Assistant Manager - Finance and Compliance

• Sep 2023 - Present

Senior Accountant

• Sep 2022 - Present

Accountant

• Nov 2020 - Present

• Assist with the preparation of annual US GAAP and Bermuda Statutory financials.• Prepare, review, and record monthly journal entries including RIP, FET, claims payments, premium receipts, realized and unrealized gains on investments, foreign currency, and monthly accruals.• Review investor subscription documents including Forms W-8/W-9, Entity, and Individual Self Certification forms, and ensure completeness of KYC items.• Prepare FATCA and CRS reports to be provided to 3rd parties and ensure their filed timely.• Compilation of IRS, SEC, BMA, and FCA regulatory reports including W-8BEN’s, Form PF, ADV 1 & 2, Economic Substance, Insurance Manager Return, Reg Data • Compile information for our tax preparers, including coordination of receiving PFICs from our invested CAT bond administrators, and once completed, provide investors with their respective PFIC statement, Form 5471, or O&D statement, as well as Pillars 1120-F’s• Review online bill payments and journal entries to ensure payments are made timely, deal with any vendor banking issues, and any issues with our own bank. • Update and maintain monthly return details with our online database partners. Show less

U.S. Tax Senior

• Feb 2017 - Nov 2020

• Provide U.S. & Global tax services and advice to clients within the Insurance, Financial Services and other industries • Review, prepare and submit client FATCA and CRS reports to ensure compliance with the IRS and other global tax authorities • Act as internal tax team to SEC insurance/reinsurance client by coordinating with our global segmented tax teams in order to consolidate, prepare and review the 10-K/Q tax numbers and footnotes • Review and advise on U.S. GAAP consolidated, separate company GAAP & NAIC Statutory tax provisions, including controls, eliminations, valuation allowances and tax footnotes for large, multi-billion- dollar SEC insurance client • Act as lead Senior to assist audit teams as Tax Specialist for review of various U.S. GAAP, IFRS, Bermuda Stat and NAIC Stat tax provisions • Assist in providing advice on a variety of tax issues including U.S Tax Reform, IRS audits, internal tax & SOX controls, valuation allowances and future projections, 953d elections, notice resolutions, ASC 740/IFRS accounting, M&A, tax withholding, economic substance and CFC/PFIC analysis • Review and prepare U.S. tax forms including, but not limited to, Forms 1120, 1120-PC, 1120-L, 1120-F, 1065, 1040, 5471, 5472, 8865, 1099, 1042, 8621 PFIC QEF election and various U.S. state returns • Drove efficiencies through managing our tax provision logs for timing, information requirements, and staff/manager scheduling, as well as creating user friendly excel templates for streamlined tax preparation and review processes. • Present on tax topics to the internally/externally to KPMG global and externally to University students • Mentor, teach and help aspiring Bermudian U.S. CPA students prepare for their CPA exams Show less

Staff Accountant – U.S. Corporate Tax

• Jun 2015 - Jan 2017

• Provide U.S. Tax services to clients from a variety of industries including; Consumer Services, Farming, Finance, Forestry, Manufacturing, Mining, Private Equity, Real Estate and Retail/Wholesale • Review and prepare various U.S. tax forms including, but not limited to, Forms 1120, 1120-F, 1065, 8865, 8833, 5472, 5471 and various state returns • Conduct tax research on Federal, State, Local and Treaty related compliance issues • Assist in U.S. Tax provisions, cross border transactions and withholding requirements, bargain purchases and corporate acquisitions. • Present at technical training sessions on tax issues to other Staff and Senior Tax Accountants Show less