Tax and LegalExecutive
Resume:
Camille B. Evans, J.D.
*** ********* ******, *********, ** 28270
**********@*****.***
TAX, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE
Over 20 years of tax, legal, and financial experience in a wide range of issues, including federal, state and local and international laws. Manage teams and consultants with team-oriented philosophy. Through unique experience working with the Federal government, a Fortune 500 company, law firms, and a global accounting firm, have developed the skills to resolve open-ended ambiguous issues, maintain focus on even the most challenging assignments, lead and manage people and projects, and logically solve problems. Areas of expertise includes strategy, policy, and operational advice, corporate governance, audits, financial reports, due diligence, and compliance.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aviagen, Huntsville, AL 2021 - Present
A privately-owned and foreign owned rapidly expanding domestic company that is a global leader in poultry genetics and poultry breeding.
Head of Tax
Responsible for federal, state, and international tax compliance, financial accounting and provision, tax planning and integration, providing strategic, tactical, and operational advice to business leaders and C-suite members, tax legislative and other research and analysis, tax audits and controversy, special legal issues, compliance, and information reporting, technology implementation, team management, and project management.
Provide strategic and operational advice and guidance to stakeholders and C-suite members on a wide range of issues, including operating and expanding in domestic and global jurisdictions, tax risk and opportunities, legal risk and opportunities, and employee issues.
Serve as a trusted business resource and advisor to improve shareholder value.
Hands-on involvement, oversee, review, and manage global tax compliance and tax provision and tax financial reporting, estimated tax payments, extension tax payments, property taxes.
Monitor global tax legislation and other tax laws, and advice stakeholders of the impact, risk, and opportunities.
Support overall financial objectives and champion operational excellence through process improvements, automation, and digital transformation, with focus on efficiencies.
Manage and mentor a high performing tax team in a fast-paced environment.
Manage and work with outside consultants.
CLA, Charlotte, NC 2021 - 2021
A national professional services firm.
Director, Tax
Provided strategic advice on a wide range of federal, state and local, and international tax issues as part of the National Tax Practice and reviewed and wrote ruling requests to the IRS and handled issues of controversy. Trained others on key issues for the firm.
CBE Consulting, Johnson City, TN 2018 - 2021
Tax and Business Consultant
Tax and business consulting for high net-worth individuals, non-profits, and on international and corporate tax issues and other issues. Provided strategic and editorial advice for tax solutions and technologies.
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN 2014 - 2017
An American Fortune 500 company, with over $9 billion in annual revenue and engaged in the global manufacture and sale of chemicals, fibers, and plastics.
Director, International Tax
Was responsible for international tax compliance, financial accounting and provision, planning and integration, research and analysis, audits and controversy, partnership arrangements, and transfer pricing in over 30 countries. Was responsible for managing teams and projects.
Identified, researched and implemented tax planning strategies related to tax minimization that resulted in substantial lowering of effective tax rate and return of hundreds of millions of dollars of capital with minimal tax impact and no APB 23 consequences.
Monitored tax legislation and other tax laws, and advised management of the impact and opportunities.
Advised executives of current and proposed transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures and tax incentives, and implemented transactions including the integration of acquired businesses resulting in hundreds of millions of tax savings (including through the effective use of debt).
Managed U.S. and global compliance and reporting related to foreign operations to ensure all obligations were satisfied accurately and timely.
Drafted and reviewed a wide range of documents and provided strategic and governance advice.
Managed international SOX compliance.
Managed more than 20 non-U.S. audits, determined the related tax exposure, and managed the associated risk resulting in minimal tax payments upon audits.
Managed transfer pricing, including pricing, reporting, and documentation, and ensured BEPS compliant.
Managed a team of 9 other international tax professionals, and worked closely with other finance, treasury, business, and legal professionals resulting in coordination of company efforts.
Managed and worked with outside consultants.
Marjorie Rawls Roberts PC, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 2013 - 2014 Preeminent tax firm in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tax Counsel
Advised on a wide range of Federal tax and state tax issues, including tax controversy, income, gross receipts and customs for a wide range of clients.
Drafted various corporate documents and provided strategic and governance advice, including related to tax incentives.
Structured clients’ transactions to minimize overall tax.
Negotiated and responded to audits and assessments, resulting in clients paying no or minimal tax.
KPMG, LLP, Charlotte, NC 2007 - 2012
A global professional services firm and a Big Four Auditor.
Principal, Washington National Tax, International Corporate Services
Advised multinational companies (inbound and outbound) on a wide range of tax matters, including losses, foreign tax credits, cross-border transactions, partnership structures, repatriation strategies, Subpart F issues, private equity, REITs, public equity and sovereign wealth investments (including withholding and tax reporting obligations), saving clients and investors hundreds of millions of dollars.
Reviewed transactions and tax issues for financial accounting purposes, and obtained rulings from tax authorities related to transactions.
Monitored and advised on tax law changes.
Because of unique expertise and technical depth, presented at international tax conferences and participated in training of other tax professionals.
Reviewed the international tax positions of major transactions of a Fortune 500 KPMG audit client, ensuring that transactions were in compliance with tax laws.
Department of the Treasury, IRS, Washington, D.C. 1998 - 2007
The Office of Associate Chief Counsel International serves American taxpayers by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws relating to international persons, transactions and dealings.
Special Counsel to the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel
(Office of Associate Chief Counsel International)
Reviewed and drafted tax guidance and other technical advice memoranda on a wide range of international tax issues, including guidance, allowing taxpayers to do business more easily without paying tax, corporate reorganizations, financial transactions and products, REITs, partnership transactions, currency issues and other cross-border transactions.
Managed international tax guidance program, resulting in hundreds of guidance being issued and providing taxpayers with more certainty.
Formulated positions related to tax audits and litigation and reviewed documents related to tax litigation related to unique dealings and transactions.
Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C. 1997 - 1998
Premier tax law firm.
Tax Associate
Saved clients tens of billions of dollars in taxes through structuring of transactions and controversy and litigation settlements.
Researched, analyzed, advised, and drafted documents related to a wide range of tax issues for planning, controversy, and litigation purposes.
Areas of focus included tax accounting, exempt organizations, corporate, partnership, REITs, and low-income housing tax credits for single and multifamily housing units.
Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress, Washington, D.C. 1996 - 1997
General law firm.
Tax Associate
Drafted corporate documents and tax opinions, advised clients and collaborated with other parties about low-income housing tax credit syndications and partnership tax issues related to single and multifamily housing units, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of tax savings for investors.
Advised companies about the formation of REITs and REIT qualification.
Researched, analyzed, and consulted on a wide range of other tax issues and requested tax authority rulings, providing clients with comfort about tax consequences of their operations and transactions.
Resolution Trust Corporation / Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 1991 - 1996
Washington, D.C.
A U.S. government owned company charged with resolving and managing insolvent savings and loans.
Tax Counsel
Advised executives and consulted on a wide range of Federal, state and local tax issues (including property taxes and special assessments), and negotiated with taxing authorities resulting in at least $10 billion of tax savings.
Recommended solutions to tax concerns in the purchase and sale of assets, including operating subsidiaries resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax savings.
Advised on pension issues.
Managed outside consultants and trained others.
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, Washington, D.C. 1993 - 1995
A U.S. government agency responsible for overseeing the management and operations of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Special Assistant to the Executive Director (On loan from RTC)
Provided expert advice and assistance related to the development of plans, strategies, policies, and initiatives for overseeing and monitoring the activities of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Performed special legal and other analyses and assignments for the Executive Director, including assisting in the preparation of budgets and position papers for Congressional hearings, board meetings, and conferences with the Secretary of Treasury and other senior officials in government.
Researched, analyzed, coordinated, developed, and negotiated sensitive and confidential issues on behalf of the Executive Director related to Federal banking laws and other Federal laws and regulations.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Harvard University, The Law School, Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics
University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
BARS
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
PRIOR BOARD EXPERIENCE
Greater Kingsport Family YMCA, Board of Directors, Kingsport, Tennessee
Midwood International & Cultural Center, Board of Directors, Charlotte, North Carolina
Child Care Resources, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina
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