Senior Tax Manager Resume Torrance, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Corporate Tax - Senior Manager who is highly accomplished and results-driven.
Expertise in administration and tax reporting, planning and compliance oversight.
Skilled in U.S. and international tax compliance, including federal and state corporate taxation, tax provision calculation, sales and use tax, personal and real property taxation, business taxation, employment tax law and governmental fee reporting.
Strong in recruiting, staffing and training of tax personnel.
Excellent communication and analytic skills. Willing to travel.

KEY STRENGTHS INCLUDE:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Office, SAP, Lawson, CCH On-Line Research Library, TurboTax, ONESOURCE Property Tax, CPE - PWC, KPMG

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Senior Tax Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed overall company’s tax compliance, including Federal and State tax projects and audits.
Preparation and filing of Sales, Use, Business, and Personal Property Taxes for 167 locations in AZ, CA, and NV.
Advised executive team on new tax development related to mergers and business expansion.
In charge of internal control for total tax compliance.
Recognized for 100% on-time reporting and filing, resulting in penalty and interest cost avoidance.
Saved a considerable amount in assessments, interest and penalties by designing invoicing sales tax collection process for on-line and retail sales in multi-state environment.
Designed and maintained fixed asset reporting matrix for multi-state business and personal property tax reporting and reduced tax preparation costs 25%.
Reduced annual real and personal property taxes over $500K by preparing comparative acquisition cost studies and utilizing government appeals process to file reduction in value.

Confidential, Universal City, CA

Tax Compliance Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed employment tax compliance, filings and audit management for 100,000 employees.
Managed 6 Senior Tax Analysts, established and maintained positive working relationship with clients, agencies and coworkers to promote quality service image.
Reduced compliance costs 2 million dollars annually by leading tax consolidation project condensing 68 tax companies to 16 tax reporting companies.
Achieved zero additional assessments and settled audits by preparing tax law case, responding to IDRs and preparing audit work papers and written and verbal communication with federal and state auditors.
Reduced tax consulting fees 50% acting as internal tax expert on new tax laws, rulings, regulations and cases that impacted business related to U.S. and International operations including direct written and verbal communication with senior executives.
Improved errors in tax calculation for company with 25,000 employees, by leading SAP tax structure design working directly with technology team reducing cost 25%.

Confidential, Chatsworth, CA

Tax Manager

Responsibilities:

Prepared quarterly and annual tax provision utilizing Confidential 740 and determination of taxes payable or refundable and deferred tax assets and liabilities.
Performed tax planning for mergers and acquisition related to U.S. and international business expansions, detailing potential risks and benefits.
Reduced outsourcing cost 20% by performing research and analysis for tax filing requirements in Canada and Mexico and registration for VAT and GST.
Designed corporate sales reporting structure, integrating tax regulations and ensured compliance for federal tax reporting and state apportionment calculation requirements for sales program with $100M in monthly sales.
Increased efficiency and reduced costs by implementing electronic tax filing process in 36 nexus state for sales and use tax filing.