PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

Tax Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance in all taxation areas R&D and transfer pricing documentation.
• Quarterly/ annually income tax provision per Confidential and public company F/S tax notes preparation (consolidated and entity levels)
• Prepare entities statutory financial statements for Canadian/ US legal entities reporting.
• Set up/ coordinate corporate transfer pricing structure and maintaining contemporary transfer pricing documentation (mainly US TP documentation), including IP ownership structure
• Prepare/ review all entities tax returns (income tax, VAT, sales tax, W/H tax), R&D tax credit and transfer pricing.
• Estimated tax installment optimization for all entities
• Manage all federal/ provincial income/ sales tax audits
• Financial budget update for tax balance sheet. Update tax regulations, Canada/US treaty/federal and provincial/state impact to the company.
• Acquisitions/ divestiture due diligence support, entities amalgamation/ wind up

Finance Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage Confidential F/S per corporate policy, worldwide billings to subsidiaries.
• Monthly review of expenses and variance analysis with Confidential team and submission
• Coordinate Confidential team budget/ estimate processes and presentation to Corporate CIO.
• Control software maintenance/ development capitalization to ensure proper assets valuation/ amortization and control of other capital expenditure budget/ spending.
• Participation in Confidential worldwide expenses allocation bundle book for local tax compliance.
• Journal entries with corporate level authority to all Colgate entities.
• Review all current processes with improvement recommendation ( software maintenance, POs systems, leased equipment allocation)

Manager, Tax & Treasury

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance in all taxation areas: income, value added tax (VAT), sales tax, withholding tax and transfer pricing documentation.
• Prepare com statutory financial statements (GAAP compliance) for Canadian legal entities reporting.
• Prepare tax returns (income tax/capital tax, VAT, sales tax, W/H tax), including R&D tax credit calculation.
• Income tax provision per CICA handbook and FAS 109 and related footnote disclosures .
• Tax planning/ savings projects/ presentation to senior management (sales and leased back, divestiture/ investment).
• Manage federal/ provincial tax audit,
• Financial budget update for tax/ treasure/ pension P/L and balance sheet.
• Update tax regulations, Canada federal and provincial budget impact to the company.
• Prepare corporate tax related reports: Foreign Tax Credit Questionnaire ( Confidential ), tax reserve, taxable income, 10K (pension/ tax forms), CFN6. SOX compliance for all taxation areas.
• Treasury management: cash flow, investment, foreign currency hedge, treasury reporting, banking relationship.
• Manage company pension plans/ post retirement benefit plan: contribution/ expenses/ actuarial coordination, prepare pension plans F/S/ pension audit/ regulatory filing/ monitoring investment manager performance/ pension committee presentation.
• Fixed assets, payroll overall administration.
• Provide advice and manage company documentation/archive system (ongoing)
• Internet banking administrator (initial procedure/ operation set up, presentation) (2006)

Associate Finance Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepare management/ statutory F/S and business highlight/ summary.
• Prepare feasibility study/ presentation on investment to division management.
• Supervision/ Accounting of Manufacturing Information System, integration of Purchase Order/Built of Material/ Production/Inventory Control/ Account Payable/ Variance Analysis).
• Budget preparation: NVO, Put and Take analysis.
• Payroll preparation: Social, Health Insurance, Income Tax, Severance
• Tax audit/finalization: Corporate income tax return, VAT, Personal income tax (expats and local staff), Land lease, W/H tax for foreign contractors, Royalties, Annual Tax Finalization.
• Special projects: operation setup: warehouse, sales, disbursement control, regulatory compliance, implementation of new software

Accounting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepare financial statements/ consolidated reports for all entities, variance analysis, accounts reconciliation, month end reports
• Tax audit/ finalization: Corporate income tax, turnover tax, personal income tax (expats and local staff), W/H tax, annual tax finalization.
• SAP implementation for Confidential (Vietnam)
• Statutory financial statement preparation.
• Income tax provision under Confidential, Confidential, tax planning financial analysis (risks, NPV, IRR, payback, PL impact), international transfer pricing implementation/ documentation
• Tax audit management, international transfer pricing implementation/ documentation
• Segregation of duty/ sensitive analysis, Data Flow Chart analysis, coordination of company compliance team.
• Pension plans management: accounting/ audit/ regulatory filing/ actuarial coordination
• Treasury management: cash flow/ banking relationship / derivative accounting
• Working knowledge of Confidential / SAP, advance level of Excel, Access, Word, Power Point. Able to analyze/ reconcile high data volume (GL listings/ sales line/ AP) for audit/ due diligence.
• Installation, setting up and operation of a complete accounting system running on Confidential with adaptation to tax systems (VAT, sales tax), cost centers, discounts, commissions, brands.