Experience

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  Domestic Violence Intervention Program

  • Iowa City, Iowa Area

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Jun 2019 - Present
    • Iowa City, Iowa Area
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  Collins Aerospace

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

  • Senior Tax Accountant

    • 2018 - May 2019
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area
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  Rockwell Collins

  • United States
  • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sr Tax Accountant

    • Mar 2008 - May 2019

    Condensed time used during quarterly tax estimates by designing a simplified tax estimate process. Maintain current knowledge of federal tax laws affecting Rockwell Collins by performing a quarterly review to determine proposed and enacted tax legislation. Review independently the financial records to determine the tax liability. Assist with the tax audits.Train new staff on how to use SAP and the various transaction codes used in SAP by the tax department to gather and examine data.Collaborate with Property Accounting department to confirm Tax Legislation changes made accurately in SAP and test to ensure they are calculating acceptably for all tax books.Communicate changes to the Property Accounting on fixed asset modifications related to IRS audit adjustments. Test changes in SAP to verify modifications are computing as proposed.Assist the Property Accounting department in establishing the tax treatment for fixed assets related to mergers and acquisitions during SAP implementationsOversee and review tax staff running and reconciling the fixed asset database.Lead Rockwell Collins’s Research & Development (R&D) tax credit by extracting and interpreting R&D reports from SAP.Consolidate various R&D reports from SAP into one usable report for PwC.Tax Department focal for data interpretation questions and other requests from PwC during the R&D tax credit calculation.Liaison between Rockwell Collins Engineers and PwC during the R&D tax credit calculation.Maintain fixed asset and R&D tax credit databases.Collaborate with Consolidations Department to modify HFM tax reports to meet the Tax Department’s needs. Test HFM Report changes to confirm they meet Tax Department expectations.Prepare and review the U.S. federal income tax and state income compliance returns and amended returns to comply with all statutory deadlines and requirements.Educate new staff and junior staff on Tax Department’s preparation procedures.

  • Sr Internal Auditor

    • Feb 2005 - Mar 2008

    Perform and lead financial and operational audits to assess compliance, effectiveness, and efficiency of Corporate and Business Unit processes, policies and procedures and the adequacy of internal controls.Evaluate the operating effectiveness of internal controls related to financial reporting and disclosure controls. Prepare reports and formulate recommendations designed to improve controls and/or methods of operation. Interface with various level of management on audit findings, recommendations, and corrective action plans. Develop formal risk based audit programs focused on key risks and related controls for a given audit area or activity.

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  Auditor of State - Iowa

  • Staff Auditor

    • May 1999 - Feb 2005

    Audit state agencies, cities, counties, and collegesEvaluate financial sections of cash, investments, account receivable, accounts payable, fixes assets, etc.Assist other team members in the audit processPrepared financial audit reports