Mid-market public company with operations in most states and several foreign jurisdictions. Corporate and partnership structure.

Served in outsourced tax-director role to coordinate tax compliance and represent the company on tax audits. Liaised with PricewaterhouseCoopers on preparation of approximately 50,000 Schedules K-1 for publicly-traded partnerships.

• Identified and implemented a tax savings plan that generated $1.5 million in cash refunds and approximately $500,000 of annual savings thereafter.
  
  
• Developed a tax plan to save $3.5 million in transaction taxes.
  
  
• Negotiated a tax ruling (working in conjunction with a corporate attorney) with a foreign government to save $2.5 million in outstanding tax liability.

It does not make sense for many mid-market businesses to have a high-level tax executive on the payroll. Many times a better arrangement is to have a part-time executive engaged to stay abreast of the company's tax issues, advise management on issues related to planned transactions, and liaise with the company's outside auditors & advisors.

Steve Williams adds value by looking for opportunities for improvement and increased profits. Outsourced tax compliance relationships are supported with staff from CPA firms with whom Steve has an association.

• Appointed to orchestrate the planning of an overdue restructuring of business operations in six European jurisdictions; led implementation of restructuring including organization of new entities, assisted with setting-up account balances, oversaw the creation of intercompany agreements and implementation of transfer pricing processes.
  
  
• Participated in due diligence related to acquisition of new business.

Steve Williams may be an ideal solution for managing & implementing projects (such as reorganizations) that management cannot give full attention to.