital. She joined the firm in 2002 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she audited capital markets clients, and worked as a product controller for the Securities Division and head of regulatory controllers before taking the top accounting role. She became a partner in 2012 and serves on the board of the Elie Wiesel Foundation. Goldman Sachs ranked No. 36 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of Goldman Sachs since November 2019.
• Head of Regulatory Controllers, 2017 to 2019.
• Global Product Controller.
• Joined Goldman Sachs in 2002; partner since 2012.

Professional Journey

Fredman earned a BS in accounting at Yeshiva University, is a certified public accountant, and was an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, specialising in capital markets clients.

She joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 as an associate and served as global product controller supporting the Securities Division. She was named managing director in 2008 and partner in 2012. From 2017 she was head of Regulatory Controllers, also overseeing the Funding Controllers team.

In November 2019 she became Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. She serves on the board of the Elie Wiesel Foundation.

Education

Yeshiva University

Bachelor of Science, Accounting