I am a talented accounting professional with over 10 years of extensive experience in financial reporting, tax and DOT/FMCSA compliant, variance analysis, account reconciliation, management of warehousing, purchasing, and IT, general ledger processes. I drive process improvement initiatives to success with innovative thinking and problem solving skills that enable scalability while ensuring quality. Accomplishments * Strategically identified which approaches were most likely to change/improve non-compliant vehicle testing and driver behaviors and assisted management in implementing a DOT/FMCSA compliant program resulting in over $1M in savings of possible Civil Penalties of DOT violations. * Managed to bring back in-house, prepared and filed in various jurisdictions the business personal property tax returns thus saving the organization in excess of $500k in return preparation fees and 5%-7% in property tax savings year after year. * Effectively reduced the Kentucky Department of Revenue tax audit assessment by 78%, and guided one of the partners in their audit achieving an audit tax savings of more than $2M in tax assessments, penalties and interest. * Conducted a Nexus study as part of my tax compliance process detailing states where the company had potential sales tax nexus exposure and ranking the states based upon priority level. The study saved the company in excess of $10M. * Strategically identified which approaches were most likely to change/improve non-compliant vehicle testing and driver behaviors and assisted management in implementing a DOT/FMCSA compliant program resulting in over $1M in savings of possible Civil Penalties of DOT violations. * Managed to bring back in-house, prepared and filed in various jurisdictions the business personal property tax returns thus saving the organization in excess of $500k in return preparation fees and 5%-7% in property tax savings year after year. * Effectively reduced the Kentucky Department of Revenue tax audit assessment by 78%, and guided one of the partners in their audit achieving an audit tax savings of more than $2M in tax assessments, penalties and interest. * Conducted a Nexus study as part of my tax compliance process detailing states where the company had potential sales tax nexus exposure and ranking the states based upon priority level. The study saved the company in excess of $10M.

Highlights:

• Audit
• GAAP
• Generally accepted accounting principles
• Software
• Capital Assets
• Financial
• Internal Auditor
• SAP
• Accounting
• Federal Tax