•Evaluated every process taking place in the tax department for potential improvement after taking over from a thirty-five year veteran employee of the company• Led, mentored and managed team of five tax professionals, evaluating skills and redeploying team members where best utilized• Implemented CORPTax Provision, eliminating spreadsheets and gaining confidence and credibility from the Big Four audit team• Implemented CORPTax Compliance and Calendar, replacing CCH ProSystem Fx and manual spreadsheets• Implemented and utilized CORPTax Office and SAS to streamline manual state apportionment preparation and various state income and sales/use tax calculations• Championed cross-functional Career Development Team project and served as a mentor to the team• Mentored high potential Career Development Program employees outside Finance on a 1:1 basis• Participate in Succession Planning initiatives for entire finance department, with focus on development of career opportunities and experiences for high potential employees• Participated in cross-functional process evaluation and requirements gathering for new ERP vendor selection and implementation

• Hired post-acquisition of Morton Group by German parent to form an internal tax function, making all decisions about which functions to insource and outsource: resulted in annual savings of $1M • Report directly to Morton CFO with dotted line reporting to VP of Global Tax of publicly traded German parent with approx. €4B Euro annual revenue• Manage all aspects of the tax function for Morton Group, including U.S., Canadian and Bahamian entities • Drive tax savings through state and local incentives (example: $6M+ benefit for job retention and capital expenditures only – no new jobs created)• Lead process improvement initiatives/operational changes impacting sales/use tax post-SAP and Vertex O Series implementation • Partner with parent company tax and treasury functions on global tax planning initiatives• Monitor compliance with worldwide transfer pricing guideline and manage Big 4 firm preparing external transfer pricing documentation• Lead, mentor, and manage group of four tax professionals• Took on leadership of payroll department as well as tax on 1/1/14 managing two payroll professionals