Sr. State and Local Analyst Resume Irvine, California - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

An experienced self - starter, team player and problem-solver with keen attention to detail. An innovator with creative, analytical thinking skills, experienced in the improvement of business processes would like to advance career in Indirect Taxation.
Experience in corporate taxation for manufacturing industry over 10 years
Pursuing CMI certification in sales tax with Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)
Extensive knowledge of Sales, use and property taxes for multistate
10 + Years of work experience in SAP FI/CO modules,
Fixed Asset Software FAS (Sage), People Soft, JBA AS400,Vertex Q, Vertex O
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel (Advanced), PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, and Outlook.
Checkpoint, CCH Tax research libraries

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. State and Local Analyst

Confidential, Irvine, California

Transaction Tax Manager

Confidential, Colorado

Lead in sales and use tax compliance and audits.
Analysis of high volume data for sales and use tax registers for over 35 states for all JBS legal entities.
Monthly review of over 65 sales and use tax returns, GL reconciliation and Journal entries.
Set up processes for sales and use tax compliance and GL reconciliations for tax accounts.
Review authorization for expenditure requests for tax purposes.
Handled sales and use tax audits successfully.
Research tax issues with checkpoint.
Credit and Incentive projects: AZ and Nebraska Business incentives.
MN capital equipment refund claims, WA B&O tax.
Resolved tax notices.
Implementation: Vertex O for sales and use tax: TDM Mapping, Testing, returns, reports, reconciliations etc.
Supervise, mentor staff members.

Senior Tax Analyst

Confidential, Novi, Michigan

Extracted and analyzed data from SAP for sales and use tax returns.
Handled sales tax compliance for multistate over 20 states for all MAHLE legal entities.
Handled property tax compliance for multistate over 10 states.
Handled Direct pay permits, sales/use tax licenses, exemption certificates etc.
Successfully managed State & local tax audits for multiple states.
Established procedures for SAP data retrieval and sales tax compliance.
Tax related GL account reconciliation.
Research tax issues for State and Federal with CCH and checkpoint tax libraries.
Handled different fuel tax refund returns for state and Federal level.
Handled annual reports for all MAHLE entities.
Preparation of Year end income tax provision for MAHLE Companies.
Calculate and file quarterly estimates for all Mahle legal entities for multiple states
Converted all fixed assets data from SAP to FAS for over 20,000 assets.
Maintain tax depreciation for all companies in BEST- FAS software.
Assistance in preparing State income tax returns, knowledge of State apportionment, credits and incentive projects for multiple states.
Filed financial reports to US Bureau of Analysis & Department of Commerce due to foreign ownership.
Saved over $150K annually in sales & use taxes, excise taxes and property taxes.

Lead General Ledger Accountant

Confidential, Novi, Michigan.