Danielle Heim, MS TAX, MBA
acyst4@r.postjobfree.com
Hamilton, NJ 08690
EXPERIENCE
Heartland Payment Systems, Princeton, NJ December 2014 June 2016
Senior Tax Accountant
Complete quarterly and yearly tax provision for companies included in the consolidated provision, along
with depreciation, acquisition cost, stock option and deferred tax revenue calculations
Maintain and track Stock options monthly and quarterly for provision, both book and tax
Extensive work on depreciation, on a monthly basis including the tracking of the differences between book
and tax from acquired companies, both stock and asset purchases
Determine the deferred tax revenue for contracts over one year, for both book and tax
Calculate estimate and extension for all companies
Completed and filed over 50 VDAs for acquired companies both income tax and sales and use tax
Prepared and filed over 100 federal and state returns, including foreign and boycott returns
Track, file, and maintain personal property filing for over 150 jurisdictions, at both state, and local level
Resolve and answer issues from correspondence, audits and other request
Mars, Incorporated, Mount Olive, NJ February 2012 July 2014
Senior State Tax Analyst
Prepared and filed 30 Unitary/Nexus-Combine returns
Set-up and maintained FIN48 reserves for state tax
Calculated state effective tax rates for all 50 states
Extensive research on tax credits, (California, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, South
Carolina, and Tennessee)
Prepared and filed 200 separate state returns
Research nexus issues over multiple jurisdictions and maintained FIN48 for nexus issues
Extensive audit work for state income and franchise tax (especially Hawaii. Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia)
Filed, maintained, and track all annual reports along responding to state agency issues
Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Lyndhurst, NJ June 2009 February 2012
Senior Tax Accountant
Filed and prepared Federal, State and Local tax returns, both separate and consolidated for corporations,
partnerships, and LLCs
Work extensively on combined and unitary state filings for Arizona, California, Illinois, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas, with at least 75 subsidiaries
Created system to calculate and monitor changes in taxes rates for Income and Franchise Tax
Tracked and computed NOLs for valuation allowance adjustment for provision along with assisting
management in acquiring data to complete quarterly and yearly provision
Calculated depreciation for Federal and State returns with and without bonus depreciation adjustment
Research of tax credits for medical service company across numerous jurisdictions
Successfully transitioned functions of the tax department to outside resource
Ikaria, Inc., Clinton, NJ March 2009 April 2009
Senior Tax Consultant
Assisted in reengineering tax department to an in-house operation by finalizing state and local filings,
creating tax calendar, payment schedules, researching tax credits and creating legal structure for combine
and unitary returns
The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, NY January 2001 January 2009
Senior Tax Accountant
Prepared and filed federal, state, and local tax returns for Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs
Worked significantly on consolidated Federal Return, Unitary and Nexus-Combined State Returns
Filed and completed partnership returns with up to 80 partners, who had both foreign and domestic
interests
Extensive research in order to comply with regulations regarding single member LLCs in all 50
jurisdictions
Prepared state sales and use tax returns
Set up tax calendar, payment schedules, EFTs, estimates, projections, depreciation and audit
adjustments
Involved in tax planning for federal, state and local jurisdictions for tax saving application
Completed foreign tax returns (boycott, 5713, 5471s, 8865) and other various filings
Implementation of new filing in all 50 states to file partnership, disregarded entities ad LLCs
Resolved state and local tax issues from state tax registrations to audit adjustments
Worked with state jurisdictions on state tax audit to resolve outstanding issues (especially Missouri, New
Jersey, Tennessee, and Texas)
TIAA-CREF, New York, NY September 1994 December 2000
Tax Accountant
Prepared federal returns for corporations, partnerships, and LLCs; both separate and consolidated
Prepared state and local filings (50 states)
Researched many areas of state and local tax law (including credits, consolidation, and single member
LLCs)
Filed premium tax returns for insurance company (1120-L, state and local premium tax returns)
Prepared and tracked tax return filings for exempt organizations (990s)
Considerable work with apartment buildings, amusement parks, and shopping mall including sales and
use tax
Citibank, New York, NY August 1993 September 1994
Accounts Payable Clerk
Posted and tracked all invoices, maintained registers, and charts of accounts
Prepared invoice reports and submitted journal entries for inclusion into General Ledger system
EDUCATION
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY
MBA, Finance
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY
MS, Taxation
Curry College, Milton, MA
B.A. Business Management
Minor: Applied Computers
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Insource RS/CS, CCH Research, AACTs, CorpTax, OneSource, Fast Tax, PeopleSoft, Premium Pro, RIA - Tax,
Vetrtex, Checkpoint, ProSeries, Catalyst, Gems, MS Word, Excel, MS Office, PageMaker
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of Council on State and Local Taxation