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Ultimate responsibility for all taxes including; income, property, real estate, sales, industry specific transaction taxes and unclaimed property. Reviewed and improved the company’s FAS 109 and FIN 48 documentation and support. Performed an audit of all taxes and as a result found opportunities to lower the company’s annual tax burden. Hired two direct reports and brought much of the tax work in house, which created efficiencies and resulted in significant annual savings.2011 recipient of Insight’s CTAM U award, which is a weeklong management training course taught by Harvard Professors at Harvard Business School.

Responsibility for all aspects of income tax, including; FAS 109 accounting, FIN 48 reserve analysis, the filing of more than 450 returns, U.S., state and local research and U.S., state and local planning. Established and documented tax internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Responsible for other tax accounts including; sales, personal property and franchise. Hired two direct reports and created the companies first internal tax department, which resulted in net savings. Managed the completion of two separate 1031 transactions. Worked with internal management and outside consultants to successfully overcome all tax hurdles that allowed the Behringer Harvard/IPC $1.4 billion acquisition to occur.Managed all debt, to include; 20 mortgages with a total value of more than $800 million, a $200 million line of credit and inter-company loans established for tax benefits. Improved debt covenants procedures that allow the company to more quickly and accurately report. Developed and maintained procedures to determine the companies need to draw down on the line, which helped minimize interest expense. Managed successfully the lender consent process for the IPC/Behringer Harvard $1.4B transaction.

Managed the global tax accounting function for the company in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Worked closely with the financial management teams of the companies’ U.S. and foreign subsidiaries. Performed on-site tax audits at the companies’ international locations and identified and corrected errors that had previously been reported to management as part of the companies’ financial reporting process. Prepared U.S. transfer pricing studies to document cross-border transactions and worked with foreign local consultants to prepare non-U.S. transfer pricing studies. Developed, implemented and maintained tax policies and procedures to ensure reporting accuracy and efficiency. Established and documented tax internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Assisted in due diligence and financial review for acquisition candidates. Worked closely with the company’s outside tax return preparer to ensure that the company’s consolidated U.S. tax return was prepared accurately, to include the reporting of foreign investments and related subpart F income.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Supervised and tutored staff. Assisted managers in building client relationships. Performed audits of public and private companies. Prepared corporate, partnership, S corporation, individual, property and various other tax returns.

Lead teams of up to nine soldiers. Instructed classes for more that 800 cadets. Supervised a security detail at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Masters, Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting