• Prepare federal corporate income tax returns for the various entities in the consolidated group• Prepare multi state corporate income tax returns for various business units• Prepare federal and state estimated tax payments • Tax planning and tax research for audit inquiries and responsibilities • Prepare and review ASC740 (FAS109) year-end tax provisions• Prepare return to provision reconciliations

•Prepared federal corporate income tax returns for the various entities in the consolidated group as well as multi state income tax returns •Prepared Combined and Unitary State returns for several states such as CA, NYS, NYC, WI, MA, FL, TX & OR•Preparation and filing of international tax returns such as 5471’s & 8858’s•Responsible for the preparation of tax provision and accruals on a quarterly and yearly basis•Prepare return to provision reconciliations•Participated in the Integrated Restructure Project filing SS4 and Check the Box (8832) elections for foreign newly formed foreign entities•Prepared quarterly tax estimates and extensions for the corporation•Calculation of tax return schedules for detailed computation of apportionment and state/federal adjustments•Collection of information required to compute the provision and assistance in preparing the detailed work papers required to comply with auditing standards imposed by the SEC, the FASB, Sarbanes-Oxley•Examination and analysis of income tax audits from all domestic taxing jurisdictions•Provided audit assistance to Sales and Use Tax team when needed

•Collaborated with the IS, Retail Finance and Human Resource Departments on implementing and transitioning the stores from an in house time keeping system to Ultimate Software•Managed the transition and implementation of the garnishment and payroll check printing from Ceridian to ADP•Assisted with the transition of the Canadian Payroll system from Onpayroll System to ADP •Managed and administrated the Company’s overall payroll function•Managed and developed staff of four analysts•Oversee the US, UK, expatriate and Canadian Payroll

•Managed Bi-Weekly and Monthly payroll for Corporate, Executive and Expat employees•Processed manual checks, voids, and quarterly adjustments as necessary• Managed Leave of Absence paperwork and calculated pay for employees•Answered garnishment orders and entered into payroll system•Managed 401K and Stock Purchase Plan imports

•Managed accurate and timely payroll for Retail North America•Researched missing and/or incorrect payroll data•Performed pre and post payroll audits to ensure accurate and timely payments to employees