Highly qualified tax professional with over twenty five years of experience in a corporate setting. Core experience includes federal and state tax compliance, tax mergers and acquisitions, tax and accounting financial reporting, tax defense and research.As Associate Tax Director at Georgia Gulf, Axiall, my primary responsibilities included financial income tax reporting. My most notable accomplishment was converting tax reporting from a manual spreadsheet system to a one source, all-inclusive software reporting system. This work effort helped remedy a material weakness deficiency for tax reporting.I also spent fifteen years at Georgia Pacific as a Senior Tax Manager where my responsibilities included filing and defending the federal consolidated corporate income tax return. Major areas of responsibility included LIFO inventories, minimum tax and fixed assets, employee stock options, and maintaining all tax attributes such as permanent and deferred differences. I am currently at the latter stage of my career, but I am significantly committed to adding value to an organization and contributing to the company’s bottom line.I have worked under time sensitive deadlines throughout my career and have consistently over-delivered, working well under pressure. At critical times, I have made decisions or found mistakes which have saved the companies who I have worked for millions of dollars.I can also provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced professionals and can adapt to changing working conditions based on given demands. I work well both in autonomous as well as team settings.As an avid sports enthusiast, I enjoy competition, relish challenging problems and am always searching for opportunities to make significant team contributions.Completely flexible and open-minded – willing to relocate for the right opportunity.