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Kris Erkman

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Old Bridge, NJ **857

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Summary

Corporate Tax Manager with 25+ years experience in all facets of the

corporate tax arena (federal, state, international and partnership

compliance, tax provision and planning) for diverse businesses and

consulting firms. Strengths include attention to detail, analysis, and

problem solving. Computer savvy with excellent skills in CORPTax,

TaxStream, Microsoft Office (Excel and Word), Access, Hyperion, SAP and

Visio. Areas of expertise include:

Corporate Federal, State and Int'l Tax Compliance

Tax Technology

CORPTax and TaxStream Administration

Federal and State Audits

Professional Experience

verizon communications Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 2006 - 2010

Senior Tax Specialist (Tax Technology)

Administrated the new CORPTax U.S. Compliance system and the CORPTax

installation for the Federal and State income tax compliance team. Provided

sole CORPTax support for the Verizon International team allowing them to

file over 250 Form 5471's and to file the consolidated Form 1118.

Responsible for setting up all CORPTax Custom Calcs for the Consolidated

Federal Form 1120 and for all Single State, Combined State and Consolidated

State Income Tax calculations. Administered the tax provision software

TaxStream used to calculate and run reports for the monthly and quarterly

tax provision. Aided in the CORPTax Efiling of the 2007 & 2008 Consolidated

Federal Income Tax Return. Responsible for loading monthly and year end GL

data used in the CORPTax general ledger conversion process and the

TaxStream import process.

Key Accomplishments:

. Provided hands on CORPTAX and TaxStream support for all Verizon users in

all the various Tax Departments.

. Converted the International data from the old CORPTAX ETS system to the

new CORPTax U.S. Compliance system.

. Set up various CORPTax GL Import Templates necessary to load year end GL

data from various GL systems in order to run the GL conversion process.

VArious Companies

2004 - 2006

Tax Consultant

Key Accomplishments:

. Calculated, prepared and inputted the Consolidated Federal Eliminations

for the 2003 & 2004 Federal Tax Returns.

. Responsible for filing most of the Federal Income Tax Returns for the

2004 Federal Consolidated Return including the Parent company.

. Prepared and designed various tax accounting worksheets for 2004 FAS109

provision and true up calculations using Hyperion, CORPTax and Excel.

. Responsible for gathering data and responding via written reports to

numerous IRS IDR's audit requests for years 1999-2002.

. Responsible for setting up Excel worksheets regarding Sarbanes-Oxley

requirements.

. Prepared numerous 5471 returns and partnership returns using CORPTax and

CCH.

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Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ 1996 - 2004

Tax Manager

Administrated the CORPTax system and the CORPTax installation for the

domestic income tax compliance team. Processed the Federal Consolidated

Income Tax Return with consolidating and supporting reports in the CORPTax

system. Prepared and reviewed various single state, combined state and

consolidated state income, franchise and net worth returns for compliance

purposes. Ran the general ledger book conversion process used for the

monthly tax accounting process and the consolidated federal return filing.

Assisted the state audit team by running various analytic CORPTax reports.

Prepared Form 5471's using the CORPTax system. Worked on Sarbanes-Oxley

documentation regarding the federal return process.

Key Accomplishments:

. Pioneer in implementing client server system for various software

applications.

. Researched and prepared various amended state returns resulting in

thousands of dollars in refunds.

. Designed and implemented various reports for the FAS 109 calculations

used to journalize deferred taxes and cumulative differences.

Stone & Webster, Inc., New York, NY 1993 - 1996

Senior Tax Analyst

Prepared and reviewed federal and state tax returns for over 100

subsidiaries. Inputted and processed the federal consolidated tax return

companies using the CORPTax system. Oversaw monthly Federal Book Tax

Closing for over 100 companies using the PC and mainframe consolidating

system CONSCO. Created various Excel worksheets to analyze and calculate

monthly federal income tax reserve and quarterly federal estimated

payments. Installed and maintained various PC programs on Novell network.

Assisted on state tax audits and created various state tax-planning models.

Setup worksheets to analyze State Deferred Taxes.

Key Accomplishments:

. Completed monthly and year end book closings process resulting in a 60%

decrease in time to complete, completely eliminating staff overtime.

. Implemented state tax planning model used to calculate all estimated

payments and extension payments, dramatically reducing man-hours.

CORPTax (Financial Decision Systems, Inc.), New York, NY 1981 - 1993

Senior Applications Consultant

Provided on-site and telephone support for tax and accounting mainframe and

PC systems for numerous Fortune 500 clients. Advised clients in resolving

financial, tax compliance and tax planning problems. Organized and

conducted training seminars for groups as large as 200. Worked with PC

systems handling federal and state compliance, federal and state planning,

calendar, depreciation systems and FASB programs. Tested, debugged and

critiqued new software products. Supervised and trained customer

consultants and consultant trainees.

Key Accomplishments:

. Led implementation and support of CORPTax system for numerous Fortune 500

companies.

. Technical tax and technology expert for sales force in presenting CORPTax

products to potential clients.

Education

MS, Taxation, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ,

BBA, Accounting, Pace University, New York, NY

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