VERED (V) BEN-SADIGH

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FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410

TEL: 201-***-**** ; EMAIL: ac8vov@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

Hunter College - BA – Economics (Accounting)/BA – Political Science, 1995

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Excel, Word, QuickBooks, CCH, Lotus 1-2-3, AS 400, SAP, FIS, Pencil Pushers, Lacerte, CFS P/R, ATB Write-Up, BNS, CorpTax, Fastax, and Oracle

EXPERIENCE:

SBE Entertainment Group- New York, NY 6/18-present

Director of Tax -consultant

• Oversee accounting and administration for all aspects of the Company's tax

• Oversee preparation and review of income tax compliance for the corporate holding company

Partnership

• Oversee quarterly and year-end tax provision process

• Keep updated on current and new tax legislation and tax accounting rules

• Responsible for sales, use, property, payroll and commercial rent tax

Fast Retailing USA- Lyndhurst, NJ 6/13-5/18

Director of Tax

This position is responsible for the Company’s overall tax compliance, planning and automation. The Company includes several brands- Uniqlo, J Brand, Theory, Helmut Lang, Princess Tam-Tam and Comptoir des Cotonniers.

• Supervise professional and paraprofessional staff

• Responsible for completion of federal and state income tax returns including all related analysis and

Support

• Responsible for quarterly and year-end tax provisions

• Responsible for the M1 adjustments and reconciliation schedules that support tax position and tax

Sharing agreements

• Responsible for sales, use and property tax functions

• Overview GST/HST and QST

• Responsible for audits

• Responsible for tax strategies and budgets and identifies and plans tax incentives in support of corporate

expansion

• Ensure that appropriate internal controls are in place over accounting for taxes

• Liaison on all technical matters relating to tax applications

• Implement strategies to improve efficiency and correct areas of potential tax exposure

H & M – North Arlington, NJ 9/06-6/13

Tax Manager

Joined H&M in September 2006 as one of two people in the Tax Department and assumed key tax responsibilities as the company grew from NI $8MM and 100 stores in 11/06 to NI $85MM and over 300 stores in North America in 11/12. The tax team grew from two to ten with others in Accounting assisting with some tax work. The Tax Manager reported directly to the Controller. The Tax Manager was the highest ranking tax position in the company.

• Primary responsibilities for tax strategies and tax budgets and identifies and plans tax incentives

in support of corporate expansion

• Directly manage the daily tasks and long term projects of the sales tax manager and 4 property

tax team members; indirectly manage others on tax team

• Present in court for tax appeals and other tax matters

• Maintain accuracy on all federal and state billing notices; Oversee preparation and application

for penalty abatements and notice handling

• Ensures all taxes due and payable are properly recorded in the financial statements on a

monthly basis and review/approve monthly reconciliation to the general ledger

• Monitor, research and interpret federal and state tax codes, developments and implications and

advise management

• Develop/Update taxability matrices and update policies & procedures annually

• Develop yearly goals for department and communication of status to upper management

• Manage income tax compliance with third-party tax preparer (E&Y)

• Review and file amended corporate returns

• Prepare and maintain quarterly work papers to support the quarterly provisions – reviewed by the

Controller and E&Y

• Prepare quarterly federal, state and local income tax estimates and extension calculations

• M1 M2 adjustments and maintain reconciliation schedules that support tax position

• Sales, use & property tax audits including negotiations and penalty abatements- (saved over

$1.6MM in various audits with the States of NY, CT, NJ and TX, etc.)

• Analyze sales, use and property tax processes and implement strategies to improve efficiency

and correct areas of potential exposure

• Review and authorize state & local returns monthly

• Sales tax research/planning for portfolio acquisitions and dispositions

• Review invoices for proper sales tax (or proper flagging of use tax)- maintain expertise in use

tax applicability

• Responsible for overseeing the filing of tax licenses and renewals- implemented and maintains a

process to provide timely filed licenses to over 300 locations nationwide

• Voluntary disclosure agreements with various states

Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. – Parsippany, NJ 4/02-9/06

Senior Tax Accountant/Auditor

Responsible for sales & use tax audits to include pre-audit reviews, audit management and audit defense

Prepared complex sales & use tax returns, supervised and reviewed all other sales & use tax returns

Represented the organization before taxing bodies

Advised management regarding effects of business activities on taxes and on strategies for minimizing tax liability

Conducted tax studies; reviewed sales & use tax rule changes, court cases and state policy changes

Philips Electronics North America Corporation – New York, NY 3/01-2/02

Tax Accountant

State sales & use, income/franchise and property tax compliance

Tax research and analysis

Misc. tax and unclaimed property compliance

In charge of monthly newsletter providing information and updates on new and upcoming changes in tax laws and regulations to all divisions and subs

Mikasa, Inc. 4/99-3/01

Tax Manager & Supervisor

In charge of sales & use tax compliance and audits

Prepared sales & use tax returns for US including Puerto Rico and Canada in the wholesale and retail divisions

Personal/Real property tax compliance

In charge of business registrations, licenses and permits for states, local jurisdictions, Canada and Puerto Rico

Filed corporate tax extensions and corporate dissolutions

In charge of tax expense budgets

Prepared journal entries and account reconciliations

Supervised (1) degreed accountant

Various Temporary Accounting & Tax Consulting Assignments 1/99-4/99

Companies: Liz Claiborne, Becton Dickinson, Parsons Brinkerhoff & Mikasa

Multiple state income/franchise, sales & use & property tax compliance

Prepared consolidated financial statements

Reconciled payroll accounts

Greenfield & Wallace, CPAs – Encino, CA 4/98-8/98

Staff Accountant (Temporary Position due to Temporary Relocation)

Responsible for projections; sales & use tax audits and compliance

Prepared financial statements

Prepared individual, partnerships and corporate Tax returns

H. Smilovich Business Tax Services, Inc. – New York, NY 10/95-1/98

Senior Accountant

Responsible for approximately (150) small business clients

Prepared financial statement, individual, partnerships and corporate tax returns

Prepared sales & use tax, payroll and fuel returns

LANGUAGES:

Hebrew

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