Sandra D. Quaglieri
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Executive Summary
A broad-based sales and use tax professional with extensive audit, compliance and audit defense experience.
Having over ten years of research and compliance experience both in private industry, and Big 4 public accounting,
I have worked with a wide variety of public and private companies in numerous industries including restaurant,
technology, manufacturing, railroad, aero medical transport, retail and wholesale.
As a senior field auditor for the state of Washington audits included but were not limited to large
manufacturers, major financial institutions, insurance companies, major public and private contractors, large
restaurant chains, and high technology companies.
Excel and Word skills, with some recent Access training, and have experience with Vertex Quantum Tax Decision
Maker, Vertex Sales and use tax software, CCH, SAP, and industry specific software.
Key Career Accomplishments
Responsible for discovering prior years of erroneous overpayment of certain excise tax resulting in the opportunity
for refund of over two million dollars.
Supervision of four analysts and ensuring accuracy and timeliness of sales, use and Property tax returns in a
centralized high volume environment supporting multiple US locations.
Research and update of rules and regulations applicable to industry and inform field locations of applicable
changes
Responsible for analyzing tax implications for upper management ideas and provide feedback on potential exposure
or benefits.
Created and maintained tax matrix by state and local tax jurisdictions for parts and services for four entities with
two business models.
Prepared policy and procedure manuals for several large corporations.
Defended multiple (40) state and city level sales and use tax audits saving millions of dollars in tax assessments,
may ending with refunds due company.
As Senior Field Auditor, planned, coordinated and conducted audits of largest and /or most technically challenging
companies at the taxpayer’s place of business.
Facilitated applications and renewals of all business and industry specific licenses for all field locations.
Prepared some and reviewed all state and local tax filings for all states, cities and parishes.
Initiated meetings with upper management to convey tax related issues that impacted various areas of business
operations.
Professional Experience
Vistar-Performance Food Group; Senior Tax Analyst
OmniTrax, Inc; Senior Tax Analyst
State of Washington; Revenue Auditor IV
Corporate Express Office Products
Arthur Anderson LLP; Staff Accountant – State and Local Tax
Ehrhardt, Keefe, Steiner and Hottman, PC-Staff Auditor
Education
Bachelor of Science, Accounting; University of Colorado, Boulder
Certified Public Accountant Candidate