I'm a tax guy.After earning my Master of Accountancy degree, I worked 14 years in the public accounting industry: 10 years with Deloitte (3 yrs in Silicon Valley, 2 yrs in London, UK, and 5 yrs in Detroit) and 4.5 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (all in Detroit, MI). Areas of focus early in my career included federal & state corporate income tax and expatriate personal income tax compliance. My public accounting experience culminated with a focus on tax accounting and financial reporting for large multinational publicly traded companies.In my transition to industry, after working at Cargill, Inc. for 2.5 years, and 4 years as the Director of Tax Accounting for FMC Technologies, I have settled down in Houston as Director of Tax, Corporate and Americas at American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). My objective is to help streamline, standardize and scale the tax accounting processes to prepare the company for future growth, while ensuring tax compliance.Specialties: Tax function effectiveness, tax accounting, FAS 109 / ASC740, IFRS, 404 Sarbox/SOX internal controls, federal domestic corporate taxation, FIN 48, tax contingency reserves;
Listed skills include Tax Accounting, Corporate Tax, Tax, Financial Reporting, and 35 others.