Snapshot and Years of Experience

Christina “Chris” Connolly has over 20 years of income tax experience specializing in tax accounting, reporting and controls, M&A and special projects, process automation and compliance.

Tax Expertise

Tax Accounting

• Quarterly and annual global income tax provision and all related SEC reporting including working with external auditor for sign off
• Effective tax rate analysis and projections
• Controls testing and documentation
• Deferred and payable proof analysis
• Valuation allowance analysis and support
• Provision to return reconciliation and analysis
• Monthly and quarterly journal entries and account reconciliations

Tax Planning and Project Management

• M&A deal structuring, entity rationalization, carve out financials, opening balance sheets, tax basis balance sheets and integration
• Planning and projections for special items including GILTI, NOL generation and utilization, tax rate changes, establishing a captive, step-up transactions
• Management of tax initiatives and coordination between outside providers and other corporate departments
• Process automation and streamlining including implementation of tax provision software

Tax Compliance

• Depreciation and amortization
• Stock compensation tracking and analysis
• Quarterly cash tax estimates and extension payments, projections for cash tax management
• Proforma and consolidated U.S. federal returns and supporting calculations

Federal Audits

• Compliance Assurance Process
• IDR responses

Tax Technology Experience

• OneSource Tax Provision and Income Tax
• Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Basic proficiency using HFM