Corporate Tax Technology (Manager) Factory Automation (Head)

AMIT (AMITABH) PRASAD

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Tampa, FL 33647

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Director in Citigroup with extensive experience in Data Management; Corporate Tax Technology; implementation, customization and development of Oracle Applications. Oversaw Corporate Tax Compliance and Provision and their customization. As Global Head of Data Management, handled Compliance and Risk. Played a key role as Fixed Assets global technical lead in Oracle’s e-Business Suite’s Procure to Pay (P2P) implementation – bringing 20 countries live on P2P. Also contributed to P2P Architecture and migration projects as well as load and stress testing. Earlier, spent seven years as a Mechanical and Industrial engineer and department head in a highly automated Japanese bearing factory’s induction heat treatment department for Induction hardening and tempering automotive hub bearings.

EDUCATION

1988-1991 M.S. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS:

Data Management: Leadership role in Risk analysis as well as appropriate automation of IT systems; strategic planning to collate and resolve system issues worldwide by creation of policies, rules and regulations to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.

Corporate Tax: Financial reporting and reconciliation with control reports for both Compliance and Provision; uploading Trial Balances; porting Corporate Tax App for vendor hosting, entitlement reviews, change management, release installations, automation of manual adjustments, coordinating with consultants and vendors. TaxSeries setups for IRS Forms associated eFiling. Creation of a Tax Data Warehouse to facilitate Tax filings. Process automation using Visual Basic.

Oracle e-Business suite: As a consultant for IBM, Oracle Corporation and Citigroup implemented various Oracle Apps such as Purchasing, Order Management, Fixed Assets, General Ledger including Chart of Accounts; BOM; Supply Chain. Extensive customization or Oracle Forms and Reports as well as PL/SQL based functions and procedures per client requirements.

Industrial Automation: As head of automotive hub bearing heat treatment, responsible for quality control (Magnaflux based destructive testing as well as Rockwell hardness determination); Allen Bradley PLC racks and servomotors; Automated Conveyor and Material Handling systems; Process Control based on SCADA systems; CAMCO indexers, flow and pressure sensors, proximity sensors, filter-regulator-lubricator, Okuma robots and Takisawa turning machines. Together, software and industrial automation skills for IoT solutions that enhance efficiency, predictive maintenance, and smart manufacturing.

EXPERIENCE:

2019-2024 Global Head, Data Management, Citigroup Corporate Tax:

Led teams and developed policies and action plans in response to 2020 Consent order imposed by OCC (Office of Comptroller of Currency) and FRB (Federal Reserve Board). Built a global team of four regional Tax Data Stewards (NAM, LATAM, APAC and EMEA). Identified risks and implemented solutions for over 200 system issues encountered by Tax Teams globally in coordination with regional teams. Ensured compliance with Consent Order mandates and developed detailed documentation on procedures and standards.

2007-2019 Manager, Tax Information Systems, Citigroup:

Led Tax system integration and automation, ensuring compliance with IRS regulations. Designed and led development of custom reports, including the Worldwide Net Income (WWNI) report. Transitioned various tax processes to TaxSeries App. Set up a Tax Data Warehouse that would generate a Trial Balance to directly upload to TaxSeries using Web Services. Ensured that change management was executed as per rules. Also automated various manual adjustments. Managed staffing, budgeting and scheduling of Corporate Tax Projects. Led strategic planning and development of business cases, ensuring compliance with IS Risk Assessment including responding to Audits. Deliverables covered a variety of technical tasks such as infrastructure upgrades, tech stack upgrades, coordinating with various groups within Citi, annual budgets, SiteMinder integration, external hosting, entitlement reviews, change management, release installations, automation of manual adjustments, coordinating with consultants and vendors. Work included TaxSeries setups for IRS Forms such as 1120, 5471, 8865, 1065 and associated eFiling.

2005-2006 Project Lead, Load and Stress Testing, Citigroup.

Led stress testing of Citigroup applications and recommended optimizations based on LoadRunner results

2004-2005 Domain Architect, Oracle Apps Architecture team, Citigroup.

Ported Oracle Applications from Sun Solaris OS to IBM AIX while migrating data centers while concurrently overseeing server specifications and stress test results. Responsible for reviewing data center chargebacks.

2002-2004 Fixed Assets lead, Oracle Apps (eBusiness Suite) P2P (Procure to Pay), Citigroup

Led the FA Global Technical Team on the P2P project. Responsibilities included Apps system administration, forms and reports customizations and ensuring smooth implementation across more than 20 countries.

2000-2002 Senior Principal, Oracle Corporation

Functional Implementation of newly introduced Order Management Oracle eBusiness module for General Electric Medical Systems Also functioned as an Oracle Apps consultant for UUNET

1999-2000 Senior Technical Architect, IBM Corporation

Led Oracle Apps projects including legacy systems migration and customizations for clients such as Mossberg Guns. Migration of code from SQL Server to Oracle PL/SQL for PurchasePro.

1997-1999 Various assignments in IT Consulting

Integrated Sales and Use Tax software (Taxware) with Oracle Apps. Developed custom forms and reports as well as conducted data migrations for companies such as ROCKWELL and SIEMENS.

1991-1997 Department Head at American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation

Managed the Induction Heat Treatment department. Work included manufacturing process control, quality control and process automation. Worked with Inductoheat machines, material handling systems, CAMCO indexers, Allen Bradley PLC’s and Servomotors, Mitsubishi motor controls, SCADA (Intellution) process control software, Okuma and Takisawa CNC machines/robots, vendor development and machine modifications as well as troubleshooting. NTN is OE vendor for Honda, Ford, Nissan, Mazda, Suzuki, Subaru and several others.

INDUSTRY EXPOSURE:

Banking and Financials (CITIGROUP)

Medical Equipment Manufacture and Distribution (General Electric Medical Systems)

B2B E-commerce (PurchasePro.com)

Customer Service (RELCON \ CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

County Government (MIAMI DADE COUNTY)

Research (DEKALB GENETICS \ MONSANTO, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY)

Electronic Commerce (ROCKWELL)

Building Systems (SIEMENS \ LANDIS & STAEFA)

Automotive (NTN Bearings – Head Induction Heat Treatment), TAYLOR FORKLIFTS.

Discrete Manufacturing (MOSSBERG)

Telecommunications (NEXTEL, UUNET)

Steel Plant (Blast Furnaces, LD Furnaces, Steel Melting Shops, Rolling Mills, Continuous Casting).

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