Experience

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  Equity-League Pension, Health and 401k Trust Funds

  • New York, NY

  • Accounting Manager

    • Jun 2013 - Present
    • New York, NY

    Accounting and Legal Services

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  Agnes Leyden Accounting & Legal Services

  • Accounting and Legal Consultant

    • Jun 1993 - Present

    Accounting, financial recordkeeping, tax preparation, tax research, and compliance work for individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations, including payroll and pension planning. Clients include:CPA Tax Strategies, Inc. Worked as independent contractor for small firm, doing personal and corporate income tax preparation, preparation of independent contractor tax reports, research and writing regarding various tax issues.Associated Solo Artists, Inc. Complete responsibility for all financial records and reports of small not-for-profit organization, including monthly closings and end-of-year financial reports. Research re workers’ comp and unemployment insurance issues.Talmont Information Systems, Inc. Complete responsibility for all financial records and reports of small closely held business, including Form 1120 tax return. Also drafted and filed incorporation and dissolution papers.Village Light Opera Group, Inc. Outside accountant for small New York City based not-for-profit community theater company, responsible for maintaining all financial records, preparing monthly and annual financial reports, preparing payroll and all employment related tax forms, working with independent auditor to prepare annual tax returns.Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library Outside accountant for not-for-profit organization supporting the work of the library; preparation of tax returns.Giullari di Piazza Accounting and tax research, including preparation of tax returns and tax compliance, for not-for-profit Italian folk dance troupe.Super Law Group Accounting and preparation of financial statements for environmental law firm.Active supporter of the arts and public education sectors; pro bono accounting experience includes: Audit Committee, Hendrick Hudson School District (2006-2010), Treasurer, Blue Mountain Middle School PTA (2006-2008), Business Manager, Theater Ten Ten (1993-2002).

  • Writer/Editor

    • Jun 1993 - Present

    Freelance writing and editing in various subject areas (including tax, employee benefits, and estate planning) for major law and business publishers, including Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender, CCH Tax and Accounting, Aspen Publishers, PLI, Oxford University Press, and Wolters Kluwer.

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  Matthew Bender and Company, Inc.

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Publication Manager/Legal Editor

    • Nov 1984 - Jun 1993
    • Greater New York City Area

    Responsible for the company’s entire line of insurance titles. Monitored current developments to determine necessary updating of publications, developed ideas for new publications, contracted with outside authors to prepare updates, supervised in-house writers and editors. Created long-range revision plans and budgets for publications.