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Contract Senior Accountant (Houston Only) Accounting / Finance Resume


Resume of Candidate 333189.  Senior Accounting Contractor experienced in franchise, sales, federal, and state income tax returns; preparing state income tax extension calculations and quarterly payments. Research tax issues for CFO and provide sales tax guidance. Represent Inspectorate on sales tax audits. Preparing tax returns for corporations that are delinquent in filing. Analyze deferred taxes. Provide litigation support.
 
 
 
 
Experience
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argus Software; formerly: Realm Business Solutions Inc., 8/07 – present.  Nexus project and prepared sales tax returns for software company which just implemented  a new accounting system (NetSuite).
 
 ANR Pipeline Company (Jefferson Wells), 6/07 – 7/07. Worked on starting up a new Tax Department for El Paso Corporation subsidiary that was sold to TransCanada.
 
Schlumberger, 12/06 – 4/07.  Worked on FIN 48 project. 
 
Burr Wolff,11/06, Property tax return project.
 
Kinder Morgan Corporation, 3/06 – 9/06.  Assignment preparing state apportionment factors and state tax returns.  Used RIA Insource Express.
 
 Inspectorate America Corporation (Baldwin & Company), 3/05-2/06.  Contract Tax Manager for a Company having a global tax function with 25+ legal entities active in 50+ jurisdictions.  Report to Controller and worked much of the time with the Chief Financial Officer.  Big part of job was responding to notices and information inquiries from tax authorities and related compliance matters (corporation had not filed state tax returns for five years).  Assist UHY Mann Frankfort Stein and Lipp, Advisors in preparing federal and state income tax returns.  Prepared state income tax extension calculations and quarterly payments.  Research tax issues for CFO.  Provide sale tax guidance.  Represent Inspectorate on three sales tax audits.  Provide due diligence information for company which was acquired in 10/05.  Supervise one Tax Clerk.
 
Short term:  9/04-2/05.  Worked on partnerships, depreciation calculations, sales taxes and completing a company wide tax calendar.  Prepare state income tax returns for corporation that was delinquent in filing for three years.  Prepare state income tax returns for Subchapter S Corporation that was delinquent in filing for two years.  Research on like kind exchanges and tax-exempt organizations.
 
 
UHY Mann Frankfort Stein and Lipp Advisors, 2003–2004: Worked on the following assignments:
  • BHP Billiton:  Analyze deferred taxes.
  • Field work in confirming accounts receivables and overpayments
  • Stewart & Stevenson:  Prepare Texas Franchise tax returns.
  • Service Corporation International:  Prepare AMT and ACE depreciation.
  • Milberg & Weiss:  Provide litigation support.
  • Cooper Industries.  Prepare state income tax returns, estimated tax payments, extension requests and amended tax returns.  Did research project on intellectual property.
 
Howell Corporation (NYSE listed); 1993-2003.  Tax Manager:  Serve as one person tax department directly reporting to the Vice-President Finance/Chief Financial Officer.  Prepare consolidated federal income tax return and depletion,
depreciation calculations and other work papers. Research federal, state and sales tax issues.
 
  • Used five types of tax compliance software in four years.  Implement new tax depreciation system.
  • File calendar year tax return in two months (under extreme time pressure) to obtain $5,701 M refund resulting from NOL carrybacks.
  • Tax research results in filing refund claims under Public Law 86-272 and a change in the method of filing returns.
  • Provide sales tax assistance on joint venture audits of Internal Audit Manager; resulting in $70,000 being paid by various operators in one year.
 
BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc., a subsidiary of BHP Billition Limited, (NYSE listed).  1981 – 1993.  Tax Compliance Manager:  Hired in San Francisco, California as Tax Accountant.  Transferred to newly acquired oil and gas E&P subsidiary in Wichita, Kansas.  Moved to Houston, Texas after BHP made another acquisition.
 
  • Specialized in state taxes at Houston office.  Wrote company sales and severance tax manuals.
  • Serve as one person Tax Department at Wichita office.  Responsible for all areas of federal and state compliance and research.
  • Worked in federal, state and Canadian tax compliance at San Francisco office.  Calculated deferred taxes, depreciation and state apportionment factors.
 
Worked as auditor for U.S. Small Business Administration (2 years), Internal Revenue Service (2 years) and California State Board of Equalization (1 year).
 
Education
 
Kansas C.P.A. (not licensed to practice public accounting)
Master of Science – Accounting.  Golden Gate University.  San Francisco, California. 
Completed 70 percent of requirements for M.B.A. Taxation degree.
Bachelor of Arts – Economics.  University of California.  Berkeley, California.
 
 
 
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