Christopher Ricketts Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

● Owner of financial reporting and equity reporting, including quarterly and annual SEC filings (10Q, 10K), statutory filings and separate company filings, and review Section 16 filings, as well principal contact for external auditors● Responsible for entirety of the monthly close process for holding company subsidiaries, including review of all journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and monthly CFO flash report and NCI calculations● Lead monthly and quarterly global consolidation process and subsidiary trial balance submissions, utilizing OneStream while also maintaining chart of accounts, transformation rules and continually optimizing OneStream environment● Coordinated with internal audit team on SOX-related matters, collecting and organizing internal and external audit requests and maintaining SOX narratives● Maintained and updated INNOVATE capitalization table on a quarterly basis and managed entire stock compensation process, including stock grants and vestings for all employees and directors

New York, New York, Us

• Oversee the tax function of the holding company and its numerous subsidiaries, reporting directly to the CFO• Review quarterly and year-end tax provisions by third-party accounting firm, including various calculations for Sections 162(m), 163(j), GILTI, BEAT, toll charge, as well as deferred substantiation, effective tax rate reconciliation, valuation allowance analysis, and analysis of various tax planning strategies and their corresponding impact on the Tax footnote as well as yearly tax corporate and partnership compliance filings• Review tax purchase accounting for multiple different acquisitions, summarizing for CFO and accounting team• Provide tax input on various SPA’s and other legal documents• Perform numerous FP&A functions, including aggregating all subsidiaries budgets into OneStream consolidation software, monthly and quarterly budget versus actual analysis of our subsidiaries, quarterly preparation of materials submitted to Board of Directors, and quarterly C-Suite management reporting packages as well as various ad hoc requests• Review debt and preferred stock covenant compliance on a quarterly basis, including review of quarterly fair value reports of all major investments held by HC2, which are prepared by a third-party valuation firm• Participate in high-yield debt offering of $525M to refinance HC2’s secured notes, modeling impacts of various proposed debt covenants on the holding company and certain subsidiaries and other ad hoc requests from investment bankers and the investor relations team• Prepare and review quarterly earnings press release, earnings webcast, and earnings script with Director of Investor Relations, IR firm, and C-Suite management

Toronto, On, Ca

● Acted as lead senior on a major group of complex operating partnerships, including review of taxable income calculations, analysis of underlying partnership agreements, calculation of 704(b) targeted income allocations, forward and reverse Sec. 704(c) allocations, state withholding, and quarterly distributions, tax basis and fair market value basis balance sheets, 743(b) calculations, and analysis of other various partnership complexities● Participated in the quarterly and year end audit of the financial statements of a major German bank● Provided buy-side support preparing tax opening balance sheet of a $600M international acquisition by a Fortune 500 client in a combination stock/asset deal● Contributed to the preparation of the tax provision and related tax compliance for an international Tier I automotive supplier, including a valuation allowance release and sale of a major domestic subsidiary

Toronto, On, Ca

Christopher has considerable experience in accounting for income taxes and federal tax compliance for partnerships and corporations. Christopher’s current and past clients include private-equity owned partnerships, major automotive manufacturers and suppliers, and major banks and broker dealers.

Master Of Science, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting