Vice President Tax Resume Philadelphia, PA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Process Optimization; hands - on approach to tax provisions, returns, audits and related analytics - delivering efficient and accurate global tax provision and SEC disclosures for income taxes.
M&A Structuring; post deal operations integration, “out from under” planning.
International tax planning; solving difficult and complex issues at large multinationals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Vice President Tax

Responsibilities:

Automated the tax provision - implemented OneSource Tax Provision and Sabrix Sales and Use software, SEC reporting and tax return process to remove reliance on Excel processes.
Not afraid to drill into Excel and Accounting systems at granular level when needed.
Strong working knowledge of Confidential 740 (SFAS109, APB23, FIN18, FIN48) and SOX404.
Business turnaround; cleaned up tax accounting and legal structure. Closed five years of Federal and State tax audits resulting in a net refund.
Developed and managed Confidential ’s tax strategy in the US, UK and Canada.
Leadership of people: managed a team of up to six tax professionals, mentoring and developing high potential tax seniors and mangers; Built a strong tax team who have got out into the business to improve our client booking/billing process, taken over our Canadian back office and implemented sales and use tax software.
Delivered transfer pricing strategy for worldwide group.
Structured tax aspects of acquiring and integrating US, UK and Indian businesses.
Worked with Private Equity Investors to restructure the group for tax efficient divestitures.

Confidential

Director of Tax and Treasury

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all aspects of CSR’s worldwide tax and treasury strategy.
Managed treasury team with $450m cash and $400m foreign exchange contracts.
M&A deals acquiring software and hardware businesses in 15 countries including China, Japan, Singapore, Cayman Islands, Israel and India.
Managed worldwide IP structure, maintained substance and presence.
Restructured the group following the acquisitions of SiRF (NASDAQ - $136 million) and Zoran (NASDAQ - $670 million) to maximize tax efficiencies.
Delivered tax efficient supply chain using Oracle, IP and transfer pricing strategy.
Directed tax and treasury team of eight professionals located in UK, US, Israel and India.
Delivered tax savings on $290m of research and development.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Director of Taxation

Responsibilities:

Strong FAS 109 accounting experience for worldwide group. Implemented SOX controls over tax reporting processes.
Privatized Confidential (tax-free organization to a taxable corporation worth $5 billion).
Created Bermuda structure to hold satellites offshore - tax savings of over $200m from . Built substance in Bermuda to withstand audit by tax authorities.
Established operating subsidiaries in 16 countries to minimize tax burden.
Tax strategy for the $5 billion acquisition of satellite businesses.
Won tax appeals in India saving the company $5.6m

Confidential

International Tax Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed all tax aspects of the transition from a tax-free intergovernmental organization to a taxable company. Established operating entities in 8 countries.
Negotiated $300 million step up in tax basis of spacecraft with UK tax authorities.
Resolved sales tax (GST) audits in New Zealand and Australia.
Negotiated with tax authorities in Beijing to close office and minimize tax exposure.

Confidential

Controller Taxation

Responsibilities:

Headed up all aspects of UK tax compliance, tax accounting and payroll. Managed a team of 10 tax professionals and 26 payroll staff in the UK. Implemented SAP.