Manager Tax Planning Resume

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Corptax, Taxstream Tax Accounting, Hyperion, SAP, Peoplesoft, Sharepoint document manager, Microsoft applications.
Project Management telecommunications, software, construction, leasing
Extensive Federal, State, transaction tax experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Manager Tax Planning

Responsibilities:

Updated Annual Transfer Pricing documentation for 30+ countries.
Coordinated US withholding tax Compliance, Reporting, and remediation with outside Big4. Brought entire function in - house after one season resulting in large savings to company. Prepared state annual reports after loss of headcount.

Confidential

Senior Tax Consultant

Responsibilities:

Utilized TaxStream and Corptax for provision and return compliance.
Prepared all Federal, State, and Misc returns, including all tax work papers, apportionment schedules, estimates for these entities.
Special projects included centralizing tax credits and incentives, implementing the first centralized document management database to support tax positions taken on returns, utilized tax notice tracking log to reduce backlog, and amended return opportunities.
Managed all not for profit tax compliance reporting requirements for $60 million philanthropic arm of company.
Supervised activities of Compliance Team in preparation of consolidated income tax return that included over 200 entities.
Prepared all eliminations and adjustments for the federal return.
Prepared work-papers to support tax credits, Fin 48, SFAS 109, tracking carryovers, and M&A activity.
Special projects included amended return opportunities to improve cash taxes, updating E&P support for large divestitures.

Manager International Business

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Established accounting, financing, tax and legal entities for Verizon in 15 countries.
Acquired in-depth knowledge of legal, tax, and statutory requirements to operate a large global company.
Managed all VAT, Income Tax, and Statutory accounting requirements including managing the outsourcing of significant areas of taxation and foreign accounting.
Advised senior management on a host of foreign start-up issues, including f(x), functional currency, local reporting requirements, transfer pricing compliance, and reviewing all large contracts.
Developed and implemented general ledger procedures, including procedures to ensure that foreign requirements were met.
Prepared quarterly transfer pricing entries for cost allocations and revenues.
Prepared tax packages for submission to tax department (used for preparation of forms 8865, 8868, 5471.