Laura Walter Email & Phone Number

South Jordan, Ut

• Providing crypto tax reports, tax returns, tax advisory services, and online resources in the cryptocurrency tax space

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Served multinational companies with expatriate populations by providing tax compliance and tax advisory services in the global mobility space

Accra, Ghana

• Organized a professional study abroad to Ghana for 40 graduate students and professors (MBA, MPA, and MAcc)• Coordinated with local Ghanaian business leaders to find projects for the students and assisted in preparing SOWs for 5 different technical projects• Managed a team of students that created an accounting system for a local business that helped track receivables and payables

Provo, Ut

• Co-authored an article on charitable accounting that was published in Strategic Finance magazine• Researched issues relating to foreign currency, natural hedging, translation and remeasurement, and other issues involved when doing business internationally• Worked on a new variance model that standardizes the calculation of variances needed to measure efficiency in budgeting

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Played a main role in the RFP and acquisition of a new client – Created external deliverables, coordinated with executives in over 20 international EY offices, helped design and present creative pricing strategies to 8 partners, and wrote up the final proposal to deliver to the client• Corresponded and negotiated with federal, state, and local tax authorities regarding tax notices and audit inquiries • Prepared individual tax returns for expats and inpats all over the world • Prepared over 100 Form 8233s and researched tax treaties between the US and 50 different countries• Assisted in a global payroll proposal and consolidated payroll data from over 50 different countries

Calgary, Ab

• Prepared 1120 Corporate Returns, 1120-F Foreign Corporation Returns, and State Tax Returns for Canadian companies with related American subsidiaries• Prepared work papers, created E&P schedules, remeasured financial statements from CAD to USD, and researched US tax laws• Worked heavily in Excel, GoSystem, DMS, and CheckPoint

Accra, Ghana

• Set up and designed an accounting system from scratch using Quickbooks Online (QBO)• Created spreadsheets and managerial reports that showed profitability of the various business segments and tracked the yield on each asset in order to assist the CEO in his decision making• Built a new reporting system that allowed the company to track their business activities daily and generate P&L reports instantaneously • Produced financial statements according to GAAP in order to attract American investors and qualify the company to be part of the African Business Portal • Trained CEO and all staff members on QBO• Provided recommendations for each business cycle in order to provide more accurate, timely, and useful information

Provo, Ut

• Manage the grading and reinforce the teaching of 60 students in a business writing and communication class and 100 students in a personal finance class each semester• Teach weekly review sessions on personal finance priniples such as budgeting, tax planning, debt reduction, insurance, investing, retirement and estate planning, etc. • Edit and grade over 650 business documents while providing insightful and constructive feedback on their work• Identify difficult subject areas and prepare answer keys and handouts for grammar topics, reports, memos, letters, and resumes • Lead workshops and tutor students individually to give them higher-level skills • Helped class achieve the highest average grade out of 30 classes on departmental grammar exam

Provo, Ut

• Organized a study abroad program to Mexico for 20 students and 2 directors • Collected and kept track of all paperwork involved with international travel• Used my own experiences to recruit and conduct information meetings about the program• Helped students prepare for an educational experience abroad

Glendale, Ca

• Completed 150 quarterly estimates, 72 state tax returns, and 5 factor books • Used OneSource, Tax Driver, Excel, and other company software to perform tax compliance work for 25 different states • Researched tax laws, found and corrected mistakes made in previous years, and was a key member of the Disney Consumer Products and Theme Parks & Resorts groups

Provo, Ut

• Marketed NCAA football, basketball, soccer, and volleyball teams as a volunteer intern• Collaborated with the athletic marketing department to improve fan experience at sporting events and increase attendance • Improved game experience through games, music, half-time shows, giveaways, and themed events• Organized social media group to increase Men’s Basketball Facebook likes by 35% and Twitter followers by 65% in 4 months• Promoted away games while working with ESPN, BYUTV, KSL Radio, and Deseret News• Fulfilled requests and answered mail from fans all over the world • Planned charity events such as food drives and breast-cancer awareness games

Kelowna, Bc

• Provided high-quality customer service by taking and relaying orders and delivering food and drinks in a timely matter• Used multi-tasking skills and attended to customers’ needs• Trusted to work with money by accepting customer payments and reconciling daily sales• Used restaurant computer system to send orders to the kitchen and prepare checks for my tables

Calgary, Ab

• Developed a new kitchen system to improve the take-out and delivery operations that increased our restaurant’s ranking to #2 for efficiency and #1 for quality in the city• Trained 10 new employees in diverse positions and at various restaurant locations• Trusted to be accountable for large sums of money, accepted customer payments, and reconciled daily sales for co-workers• Ensured customer satisfaction and dealt with problems as they arose in order to retain customer base• Promoted based on performance and versatility

Calgary, Ab

• Called valued customers and notified them of upcoming sales and promotions• Trusted to be accountable for and report own hours

Calgary, Ab

• Taught children ages 3-18 how to figure skate and play hockey utilizing my fourteen years of figure skating experience• Coached group, private, and parent and toddler lessons independently

Master Of Accountancy In Taxation; Bachelor’S Of Science In Accountancy, Accounting

• Recipient of the 2015 BYU Accounting Directors Award chosen by SOA faculty • Co-founder and leader of the BYU Ghana Accounting Service.

Spanish

• Studied Spanish and Mexican culture in a full-immersion environment