BILLY A. KUSI

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished accountant with over years of progressive accounting, tax, and managerial finance experience. Demonstrated strengths include being detail oriented, assessing organizational needs, setting strategic direction, and implementing initiatives that enhance corporate performance.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

REHAU Incorporated, Leesburg, VA. 2013 – 12/2023

Senior Accountant Tax & GL

Responsible for supporting US and non-US planning, compliance, controversy, and design for the company’s indirect tax function, including sales/use tax, personal property tax, gross receipts tax, business licenses and annual reports, Canada GST/PST, and non-resident withholding returns.

Supports the company’s US and non-US indirect tax compliance process including gathering information, preparing supporting work papers, and ensuring all indirect tax returns are accurately and timely filed.

Prepare and or review all indirect tax returns, including sales/use tax, personal property, gross receipts, business licenses/annual reports and Canada GST/PST, non-resident withholding prepared internally or by external providers.

Verifies the accuracy of multi-state/provincial jurisdictional returns, documents submitted to state and local authorities for the remittance of all indirect tax payments.

Manage the indirect tax payment process and prepare journal entries and quarterly reconciliations of all indirect tax accounts.

Assist in the development and implementation of improvements process across all indirect tax reporting functions, including refinements to current processes and work-papers, as well as utilizing technology to improve and enhance workflow.

Manage sales tax exemption certificate process by researching available credits and exemptions (manufacturing or R&D), documenting results, preparing exemptions and or resale certificates and coordinating with vendors.

Analysis of purchase data to ensure proper taxability for use tax accruals and preparation of Voluntary Disclosure Filings (VDA),

Manage indirect tax audits by preparing responses to information document request, communicating status and risks to tax team leadership, and preparing responses to notices from various taxing authorities.

Laise with other departments, including Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Vendor maintenance team on indirect tax matters.

Monitor tax law changes and regulatory updates related to indirect taxes to assess and communicate potential impacts to the company.

Assist in preparation and filing of annual income tax returns by providing estimated payments and apportionment figures, extensions filings and other international compliance issues, (CBC Reporting, IRS Form 5471, 1042, W-8 Ben-e for non-resident withholdings, and Canada’s NR4 and T4A-NR, Tax Treaty and VAT).

Computer Science Corporation, Falls Church, VA 2009 - 2013

Senior Tax Accountant

Serve as team leader to oversee tax compliance for property, sales/use, value added, ad valorem, franchise, and licensing fees by adhering to state and local tax laws, statutes and regulations.

Provide tax reporting guidance based on research of transaction tax laws and regulation to ensure compliance.

Respond to inquiries from local, state, and federal tax returns to meet business needs in protests, appeal, compliance, and other claims.

Adept in researching and documenting tax consequences of transactions, developing and implementing tax strategies.

Serve as departmental liaison to lease vendors, assessors, revenue collectors, and appraisers at federal, state, county, and local jurisdictional levels.

Strong communication skills, oral and written; ability to communicate with all levels within the organization and with outside administrators and consultants as needed.

Effective in team building, facilitating an atmosphere to balance high-level of competencies with optimum productivity.

Maintain tax calendar to monitor indirect tax return due dates to ensure all compliance obligations are met in a timely fashion.

Work closely with business managers to review costs, reconcile variances, and identify areas for productivity and cost improvement.

Application software for above position: One Source, PTMS (Legacy and New), Corp Tax, Workspace, SAP, Cost Point, CCH & Check Point – tax research tools and Microsoft Office Suite.

Computer Science Corporation, Falls Church, VA 2009 - 2013

General Ledger Lead Accountant

Led commercial division (TMG) with responsibilities associated with month-end close.

Facilitated month-end close process for Hughes/Raytheon Account on SAP/BW financial accounting system.

Managed month-end close schedule/calendar to ensure smooth and proper close and coordinated procedures between field finance personnel and central accounting staff.

Performed complex labor analysis on wage types and allocated overhead indirect costs on variety of cost basis.

Prepared income statements, balance sheets and its commentary for analysis and reporting.

Reviewed, maintained, and reconciled balance sheet and intercompany accounts on monthly basis.

Conducted various analysis of cash flow, ROI, DSO, aging of receivable and pass-thru accounts.

Identified and coordinated process improvements; preparation of matrix improving journal entry processing.

Special projects; prepared annual tax and 10K packages coordinating finance group entries for proper reporting

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA – BSc. in Management/Accounting

St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA – Fulfilled graduate courses in Financial/Managerial Accounting

SKILLS & TECHNOLOGY

SAP/BW, Cost Point, Hyperion Enterprise/ Retrieve, Tax software: Corp Tax, Workspace, OneSource, PTMS (Old & New), CCH, Check Point, Pyramid, Access, Cognos, Impromptu, MS Office; Windows

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