Nagarajan Karpagam (KAPPU)

I (Nagarajan Karpagam (Kappu)) have a Bachelor of Accounting and Corporate Auditing, with 90 credit hours. I also have a Master’s in Business Administration from a reputed university in India, with 56 credit hours. I have a combined total of 36 accounting credit hours and 15+ years of work experience, covering multi-facets of the business. I have invested my major career time in different government organizations in Kentucky. I have enriched my knowledge in Information Technology and handled numerous projects like START project at KRS developed by Deloitte and other IT Systems at DOR and also on E-MARS. In my career, I have trained the next level employees and have also led teams. I am a fast learner and love learning new skills and training people. I also love taking up challenging Jobs and completing the same successfully. I am an empathetic person and can handle multiple tough situations peacefully, without getting panicked.

• Served as a Precinct Election Judge in Primaries and General Election for 2022 and 2021.
• Served as a Precinct Election Officer in Primaries and General Election for 2020, 2019, 2018.

• FINANCE CABINET – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE KY, Administrative Specialist II, 03/2020, Present, Update and monitor the Centrally Assessed Property System (CAPS) for receipt of returns, correspondence, protests, filing extensions, certification, and billing dates., Review and assign all tax returns for the branches, including compiling, scanning, applying proper naming conventions, and saving on appropriating server space per set procedures., Prepare and maintain various complex spreadsheets relating to payments, and distribution of monies collected for various taxes within the branches., Process incoming mail and other materials as well as prepare outgoing mail using Mail merge including returns to Central Files for storage and retention., Coordinate with State Valuation team members to send out the bills on time during the critical tax opening period of October to January and assist in filing the returns on the respective folders for easy access.
• FINANCE CABINET – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE KY, Revenue Auditor I, 02/2018, 03/2020, Perform beginning-level audit of Tangible Personal Property returns., Review returns and determine the accuracy of taxpayer reporting., Review business process controls, application, and IT controls for compliance with the Tangible Property report., Confer with state and local officials, tax preparers/taxpayers., Review of submitted amended returns for a reduction in tax liability., Worked in data gathering/preparing Comprehensive Annual Financial reports., Processed journal vouchers to transfer outstanding money from one period to another., Generate tax bill in the mainframe for the Omitted tangible personal property., Process refunds through the system after verifying the risks and controls., Generate monthly reports in an Excel spreadsheet. Having good knowledge in creating a pivot table to generate reports for payment for each county., Help taxpayers to pay their tax bills online.
• FINANCE CABINET – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE KY, Revenue Auditor I, 02/2017, 02/2018, Perform first level auditing of tax returns in line with KY tax laws/regulations., Test and identify system problems and create a process to report and track them., Perform regular audit testing and provide recommendations., Provide end-user support and validate systems against infrastructure upgrades., Work on federal accounting to audit the compliance list on the missing tax returns. Send a notification to the taxpayer to file the missing returns., Check for the unreported inventories on the tax returns. Notify the taxpayer to file an amended return by including the unreported inventory., Conduct departmental audits on federal accounting and send assessment notice and bills to the taxpayer.
• Kentucky Retirement System, Document Processing Specialist III, 2010, 2017, Process retirement or other government documents, Coordinating agency document workflow., Validating the incoming documents for completeness, Key confidential Document Management, Co-ordination with various cabinets of Commonwealth, Process compliance of KRS business functions
• Commonwealth of Kentucky, Accountant II, 2009, 2009, High level review of individual income tax returns which do not pass the computer edits., Reviewing the income tax returns for technical and/or mathematical accuracy, calculating any necessary adjustments and correcting the Computer Data Base to reflect any changes made to the returns., Assists with the processing of the payments that are received with the returns., Performs numerous associated duties like coding, validating, and cashiering of the payments and the returns that are received., Work directly under the supervision of Division heads and provide them with the status and the status report.
• Commonwealth of Kentucky, Document Drafter, 2007, 2008, Design a new format/template for the existing application compliance documents using WordPerfect., Converting and enhancing the Compliance document templates created in Word Perfect and PDF formats into a more usable format along with bookmarks and fields., Provide suggestions & recommendations on improving the usability of these forms to meet customers’ expectations., Coordinate with the website maintenance group to upload these new documents for easy accessibility., Work directly under the supervision of the Division Director and provide him with the status and the status report.
• Transportation Cabinet (Motor Vehicle Commission), Administrative Specialist II, 2002, 2003, Keep track of Dealers’ insurance records to ensure that any gaps in the coverage are noted., Maintain the Dealers Renewal in the existing Computer System and generate reports periodically., Draft and send letters to dealers using Mail Merge from Microsoft Word. Maintain records using Microsoft Excel to prepare statements., Acted as primary coordinator in assisting customers both over the phone and in person. Direct the inquiries received from dealers to the concerned staff., Maintain active & inactive files of the salesperson in proper file cabinets for easy access. Perform complex computational jobs and process checks received from the dealers.
• Audit Assistant Ramana Sheik & Co. (India), Audit Assistant, 1997, 2000, Maintaining Accounting process and cash flow activities., Auditing the Financial Reports., Processing of Receipts, Expenses and Deposits., Handling Final accounts such as Income and Expenditures., Preparation of Balance sheet to support on finalization., Generating Monthly and Year-End reports using software tools.
• Industrial H Packers (India), Team Lead, 1996, 1997, Designing and planning the system as per customer’s requirement., Assigning tasks to the Team members and following up., Periodically conducting meetings with team members and Clients to finish the project on time., Involved in hiring team members to match the project needs.

• Ranked as Top Performer in KRS and won e-award for creating value to the customer.
• Trained multiple employees in Kentucky Retirement System (KRS).
• Worked as a Team leader in Industrial H Packers.
• Best Employee of the Year award in Ramana Sheik & Co for maintaining system and achieved good track record with customer.
• In Revenue Cabinet, achieved the goal and exceeded monthly counts multiple times.

• Team Management
• SWOT analysis of Proposals
• Organization Administration
• Fast adapting to Environment
• Change management

• KY Government Administration, 10
• Accounting & Cost Management, 3
• Functional Management, 1
• Programming Experience, 1+

FINANCE CABINET – DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE KY, Administrative Specialist Senior, 07/2024, Present, Update and monitor the Centrally Assessed Property System (CAPS) for receipt of returns, correspondence, protests, filing extensions, certification, and billing dates., Review and assign all tax returns for the branches, including compiling, scanning, applying proper naming conventions, and saving on appropriating server space per set procedures., Prepare and maintain various complex spreadsheets relating to payments, and distribution of monies collected for various taxes within the branches., Process incoming mail and other materials as well as prepare outgoing mail using Mail merge including returns to Central Files for storage and retention., Coordinate with State Valuation team members to send out the bills on time during the critical tax opening period of October to January and assist in filing the returns on the respective folders for easy access., Perform beginning-level audit of Tangible Personal Property returns., Review returns and determine the accuracy of taxpayer reporting., Review business process controls, application, and IT controls for compliance with the Tangible Property report., Confer with state and local officials, tax preparers/taxpayers., Review of submitted amended returns for a reduction in tax liability., Worked in data gathering/preparing Comprehensive Annual Financial reports., Processed journal vouchers to transfer outstanding money from one period to another., Generate tax bill in the mainframe for the Omitted tangible personal property., Process refunds through the system after verifying the risks and controls., Generate monthly reports in an Excel spreadsheet. Having good knowledge in creating a pivot table to generate reports for payment for each county., Help taxpayers to pay their tax bills online.

• Introduction to XML conducted by GOT Division of IT Training
• Web Design with Cascading Stylesheets
• HTML Level 2
• Effective Communication, Public Speaking and Personality Development