National Tax Director
CurrentInternational SOS is a world leader in providing employee health and security services. ISOS is based in London and Singapore and its North American headquarters are in Houston, TX. I work remotely from NYC and visit Houston several times annually. I report directly to the CFO for North America. •Responsible for federal/state corporate tax compliance, tax provisions and tax payment calculations for consolidated corporate tax group. •Provide tax research and advice to senior management (US and global) on corporate reorganizations, corporate acquisitions (i.e. tax due diligence and potential tax impacts) and various tax matters. •Advise corporate financial controllers on tax entries and tax calculations. •Provide tax budgets, forecasts and ETR to senior management. •Manage various outside service providers. I review invoices received and negotiate engagement costs.•I reviewed previous years' tax returns filed prior to my employ. I found numerous oversights and I recommended to senior management that we file amended returns. I was able to obtain several large cash refunds.•I discovered FDII tax benefits the company was not taking. The company is now utilizing these credits, thereby lowering federal corporate tax expense and ETR. •Provided advice to significantly reduce withholding tax due on foreign affiliated intercompany interest expense payments. •Advised Senior Management on tax benefits of purchasing customer list from competitor and setting up a new business entity to handle a new line of business. •Several large fed & state penalty/interest assessments for returns filed prior to my employ were received. I was successful in having these assessments abated. •Provided mechanism to reduce corporate tax expense by reorganization of Trademark Fee.•YE tax provision calculations and corporate tax returns are reviewed by a Big 4 firm.
