ARNOLD LOVIN

Professional Summary

Experienced CFO with over 30 years as a CPA and CFO.

Extensive experience with emerging companies of all sizes. Fifty state tax management experience. Specializing in building accounting and financial reporting departments for emerging companies.

Employment History

Provided accounting, tax and other financial services to start up and emerging companies. Specializing in building financial reporting departments for emerging companies and assisting companies with placing financing and capitalizations.

CEO, Emerging Business Services. Bloomington, IL

Oct. 1999 - Present

CFO responsibilities for rapidly growing satellite telecommunications company.

Assisted with acquiring the three largest satellite communications contracts that went for bid in the US in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Negotiated all contracts.

Handled all banking relationships.

Secured over $140 million in lease funding.

Selected and installed general ledger system.

CFO, Tower Communications Group. Lexington, KY

Sep. 1997 - Dec. 1999

Managed state and local tax compliance in a fifty-state environment. Specialized in sales and use and payroll taxes. Handled all audits and audit management.

Tax Manager, The Limited. Columbus, OH

May. 1993 - Sep. 1997

State and Local Tax Manager, LCI International. Dublin, OH Sep. 1991 - May. 1993

Personal Info

Phone:

309-***-****

Email:

ad4dd1@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

Bloomington, 61705, IL (US)

Project Management

Financing for Emerging

Companies

Accounting

Tax Compliance

General Ledger Selections

and Implementations

Negotiations

Relationship Management

Team Building/Culture

Building

Skills

Managed the state and local tax function in a fifty-state environment for one of the nation's first nationwide fiber optic networks. Oversaw tax compliance and research. Led effort to incorporate the correct taxing logic into LCI's billing system for all state and local sales and telecommunication taxes.

Rolled clients out into a 50-state environment and managed state and local taxes.

Provided tax consulting for multi-state companies. Performed audits.

Staff/Senior, Arthur Anderson & Co,. Columbus, OH Jul. 1989 - Sep. 1991

Launched Emerging Business Services as the leading CFO services firm in Central IL.

Served as CFO for numerous start up and emerging companies. Accounting and Payroll

Tax Compliance and Planning

Multi-state tax issues.

Financing

CEO and CFO for numerous businesses, Emerging Business Services. Bloomington, IL

Feb. 1999 -

Education

Cedarville College, Cedarville, Ohio

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Jun. 1989

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