Sales Accounts Payable

Nicole Meador Werner

***** ********** **. *********, ** 28031

336-***-**** ******.******@*****.***

My goal is to utilize my strengths of resourcefulness, research, and

communication to provide outstanding performance in taxation. I am a

Council On State Taxation member with 15+ years of tax experience and an

extensive knowledge of transaction taxes, concentrating on sales and use

taxes. Recently, I have created the Sales and Use Tax Legislation

discussion group on Linked In and completed a taxability matrix for

construction projects by item for all states. I have a professional level

of expertise which includes tax law research and planning, reporting

pertinent new and pending legislation and cases, audits, assessment

resolution, and the creation of taxability matrices for internal clients as

well as compliance.

WELLS FARGO- April, 2008-present-Tax Accountant II

Duties Include: Created the use tax manual by state for construction

projects by item for all states for use by Corporate Real Estate, Fixed

Assets, Accounts Payable, and for sales tax audits; extensive sales and use

tax research and weekly reporting on new and pending legislation, rate

updates, and cases using CCH, RIA, and practitioner articles; updating the

use tax taxability matrix by state used by Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets,

and tax accountants; providing support for audits; reviewing state

exemptions for tax savings; assessment resolution; preparing sales tax

returns for corporate leases as well as use tax returns for numerous

entities with Vertex; Women's Team Member Network

WACHOVIA- April, 2008-present-Transaction Tax Consultant

Duties Include: Extensive sales and use tax research and weekly

reporting on new and pending legislation, rate updates, and cases using CCH

and RIA; updating the use tax taxability matrix by state used by Accounts

Payable and Fixed Assets, and tax accountants; providing support for

audits; reviewing state exemptions for tax savings; assessment resolution;

verbal and written correspondence with examiners and internal clients;

preparing sales tax returns for corporate leases as well as use tax returns

with Vertex; account reconciliations and journal entry preparation;

Diversity Integration Team, Women's Employee Resource Network

WILCOHESS, LLC- May, 2005-April, 2008-Business Tax Accountant

Duties Included: Extensive tax research using CCH and RIA for

pertinent tax law changes; sales and use tax and fuel tax audits; internal

tax alerts; assessment resolution; completed business licensing and bonds

with various states for ethanol implementation project; prepared complex

sales tax and fuel tax returns; compliance reporting on federal and state

levels; reviewed invoices for use purchases and capitalization; written and

verbal correspondence with examiners; electronic interfacing projects;

improved system processes and efficiency; complex account reconciliations;

created forms and implemented procedures; supervised Tax Assistant who

prepared business licenses, alcohol permits, property taxes, and prepared

food and beverages taxes.

AJILON FINANCE- September, 2004-April, 2005-Assignments

Duties Included: Financial reporting for Burlodge, Inc.; successfully

implemented MAS-90 as financial reporting and inventory system; Accounts

Payable for Drexel Heritage

Porter & Company, P.C. - December, 2003-April, 2004-Office Manager

Duties Included: Financial reporting for the firm during tax season;

time sheet allocations, building good rapport with clients and maintaining

relationships; designing the work flow of income tax returns; successfully

implemented client database; resolved collection problems on delinquent

accounts; successfully implemented new software for logging and following

up client telephone calls; prepared use taxes; prepared payroll taxes;

supervised the Administrative Assistant.

Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation-September, 1998-December, 2003

February, 2002-December, 2003-General Accountant II-Duties

Included: Successfully managed project involving tax interfaces into

Accounts Payable; preparation of state premium taxes and compliance returns

for a regulated industry, professional communication with auditors and

regulators, extensive tax research; prepared the sales commissions and

analysis monthly reporting book; monitored and reported Accounts Payable

and Accounts Receivable and analysis reporting book for the Contract

Underwriting division.

June, 2001-February, 2002-General Accountant I-Duties Included: Filed

quarterly and annual tax forms for municipal premium taxes; filed annual

state premium taxes and research; prepared use taxes; prepared privilege

tax returns for business licenses; successfully managed a project involving

redefining Contract Underwriting billing and collections; served as

Assistant Budget Administrator, assisted in annual budget preparation, and

trained Accounts Payable personnel to prepare monthly budget reports;

1099's; implementation of the Contract Underwriting division's financial

reporting and analysis monthly book; implemented the sales commissions and

analysis monthly reporting book.

September, 1998-June, 2001-Assistant Accountant-Duties Included:

Filed tax forms for municipal premium taxes; state premium taxes and

compliance filings; filed state surcharge taxes; extensive tax research and

study; successfully implemented MAS-90 as the Contract Underwriting

reporting software; successfully converted commission and tax information

to Oracle; 1099's; created premium tax manual; performed internal audit of

state premium tax returns and amended returns which afforded the company

significant refunds; use tax returns; prepared privilege tax returns for

business licenses; prepared monthly budget reports and assisted superior in

annual budget preparation.

Software: CCH, RIA, Vertex, Microsoft Office, Oracle, PeopleSoft, MAS-90,

Premium Pro

Education:

UNC Greensboro-January, 2001-June, 2002-Business Administration Major with

concentration in Accounting-3.4 GPA

Forsyth Technical Community College-June, 1994-May, 1997-Accounting Major-

3.29 GPA; President's List and Dean's List; August, 1990-May, 1991-Retail

and Marketing Major

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