As a Principal of Valdés Global Consulting Services, providing Finance, Tax, and Treasury consulting services for global organizations. Responsibilities include interacting with senior management, managing complex and extensive planning issues around the world, creating turn-key global departments, and overseeing finance integrations.

Implemented disgorgement of U.S. Tax Department from Canada and created/launched new department within the U.S., restructuring the U.S. group of companies for optimal tax benefit. Direct department oversight of Tax professionals, annual department economics, and all US related cross-border transactions. Manage oversight of IRS audits (Large Business and International {LB&I} Division Examination Process) and state audits, US tax provision process, US compliance, credit, and incentive alignment with the Government Affairs department. Serve as Treasurer for the Magna Political Action Committee, successfully lobby the Senate and House of Representatives regarding tax legislation in the United States Capital in Washington, D.C. Testified on behalf of Magna in the New York State Division of Tax Appeals in matters pertaining to the State's position on Empire Zone tax credits.

Hospira is a multi-national specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery-company launched in April 2004 from the core global hospital products business of Abbott Laboratories. My postion was responsible for recruiting the domestic tax department after spin-off. Provided strategic tax planning analysis and guidance to the Business Development Group for growth acquisition opportunities and strategic divestiture(s) activity. Created and set-up core practices and procedures for the US reporting process, provided tax technical related guidance and procedures for publication in the Worldwide Corporate Finance Manual (CFM), led the Sarbanes Oxley 404 documentation process for Tax, including creation of the Risk Control Matrix (RCM), Partnered with Corporate Accounting and internal partners to develop and implement the Effective Tax Rate (ETR) process for efficiencies for the financial close process, negotiated the deferred tax inventory true-up and APIC adjustments with Abbott. All processes successfully passed quarterly and annual testing without gaps or exceptions.

Pre-disposition of operations in September 2003, reported to the Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for directing the tax function, specifically working closely with the executive team on major transactions to ‘grow the business’ for the purpose of an IPO. Responsibilities also included: supervising over 1,200 annual tax filings for income, excise, real property, personal property, sales & use taxes, and payroll taxes, overseeing tax payment cash flows and quarterly income tax payments in excess of $500 million annually. Post disposition of operations in September 2003 responsibilities were to oversee tax, payroll, and treasury matters during the ‘wind-down’ of the company’s dissolution. Prior to liquidation in 2004, Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc., was a wholly owned subsidiary of Clark Retail Group, Inc., one of the largest convenience store chains in North America operating more than 1,327 total locations. Clark had more than 7,000 employees and nearly $3 billion in annual revenues.

Position was responsible for managing all phases of Federal income tax audits, and served as primary point of contact with Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Successfully defended over $2 billion of taxable income contentious issues with the IRS during the course of my employment.