Benjamin Knowles, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

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• Tested the design, implementation and effectiveness of the Internal Controls under SOX for large public clients • Performed detail testing of Liabilities, Assets, Equity, Expenses, and Revenues of various public and private entities• Performed responsibilities related to planning audit approach, preparing budget. and performing year-end procedures• Responsible of supervising teams up to 3 assistants coordinating, coaching and overseeing their work• Performed year end audits, quarterly and mid-year reviews for both public and private clients • Adjusted audit procedures to address guidance, high risk areas, and concerns raised by managers and partners.• Managed and completed entire Contract Audits consisting of revenue in excess of $8 Billion• Managed, developed, and reviewed work of audit staff in completion of audit procedures• Served as Senior on audits of a variety of Private Equity and Hedge funds with a wide array of investment products from plain vanilla equity, fixed income and derivative products to more complex bank debt, structured fixed income, and complex derivative instruments.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Contributed with gathering and verifying information for the M-1 portion of the tax return• Determined the correct amount of Sale and Use Tax to be applied to certain invoices during an amnesty period for Kentucky and Texas• Conducted Sales and Use research on topics of discounts and rebates in 50 states and 8 districts of Canada• Reviewed state and local tax returns to determine correct carry-over and extension amounts

• Started and completed work papers exceeding 30 tabs for our testing during company audits• Tested and verified account numbers exceeding $1 billion given by the client employees• Analyzed and tied out numerous copies of 10-K’s for clients during audit engagements• Diligently interviewed client personnel to describe our testing procedures in the tickmarks

Masters Of Accountancy, Masters Of Accountancy

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting