General Accounting, Tax, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling

Samantha (Shuangying) Li

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Summary: A recently-graduated accounting professional with international tax experience and individual tax experience

to pursue an entry-level accounting position. A CPA candidate, with FAR and REG passed, AUDIT and BEC in

preparation.

EDUCATION

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Master of Accountancy (Completion December 2014) Cleveland, OH

• GPA3.42, GMAT 700, Merit-based scholarship recipient

• Vice President of Social Events of Beta Alpha Psi

RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA, Bachelor of Management (Completion July 2012) Beijing, China

• Major in Accounting, GPA 3.5

• Vice President of Accounting Communication Association, 2010-2011

Quebec, Canada

LAVAL UNIVERSITY

• Business Administration concentration, exchange program, 2010

• One of the six students chosen as exchange students representing my university to Canada

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cleveland, OH

UNIQUE TAX & ACCOUNTING, INC

Tax Intern 01/2014-04/2014

• Filed Federal, State and local tax returns for clients individually and collectively

• Conducted clients’ interviews to collect their tax information

• Used Ultra-tax software proficiently and helped train other interns on the software

• Explained reasons of changes in tax return amounts to clients, achieving 95% customer satisfaction

Cleveland, OH

DANAHER CORPORATION (FORTUNE 500 COMPANY)

Tax Intern 06/2013 – 08/2013

• Cooperated with 4 tax professionals to prepare Federal income tax returns; successfully completed Form 1120,

Form 5471, and Form 8832 for the corporation and its subsidiaries etc.

• Communicated with tax preparers in Danaher England, Danaher Australia via emails and calls

• Organized prior year’s files of 200 subsidiaries all over the world and updated information in the Corptax

database, increasing work efficiency by 20%

Beijing, China

ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Audit Intern 01/2011 –02/2011

• Collaborated with a team of 5 auditors in auditing a multi-billion dollar state-owned enterprise

• Identified audit risks existed in bank confirmation procedures and provided proposals to reduce risks

• Audited more than $500,000 in the fixed-assets audit project of a manufacturing subsidiary

PROJECTS

Cleveland, OH

FEDERAL & STATE TAXATION PROJECT (2013 FALL)

• Took a lead in a team of 7 members to solve a tax issue related to state tax by researching Internal Revenue

Codes, analyzing tax regulations and court cases

• Used CCH software to find supporting authorities and debated with the other group and won the debate

• Developed a strong ability in tax research and became competent in CCH tax software

Cleveland, OH

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDING INC. VALUATION PROJECT (2012 FALL)

• Led a team of 5 members to conduct 4-month project and wrote a 40-page valuation report

• Visited the facilities, communicated with the financial manager and forecasted the10-year statement of cash flow

using WACC,DCF models

ADDITIONAL

• Computer Skills: Proficient in MS Excel, Quickbooks; Tax Software: Proficient in CCH, Corptax, Ultratax

• Languages: Professional proficiency in English and native in Chinese Mandarin

• Hobbies: Travelling, ball sports and singing

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