Life Insurance Manager

Robert H. Scott, CPA, JD

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**** ******* ***** **** **********, Kentucky 40207 (502)

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Professional Profile:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and lawyer with a broad background that

includes tax, financial, legal and management experience. Hands-on and

results oriented. Extremely well organized and very effective at managing

large-scale financial/legal projects from concept through planning, design,

development and task management. Substantial experience with regulatory

and compliance responsibilities.

. Accomplished team player and executive advisor, accustomed to working

autonomously and multitasking in a fast-paced environment. Interacts

well with all levels of management and across functional lines.

. Demonstrated ability as a manager, negotiator and problem solver.

Successfully managed a staff of professionals including attracting,

coaching, motivating and retaining ambitious, capable people.

. Highly developed client service and interpersonal written and oral

communication skills.

. Well versed in financial, economic and general business topics. Strong

background with investments and financial matters.

. Substantial experience working with small business owners on tax

planning, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions and estate

planning.

. Proficient with Word, Excel and Power Point.

Experience:

Mountjoy & Bressler, LLP, Principal, 2006 - 2009. Engaged in tax

consulting on various matters including tax planning, state and local

taxation including multi-state taxation, mergers and acquisitions, IRS

examinations and protests and appeals. Provided technical review of tax

returns for flow-through entities, C corporations, estates, trusts, non-

profits and individuals. Performed research on various complex tax issues,

and wrote formal tax opinions concerning captive insurance companies and

net operating loss deduction limitations. Experienced with FAS 109 and FIN

48.

International Tax Advisors, Inc., Senior Tax Consultant, 2005 - 2006. Tax

consultant to small and medium sized businesses and their owners. Areas of

concentration included: tax planning, entity selection, asset protection,

compensation and benefits, exit strategy or succession planning and estate

planning.

Sullivan University, Adjunct Professor, 2005 - Present. Part time

instructor of Federal income tax courses.

Capital Prospects LLC, Chief Legal Officer, 2003 - 2005. Chief legal

officer of a financial services startup. Provided corporate legal and

regulatory advice concerning life insurance company acquisitions or

proposed reinsurance transactions, including purchase agreement review and

negotiation, due diligence, financial modeling and projections, integration

planning, bank loan agreement review and regulatory approval.

Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc., Financial Advisor, 2000 - 2002. Financial

advisor specializing in creative personal financial planning, capital

formation, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and insurance. Personally managed

over 50 key accounts.

Dory LLC, General Counsel, 1998 - 1999. Corporate lawyer for a venture

capital firm. Recognized for innovative and imaginative thinking related

to venture capital transactions and drafting complex legal documents.

Reported directly to CEO.

ARM Financial Group, Inc., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary, 1993 - 1998. Led eleven professionals in addressing in-house

legal and tax functions for a highly regulated insurance holding company.

Reported directly to the CEO. Developed and implemented corporate legal

policies for a newly formed company that subsequently did an IPO and was

listed on the NYSE. Creative and sophisticated advisor on numerous complex

financial transactions involving strategic alliances with various top-tier

national and international financial institutions. Served as internal

point person for active acquisition program: including purchase agreement

review and negotiation, managing due diligence, and planning for

accounting, regulatory and tax issues.

ICH Corporation, Deputy General Counsel, 1990 - 1993. Legal advisor

focusing on tax, insurance regulatory and general corporate legal issues

for a large publicly traded life insurance holding company doing business

nationally. Reported directly to Chief Legal Officer. Received

recognition for coordinating and resolving appeals of IRS audits.

Capital Holding Corporation, Tax Director, 1976 - 1990. Led fourteen

professionals in the tax area. Analytical, conceptual leader managing the

corporate tax functions of a life insurance holding company listed on the

New York Stock Exchange including: tax return filings, tax accounting, tax

planning, and IRS audits/appeals. Reported directly to CFO. Gained first

hand experience in tax lobbying.

Education:

BBA, Accounting, Kent State University

Juris Doctor, Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville

Certificates / Licenses / Memberships:

( Board of Directors - Community Health Charities (Kentucky)

( Member - Kentucky Bar Association

( Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Ohio

( Member - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

( Member - Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants

( Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI)

( Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)

( Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)

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