•Manage State and Local Tax Compliance for all entities across the US (estimated 4,000 returns annually) •Manage senior and staff level direct reports•Manage State and Local Tax Audits: Timeline management, sampling technique justification, negotiations, and taxability research •Manage internal self-audits for taxability issues •Manage Amnesty Audits when available •Manage point of sale tax rate validations •Manage internal reverse audits for use tax •Business License Management•Property Tax (Real and Personal Property)•Special projects

• Data accumulation for the preparation of indirect tax filings for the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.• Article 23 reporting and reconciliation• UK C-79 Reconciliations• Intercompany sale reporting and reconciliation for VAT reporting purposes• Month end close procedures, involving preparation of tax account reconciliations and journal entries.• Manage the preparation of international indirect tax compliance with third party consultants.• Works closely with various departments to provide guidance on tax effecting issues.• Various research projects involving international tax as they arise.• Stay informed on all international tax law changes in all countries pertaining to the countries listed above.• Domestic sales and use tax audit management.• International reverse audits looking for VAT recovery overlooked and to manage supplemental filings to recover these funds.• Special projects

•State and Local S&U Tax Compliance for all U.S. and Canadian locations. •State and Local S&U Tax Audit management for all U.S and Canadian Restaurants, Cafes and Bakeries: Timeline management, sampling technique justification, negotiations and taxability research •Manage internal self-audits for taxability issues •Manage responses regarding jurisdictional correspondences •Manage Amnesty Audits when available •Manage point of sale tax rate validations •Manage internal reverse audits for use tax refunds (average refunds for last 2 companies totaled 12.5 million in refunds) •Creation and implementation of new policies and procedures for all tax related responsibilities •Income tax provisional work - Worked with third party consultants and provided all required documentations to prepare Income tax returns. Analyzed large variances and discrepancies between prior year and current year data. •Special projects including but not limited to working with IT in the creation of a new sales system and tax rate validations.

•State and Local Sales and Use Tax Audit management for all U.S and Canadian Stores and all online businesses•Audit management: Coordinating audit documentation requests, timeline management, sampling technique justification, negotiations and taxability research•Responsible for conducting reverse audits to seek refund opportunities as well as work with 3rd party consulting firms who are conducting reverse audits on our behalf•Minimize the audit assessment deficiency (Current average savings of 70% based on original to final schedules)•Manage average workload of 15-20 audits•Manage computer audit requests•Manage mail audit requests•Negotiate sampling methods to be used for sales and purchases for both the US and Canadian audits•Manage internal self-audits for taxability issues •Manage internal GST recovery audits•Manage responses regarding jurisdictional correspondences•Manage Amnesty Audits when available•Manage point of sale testing tax review and approvals•Special projects•Month end use tax accruals for US and CAN entities

Generation & Filing of all Sales Tax Returns (Manage returns for all states with applicable sales tax/average 150 returns a month)Communicate with all states regarding outstanding tax issues: Franchise & Sales TaxResponsible for all business license registrations and annual renewalsProcess all annual reports Reconciliation of property taxes for all business locations (including renditions)Maintain fixed asset databaseManage additions, deletions and disposals of all fixed assets.Communicate with all departments to maintain accurate accountability of all fixed assets.Reconciliations between fixed asset additions and the General Ledger.Approve all fixed asset check requests prior to payment processing by AP Dept to ensure proper coding.Generate monthly depreciation reports1099'sSpecial projects & reporting