Experience

The Albano Group, LLC

• United States
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Tax Services

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  •US and foreign sales tax compliance, including data review and account reconciliations •Sales and use tax projects including transactions reviews, audit defense, nexus studies, exemption certificate maintenance, voluntary disclosures, and VAT recovery optimization. •Personal property tax compliance, data/value analysis, and management of appeals and audits •Tax research and planning •Account management •US and foreign sales tax compliance, including data review and account reconciliations •Sales and use tax projects including transactions reviews, audit defense, nexus studies, exemption certificate maintenance, voluntary disclosures, and VAT recovery optimization. •Personal property tax compliance, data/value analysis, and management of appeals and audits •Tax research and planning •Account management



LowendalMasai UK Ltd

• VAT Recoveries Manager

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2012

  •Managed consulting team to treat 8th and 13th Directive foreign VAT refunds of approximately 20M€ per year; duties included supervising claim composition and submissions (approx. 80,000 documents yearly), filing appeals and reconsiderations directly with 31 foreign tax authorities (mostly in Europe), and processing refunds to clients •Provided training and implemented procedures to keep up to date with changing legislation and compliance; key role in developing processes to comply with the 2010 VAT Package •Optimized revenue by establishing a proactive approach with tax authorities for overdue refund requests, more controlled procedures to resolve queries and appeals, clearing 5-year backlog of unrealized appeals, and contacting client vendors to rectify tax compliance issues •Managed departmental operating and revenue forecasts •Primary account manager to 30 medium-sized and blue-chip clients and an escalation point for approximately 200 worldwide accounts •Trained in EU fiscal law to provide advisory and compliance services, including foreign tax registration obligations and VAT return submissions



LowendalMasai America Inc.

• VAT Process Manager

  • Oct 2006 - Mar 2009

  •Managed 13th Directive VAT recovery claim process, including AP audits, filing appeals and reconsiderations with foreign tax offices, and processing client refunds. •Created and managed departmental budgets and forecasts •Primary account and project manager to over 100 clients •Trained in EU fiscal law to assist clients with VAT strategy and foreign VAT registration obligations •Managed 13th Directive VAT recovery claim process, including AP audits, filing appeals and reconsiderations with foreign tax offices, and processing client refunds. •Created and managed departmental budgets and forecasts •Primary account and project manager to over 100 clients •Trained in EU fiscal law to assist clients with VAT strategy and foreign VAT registration obligations