Kenneth Lassiter

**** ******* ******, ******** ****, CO 80022 adkvh7@r.postjobfree.com 303-***-****

EXPERIENCE

Contract Work Denver, Colorado

July 2012- Current- Contract work

Cleaning up books, consulting and preparing for sales tax defense for audits for various companies, auditing travel expenses, working with customers thru accounts payable collections, and indirect taxes. Small business accounting.

Conga, LLC Temp assignment thru Randstad-Compiling consolidated financial statements from Quick Books for domestic and international operations. Reviewing nexus questions, and compiling response for a outside review of Nexus liability for Indirect tax. Assignment completed October 2016.

Arrow Electronics, Inc., TransMontaigne, Sales Tax Colorado, LLC, – Transaction Tax Analyst

oArrow Electronics, Inc.- Nov 2015-April 2016-Contract Project-Gathering data from Avalara Sales Tax Software, and using pivot tables, vlook up, macros, to go through sales data and file amended returns to recover overpaid sales tax. Recovered over $900,00.00 in overpaid sales tax from prior periods.

o Sales Tax Colorado, LLC, Contract Project-2015- Worked on gathering data for multi-state VDA’s for client.

oTransMontaigne-Sales, use, excise tax and property tax returns for pipeline company. Filing property tax returns with Missouri and Oklahoma using FARC documents for allocation to counties. General ledger entries for taxes using SAP software.

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oNational Entertainment Network – Senior Accountant

oAssisted with Secretary of State Filings, Business licenses, gambling licenses, withholding, sales/use tax, and unemployment account re-registration during a corporate conversion from a C corporation to an LLC.

oYoung Americans Bank – Staff Accountant

oBank Reconciliation, General Ledger, and Inventory

oHaxton Rural Hospital – Senior Accountant

oSupported department until new CFO could be hired.

Air Methods Corp Denver, Colorado

Staff Tax Accountant 2005 – 2012

Sales, Use, Property, Excise tax for 42 states for company with over $450M annual income.

Tax research saving the company in excess of $300,000 for single year.

Filed Voluntary disclosure agreements, handled sales/use and property tax, tax audits, protests.

Participated in the testing of and integration of custom tax software into Solomon Software.

Maintained sales/use tax matrix for determining taxability of transactions at over 150 bases.

Maintained state registration for more than 400 aircraft fleet.

Maintained local business license for locations in 36 states with over 150 locations.

Worked with Canadian Tax Department on HST/GST tax.

Tax planning with regional managers for strategic projects in St. Louis, Mo, and Lexington, KY, to move aircraft and maintenance facility out of St. Louis and Lexington, KY, across the river to Illinois, and Indiana respectively, saving the company over $200,000 per year in property taxes when completed.

Reviewed sales, use, and property tax history when company expanded by acquisition; corrected errors made by purchased companies, negotiating settlements with taxing authorities for errors found.

Submitted protests for sales/use and property tax assessments when necessary.

Supervised sales/use and property tax audits.

Ser Santa Fe Jobs for Progress Santa Fe, New Mexico

Senior Staff Accountant 2003 – 2004

Fund accounting for non-profit.

General ledger, payroll including setting up direct deposit for payroll for 60 employees with bank, using MIP software, accounts payable, filing of Federal 990, and state tax return.

Filing for and obtaining 501(c)(3) status with IRS for the organization.

Setting up fixed assets, amortization schedules for general ledger entries, tracking/submitting draws for government grants from state, local, and federal government.

Working with CPA for audited statements.

C2 Media- Keogh and Company Englewood, Colorado

Accounting Manager 2001 – 2002

Local accounting manager for national company subsidiary

Responsible for all aspects of accounting for a full set of books including AR, AP, general ledger, payroll, fixed assets, and cost accounting for manufacturing company, billing, budgets, financial statements, with reports going to national each month for consolidation with 10 other plants in the US and Canada.

BMH BJ Congregation Denver, Colorado

Staff Accountant to Controller 1998 – 2001

Hired as staff accountant responsible for GL, AP, AR, and Financial Statements

Installed, implemented, trained, and subsequently supervised staff on MIP software (fund accounting) for general accounting

Promoted when controller retired

Presented financial reports to the Board of Directors

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Pipe Layers Unlimited Chesapeake, Virginia – Accountant for pipe construction company, GL, AR, AP, assisted in bids, performed P/L statement/costing for jobs.

Self-employed accountant, Glenwood Springs, Colorado – Accounting work and payroll services for local businesses.

State of Colorado Served four years as tax auditor focused on sales/use, income, and unemployment tax.

Sales Rep. for manufacturing and distributers.

EDUCATION

Christopher Newport University Newport News, Virginia

BSBA- Accounting/Economics

Currently simi-retired, looking to rejoin the regular workforce.

Non accounting jobs; truck driver, highway construction crew, flagging .

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