Policy Analyst Accountant
Resume:
STEVEN J. MACK
*******@*****.***
Objective: To obtain a position that capitalizes 27 years of Tax and Accounting experience to further relieve a company's overall financial stress in a precise, clear and legal manor while expanding my own skillset, knowledgebase and experiences to add value to my given role.
Experience:
Viking Forest Products, Gopher Mat, LLC. Eden Prairie. Compliance & Inventory Policy Analyst. May 20016 - June 2020.
Weekly forecasting and reporting of key metrics to leadership personnel.
Inventory Policy design, maintenance, and administration.
Contract review, retention, and administration for a handful of industry specific obligations of compliance as well as for internal security.
Risk Management of a rotating, off-site inventory population $60M+
Create & updated an ever-evolving rental platform of 300% growth within 2.5 yrs.
Design & publication of all reporting functions with both written, and video desk procedures.
Sales & Use Tax process implementation and processing for 70+ state and local jurisdictions. Audit defense of 5 states netting a total tax assessment of <$200
State & Local Registrations, business licenses, and administration of same.
Tax Research and decision making. Exemption Certificate retention.
Auditing countless manual functions outside my role that outlined errors, omissions, and software programing errors to improve lender clarity & information integrity.
Customs documentation to use Truck and Rail on both import and export of a regulated commodity.
Process Automation using excel for virtually every challenge presented by my direct reporting officer. Successful wish list items.
Using excel, designed various trader tools that served an ever-changing list of inventory locations with immediate measurable success. One of which immediately doubled monthly sales for the targeted product.
Transitioned during Covid-19 to Remote office.
PeopleNet Communications Corporation. Minnetonka. Sales Tax Accountant (Contract) 2005 – May 2020.
In summary complete construction of ALL US & Can transaction tax procedures. Implementation, reconciliation, JE, Reporting, ACH Credit & Debit, Relationship maintenance 140+ jurisdictions, TDM.
Accountemps. Eden Prairie. Sales Tax Consultant 2014 – May 2016
Internal Use Tax Audit for 2012-2014.
Sales Tax Return Preparation and filing.
Desk Procedure Write Up of all processes & developed improvements.
Research Sales and Use Tax law as applied to client manufacturing process.
Review and Advise process improvements for two sister companies.
Capital Refund Request.
State Sales Tax Audit Defense
Reconstructed neglected tax calculation tables, codes, groups, and charts.
Experis International fka Jefferson Wells International, Edina. 2006-2012.
Reporting for 500+ State and local Sales Tax returns monthly.
Vertex Return and Rate Locator modules.
Reconciliations for Sales Tax and associated accounts.
Full correspondence detail, research, and response.
Reestablished working tax calendar.
Maintained an extremely strict monthly schedule of deadlines
Administrator of National Unclaimed Property engagements.
Managed an integrated schedule supplying multi-faceted services for all charged clients.
Capital Refund research.
Quick response of emergency staff augmentation for sales tax compliance.
Business License Management.
Ford Motor Company. Royal Oak, MI 2004. Corporate. Compliance Accountant.
Performed Sales/Use tax processes as an outsourced agent.
Directly managed a staff of three Sales/Use tax professionals.
Updated Sales/Use tax Matrix to accommodate changing compliance tax laws.
Directly managed monthly Sales/Use Tax due date schedule for 12 separate legal entities.
Delivered entire tax function to a candidate outside of USA.
Regis Corporation. Minneapolis. 2003 - 2004. Tax Accountant – Contract.
Correspondence with Sales/Use tax liability problem solving.
Reported and remitted tax returns for over 200 Sales/Use taxed jurisdictions and five separate legal entities.
Developed countless new procedures to hasten and correct existing Sales/Use Tax operations.
Full data analysis to find and correct imperfections in Tax reporting.
Property Tax billing and verification.
Aided in transitioning all reporting obligations to an outsource Company (Tax Partners.)
GE Fleet Services. Minneapolis. 2002 - 2003. Tax Accountant.
Correspondence with Sales/Use tax liability problem solving.
Aided in preparation of Sales/Use Tax returns for over 400 taxing jurisdictions.
Illinois ST-556 filing and Federal Excise tax on up-fittings and large leased vehicles.
GE Capital Information Technology Solutions. Plymouth. 1998 - 2002. Tax Accountant –Contract.
Distributed $7 million monthly in Sales/Use tax to over 400 state and local tax authorities.
Performed all functions for Sales, Use, and Business License taxes.
Reported, remitted, and reconciled related ledger accounts for 120 Sales/Use Taxing jurisdictions.
Major collaborator in generating over $100 million in Sales/Use Tax savings over all State and Local Audits that I was the lead defender.
Helped in the integration of Vertex into new financial interface. (Oracle)
Interpreted Sales/Use Tax regulations and ensured compliance.
Supported sales staff on Sales Tax questions.
Processed claims for all Sales/Use Tax refunds.
Performed NEXUS review to ensure all required registrations were filed.
Updated product codes and jurisdictions within the Tax Decision Maker (TDM) for Sales/Use Tax.
Considerable number of entry level accounting contracts. 1995 - 2006
Accounts Payable Clerk/Accounts Receivable Reconciler.
Accounts receivable reconciliation and aging recorder.
Accounts payable packing slip, purchase order, invoicing reconciliation.
Occasional coordinator of check runs.
Maintained high volumes of communication with company buyers and sellers to resolve invoicing and payables disputes.
Education: St. Cloud Technical College. ST. Cloud, MN. 1991
Volunteer Efforts:
Red Cross Disaster Services Team Feb 2020 – Present
Convention of States June 2021 – Present
Grocery Delivery – June 2020 - Present
Software and Miscellaneous Skills:
SAP, Oracle, Great Plains, Dispatch-1, Many home-grown tax packages, PeopleSoft, MS Office, Windows, 10 Key, Real World, Tax ware, Oracle Financials, JD Edwards, NetSuite, Vertex, and Tax partner's operations. Software implementations completed four times.
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