Phoenix Indian Center

Chief Financial Officer

Office of the Navajo Tax Commission

Executive Director

Gila River Indian Community

Conduct tax audits of taxpayers operating within the Gila River Indian Community.  Review tax returns for compliance with timely filing, payment and clerical accuracy.  Issue tax assessments for late filing, payment or clerical accuracy of tax returns.  Input tax return data into database.  Develop quarterly reports on tax collections.  Reviewing Community Tax ordinance for amendments to current tax sections.  Working with Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to prepare and submit federal and state income tax returns.

Tax Field Auditor

Work with Gila River Indian Community programs that have federal, state and other external grants; monitoring program activity to grant goals; monitoring program spending of grant funding to budget availability; conduct program compliance reviews; and assist programs with grant applications,  Assist with the Community's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for federal and state tax return preparation.

Contract & Grants Specialist

Conduct internal audits of community government programs.  Assist with individual federal and state income tax preparation at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site setup within the Gila River Indian Community

Internal Auditor

Conduct internal audits of health care programs.

Healthcare Auditor

Circle K

as a part time job, i worked as a Customer Service Representative at a local Circle K.  i assisted customers with the sales,  Cleaned the store and stocked the inventory.  Being a tax collector and a customer, it was a very different experience being a cashier.

Customer Service Representative

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Managed Community’s Tax Program, composed of four taxes and four staff (two Tax Auditors, Tax Accountant and Property Assessor); reviewed tax audits; analyzed revenue collected; monitored federal, state and Indian tax activity; advised Community Treasurer, President and Council on tax issues; and developed amendments to the Community Tax Ordinance.
Served on the Salt River Housing and Salt River Financial Services Institute Board of Directors as the Treasury Office liaison.

Tax Collections & Reporting Manager

Managed Community’s Tax Program, composed of four taxes and one tax auditor; reviewed tax audits; developed Community’s annual property tax rates; assessed property tax on business leases within the Community; analyzed tax revenue collection; monitored federal, state and Indian tax activity; advised Community Treasurer, President and Council on tax issues; developed amendments to the Community Tax Ordinance; and developed department expansion.

Tax Reporting & Collections Supervisor

Managed four supervisors and 18 support staff; administered the seven Navajo taxes; reviewed tax audits; developed seven year tax revenue projections for budgeting purposes; worked on Executive Branch Budget Team, reviewing department's budget proposals; analyzed tax revenue and advised President and Council on trends; monitored federal, state and Indian activity within taxation; prepared amendments and reviewed proposed legislation to the Navajo Tax Statutes.

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority

Managed Finance and Accounting division; supervised three supervisors and 35 staff; monitored utility revenue; worked with enterprise's new financial software.

Financial Manager

Navajo Nation - Office of the Controller

Served as tribal liaison during implementation of new financial software, working with consultants and tribal programs in design.

FMIS Project Manager

Navajo Nation - Office of the Navajo Tax Commission

Supervised three accounting and five compliance department staff; reconciled monthly revenue and budget ledgers; developed annual budget for office; reviewed work prepared by accounting and compliance staff; maintained Audit Assessment log; prepared quarterly payment to the State of Arizona for FET taxes collected; developed distribution plan for Navajo Sales Tax revenue.

Principal Accountant

Navajo Nation - Office of the Tax Commission

Supervised three staff; reviewed tax assessments developed by department staff; performed monthly reviews of SEV and FET tax returns and assessed for non-compliance; updated oil production database; developed database for fuel distribution and sales activity; maintained Audit Assessment log; and prepared quarterly payment to State of AZ for FET taxes collected.

Tax Compliance Officer II

Specialties: Administration of Indian Tax Codes like Sales Tax (Transaction Privilege Tax), Luxury Tax (Tobacco and Alcohol), Hotel Occupancy Tax and Possessory Interest Tax.
Conducting audits of taxpayers operating within Indian Country.
Reviewing staff audit work-papers to determine if all applicable tax has been remitted.

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