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Chris Kavanaugh

Chris Kavanaugh

Wichita,KS

Summary

Enthusiastic leader who is passionate about the digitization of finance. I believe in leveraging a product mindset in data, applications and analytics to unlock the potential of accounting/tax/finance professionals. Moving the point of work from Excel to an integrated platform frees opportunity cost and optimizes employees contributions. Building dynamic visions, teams and ecosystems to leverage data and analytics is what I find most fulfilling.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Tax Transformation Director

Koch Companies, LLC
03.2022 - Current
  • Co-lead multi-billion-dollar, outcome driven finance transformation capability sponsored by CFO
  • Partner with CFOs, CIO/CTOs and CDAOs across Koch to set vision and execute digital strategy
  • Coach transformation organization on economic thinking and outcome framing for leadership
  • Build enterprise financial data products from 120+ ERPs to enable scalable solutions
  • Lead multi-disciplined team of 100+ including architecture, engineering, finance, tax, PM, OCM, etc
  • Launch campaigns for change/program management and enablement to hundreds of stakeholders
  • Build and deploy complex solutions for global minimum tax regime (GMT/OECD BEPS 2.0, CAMT, etc.)
  • Embraced new roles and mental models for creative approach to transformation – built modern tax ecosystem, creatively leveraging cloud tools in an integrated data-first model
  • Drive application agnostic, data centric strategies – challenge the application centric status quo
  • Embrace emerging technology, leveraging classical and generative AI
  • Replace desktop based legacy tools, like Excel, with modern integrated platform technologies.

Assistant Tax Director

Georgia-Pacific - Koch Companies Services
03.2021 - 03.2022
  • Understand business leaders’ commercial objectives and partner to achieve outcomes
  • Managed key tax positions and attributes
  • Contributed through all phases of tax, from provision to audit, by partnering with each tax capability
  • Participated in strategic tax review for reorganizations and M&A activity
  • Lead valuation engagements; partnering with finance organization members for inputs and review.

Assistant Tax Director

Flint Hills Resources - Koch Companies Services
07.2018 - 03.2021
  • Served as partner to the business; connected to business vision and identified opportunities and risk
  • Tax position and attribute management for FHR Propylene business
  • Participant in strategic tax review for reorganizations and M&A activity
  • Lead valuation engagements; partnering with finance organization members for inputs and review
  • Project lead for software implementations and upgrades; Bloomberg Fixed Assets, Avalara, etc
  • Sponsored adoption of Automation Anywhere, UI Path, Alteryx, etc
  • To streamline processes
  • Motor fuel excise tax capability leader; compliance, technical and audit initiatives for leading refiner
  • Fixed assets capability leader and PP&E tax technical position owner
  • Foreign position owner for businesses in Mexico, Bermuda, and U.K.

Tax Manager

Flint Hills Resources - Koch Companies Services
01.2016 - 07.2018
  • Managed Flint Hills Resources tax compliance capability
  • Established timelines, reviewed returns (Forms 1120 and 1065) and drove process improvements
  • Partnered with business and legal teams on reporting of transactions
  • Lead projects and initiatives ranging from process improvements to tax technical review.

Tax Senior Analyst

Georgia Pacific - Koch Companies Services
03.2014 - 01.2016
  • Managed third-party engagement for Georgia Pacific income tax return compliance
  • Lead analysis & compliance plan for reorganizations, dispositions, and acquisitions.

Tax Analst & Tax Senior Analyst

KPMG, LLP
12.2009 - 03.2014
  • Provided tax compliance services to clients – multinational corps, partnerships, and S-Corps
  • Team lead for federal & state income tax engagements.

Education

Master of Science - Accounting And Finance

University of Kansas
Lawrence
12.2008

Skills

  • Results and Action Driven Leader
  • Execution and Delivery
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking
  • Build and Inspire Dynamic Teams
  • Collaboration & Accountability

Timeline

Tax Transformation Director

Koch Companies, LLC
03.2022 - Current

Assistant Tax Director

Georgia-Pacific - Koch Companies Services
03.2021 - 03.2022

Assistant Tax Director

Flint Hills Resources - Koch Companies Services
07.2018 - 03.2021

Tax Manager

Flint Hills Resources - Koch Companies Services
01.2016 - 07.2018

Tax Senior Analyst

Georgia Pacific - Koch Companies Services
03.2014 - 01.2016

Tax Analst & Tax Senior Analyst

KPMG, LLP
12.2009 - 03.2014

Master of Science - Accounting And Finance

University of Kansas

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