Senior Associate in International Transaction Tax Services- Capital Markets Group
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, IL
09.2019 - 09.2020
Technical-tax analysis for audit, compliance, transaction, and internal clients related to debt, hedging, currency, and international-tax provisions
Externship with the Corporate Investigations & White-Collar Defense Group
Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP
Washington, DC
09.2018 - 12.2018
Legal research and writing on Federal criminal laws and procedure, including drafting a motion
Externship for Judge Alice Batchelder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Medina, OH
06.2017 - 09.2017
Legal research and writing
Attended court hearings and sessions
Research and Non-profit management
Haworth Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
06.2016 - 09.2016
Miscellaneous Research
Managed Ciceronian Society Foundation and Anamnesis Foundation, including strategic budget-planning, contractor negotiations, reviewing and approving Anamnesis Journal’s fifth issue, completing various administrative tasks, etc
Non-Profit Promoter, Founder, and Manager
Haworth Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
04.2010 - 08.2015
Founded and managed academic non-profits: Anamnesis Foundation, which publishes issues of peer-reviewed humanities scholarship, and Ciceronian Society Foundation, which holds annual academic conferences and panels
Humane Letters Teacher
Veritas Preparatory Academy
Phoenix, AZ
08.2010 - 08.2011
Taught American History and Literature, as well as advised a senior thesis project
Investment Research
Haworth Corporation
Phoenix, AZ
10.2009 - 04.2010
Researched investments, including traditional securities, hedge funds, tax liens, options, etc
Researched professional money managers
Researched pension plan administration issues
Investment Manager, Gifting Assistant, Marketing Developer, & General Researcher
Evergreen Leasing LLC
Phoenix, AZ
12.1999 - 10.2009
Assisted with evaluating various investments—e.g., securities, tax liens, and options, etc
Researched, recommended, and reviewed performance of professional money managers
Researched and assisted with pension plan administration issues
Assisted with commercial real estate acquisition and management
Assisted Van Horn Foundation’s and Haworth Investment and Development’s grant evaluations
Identified non-profit candidates for gifting
Researched and identified new clients for Haworth Corporation
Negotiated purchase of marketing software
Researched residential real estate financing
Education
LL.M. - Taxation
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
05.2019
J.D. - undefined
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
10.2018
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University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Ph.D. - Government
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
12.2008
M.A. - Political Science
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
08.1999
B.A. - Economics/Business and History
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
05.1995
Publications
Sample Academic Articles and Book Contributions:
1. Peter D. Haworth, The Critique of Scientism in Modern and Postmodern Times: An Examination of Relevant Works by Hawthorne, Melville, Simms, and Walker Percy,21 THE SIMMS REV.,2013, at119.
2. Peter D. Haworth, James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two Divergent Bodies of Scholarship, in A COMPANION TO JAMES MADISON AND JAMES MONROE521 (Stuart Leibiger ed.,2012).
Awards
Participant with Honorarium at Liberty Fund Conference, “The Courts, the States, and Constitutional Liberty,” Santa Fe, NM, Winter2012., Participant with Honorarium at Lehrman American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton, NJ, Summer2010., Institute for Constitutional Studies Seminar, “The Influence of Religion on Constitutional Thought,” George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Summer2008., H. B. Earhart Fellowship, Fall2001 through Fall2004 (excluding Spring2002).
Timeline
Senior Associate in International Transaction Tax Services- Capital Markets Group
Ernst & Young LLP
09.2019 - 09.2020
Externship with the Corporate Investigations & White-Collar Defense Group
Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP
09.2018 - 12.2018
Externship for Judge Alice Batchelder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
06.2017 - 09.2017
Research and Non-profit management
Haworth Corporation
06.2016 - 09.2016
Humane Letters Teacher
Veritas Preparatory Academy
08.2010 - 08.2011
Non-Profit Promoter, Founder, and Manager
Haworth Corporation
04.2010 - 08.2015
Investment Research
Haworth Corporation
10.2009 - 04.2010
Investment Manager, Gifting Assistant, Marketing Developer, & General Researcher
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Contributed to investor communications with data-backed insights to enhance stakeholder confidence and secure strategic funding.</li><li>Cross-Functional & Global Stakeholder Management: Functioned as the strategic finance business partner to cross-functional heads and the PUIG global finance team, aligning local execution with global financial strategies and compliance requirements.</li><li>ERP Transformation & System Automation: Led end-to-end ERP reimplementation to address system gaps, enforce role-based controls, and automate core finance processes—resulting in enhanced data accuracy, faster reporting and improved internal controls.</li><li>Costing, Inventory & Profitability Optimization: Designed and implemented plant-level costing models to ensure accurate COGS determination. Improved inventory management across pricing, consumption tracking, and aging analysis—enabling better working capital control and cost efficiency.</li><li>Manufacturing Finance & Statutory Compliance: Supervised end-to-end accounting for manufacturing operations and ensured full statutory compliance.</li><li>Financial Reporting, MIS & Profitability Analytics: Delivered accurate and timely monthly MIS reports, including P&L, Balance Sheet and KPI dashboards with deep-dive variance analysis across stores, business verticals, and geographies. Supported board-level decision-making through insightful presentations on financial health and business performance.</li><li>Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning: Led the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and rolling forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and market dynamics. Monitored key financial metrics to enable business decisions and proactive cost management.</li><li>Statutory, Internal & Tax Audit Management: Finalized standalone and consolidated financials under Ind AS and IFRS, ensured timely group reporting and compliance with international standards. Delivered clean and timely closures of statutory, tax, and internal audits in coordination with Big 4 auditors. Strengthened audit readiness through pre-audit diagnostics and rectification of recurring control gaps.</li><li>Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management: Ensured end-to-end compliance which includes ROC, RBI, FEMA, Income Tax, GST, Transfer Pricing, DTAA, and Customs. Reviewed cross-border contracts and transactions to ensure arm’s length pricing, accurate TDS application, and proper documentation under Transfer Pricing regulations.</li><li>Commercial Negotiation & Contract Governance: Led commercial negotiations and structured deals with vendors and franchisees. Reviewed key business contracts to ensure financial viability, risk protection, and compliance with regulatory standards.</li><li>Treasury & External Commercial Borrowing (ECB): Managed fund planning and liquidity management including ECB drawdowns, bank negotiations, and interest optimization. Improved working capital cycles through proactive cash flow forecasting and receivables control.</li><li>Internal Controls & Governance Framework: Led organization-wide reviews of internal control systems, identified process gaps, and redesigned or implemented over 40 SOPs and IFCs. Established a governance structure for financial discipline, risk mitigation, and policy compliance across departments.</li></ul> at Kama Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd. & PUIG India Pvt. Ltd.<ul><li>Company Overview: Group Company of PUIG, Spain</li><li>Team Leadership & Process Excellence: Organised the transformation of the Finance & Accounts function, establishing performance-driven goals, and embedding a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Drove operational efficiency through process redesigns, SOP implementation and optimal resource deployment, leading to measurable improvements in turnaround time and accuracy.</li><li>Strategic Partnering with CXOs: Acted as a key advisor to the CEO, CFO, and other CXOs on business planning, pricing strategies, and business model pivots to support scale-up and profitability. Contributed to investor communications with data-backed insights to enhance stakeholder confidence and secure strategic funding.</li><li>Cross-Functional & Global Stakeholder Management: Functioned as the strategic finance business partner to cross-functional heads and the PUIG global finance team, aligning local execution with global financial strategies and compliance requirements.</li><li>ERP Transformation & System Automation: Led end-to-end ERP reimplementation to address system gaps, enforce role-based controls, and automate core finance processes—resulting in enhanced data accuracy, faster reporting and improved internal controls.</li><li>Costing, Inventory & Profitability Optimization: Designed and implemented plant-level costing models to ensure accurate COGS determination. Improved inventory management across pricing, consumption tracking, and aging analysis—enabling better working capital control and cost efficiency.</li><li>Manufacturing Finance & Statutory Compliance: Supervised end-to-end accounting for manufacturing operations and ensured full statutory compliance.</li><li>Financial Reporting, MIS & Profitability Analytics: Delivered accurate and timely monthly MIS reports, including P&L, Balance Sheet and KPI dashboards with deep-dive variance analysis across stores, business verticals, and geographies. Supported board-level decision-making through insightful presentations on financial health and business performance.</li><li>Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning: Led the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and rolling forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and market dynamics. Monitored key financial metrics to enable business decisions and proactive cost management.</li><li>Statutory, Internal & Tax Audit Management: Finalized standalone and consolidated financials under Ind AS and IFRS, ensured timely group reporting and compliance with international standards. Delivered clean and timely closures of statutory, tax, and internal audits in coordination with Big 4 auditors. Strengthened audit readiness through pre-audit diagnostics and rectification of recurring control gaps.</li><li>Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management: Ensured end-to-end compliance which includes ROC, RBI, FEMA, Income Tax, GST, Transfer Pricing, DTAA, and Customs. Reviewed cross-border contracts and transactions to ensure arm’s length pricing, accurate TDS application, and proper documentation under Transfer Pricing regulations.</li><li>Commercial Negotiation & Contract Governance: Led commercial negotiations and structured deals with vendors and franchisees. Reviewed key business contracts to ensure financial viability, risk protection, and compliance with regulatory standards.</li><li>Treasury & External Commercial Borrowing (ECB): Managed fund planning and liquidity management including ECB drawdowns, bank negotiations, and interest optimization. Improved working capital cycles through proactive cash flow forecasting and receivables control.</li><li>Internal Controls & Governance Framework: Led organization-wide reviews of internal control systems, identified process gaps, and redesigned or implemented over 40 SOPs and IFCs. Established a governance structure for financial discipline, risk mitigation, and policy compliance across departments.</li></ul> at Kama Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd. & PUIG India Pvt. Ltd.
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