WARREN K. SHIMADA
Tustin,CA
Summary
Internal Revenue Agent with extensive experience in conducting Bank Secrecy Act examinations on a wide variety of businesses, including high-volume money service businesses. Certified Public Accountant with over 17 years of experience in the full life cycle of general accounting. Graduate from the Master of Science in Taxation program at California State University Northridge with over 17 years of experience in preparing complex tax returns.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Bank Secrecy Act Examiner Agent GS-12
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
10.2021 - Current
- Conduct Bank Secrecy Act Title 31 examinations on money service businesses, including check cashers, money transfer agents, foreign currency exchanges, and money order sellers, by analyzing their data and assessing their anti-money laundering policies and procedures
- Conduct Bank Secrecy Act Title 31 examinations on money service business headquarters
- Conduct Bank Secrecy Act Title 26 examinations on various wholesale businesses to determine their compliance with Form 8300 filing requirements
- Conduct examinations on virtual currency businesses to determine their compliance with rules and regulations specific to their industry
- Conduct examinations on taxpayers to determine their compliance with FBAR filing requirements
- Serve as an On the Job Trainer, in which procedures to open and conduct a Title 31 examination were taught, as well as various administrative tasks such as timekeeping and preparing travel vouchers
- Serve in CTR Operations on the help line, answering questions about FBAR filing and Form 8300 filing
- Assist in on-boarding new employees
- Conduct presentations at employee meeting on various topics in Bank Secrecy Act Title 31 examinations
- Take over and close cases transferred from other agents
- Conduct Bank Secrecy Act Title 31 FBAR cases
- Conduct Bank Secrecy Act Title 31 legalized substance cases
- Supervisor: Cameron L. Johnson
- 40-hour work week
Accountant
MOREY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
09.2018 - 10.2021
- QuickBooks Online Bookkeeping
- Financial Statement Analysis
- General Ledger Maintenance and Analysis, including Journal Entries
- Income Tax Returns (Individual, Corporate, Partnership)
- Tax Research
- Tax Return Review
- Miscellaneous Tax Filings (Installment Agreements, Offers in Compromise)
- Supervisor: Jerry Morey, CPA
- 40 to 60 hour work week
Accountant
DVM MANAGEMENT
09.2017 - 09.2018
- QuickBooks Online Bookkeeping
- Financial Statement Preparation
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Maintain Workpapers
- General Ledger Maintenance including Journal Entries
- Review Payroll
- General Ledger Analysis
- Sales Tax Returns
- Income Tax Returns (Individual, Corporate, Partnership)
- Tax Research
- Tax Workpapers
- Supervisor: David Leckey
- 40 to 60 hour work week
Accountant
KEN CREAL, CPA
01.2017 - 09.2017
- QuickBooks Desktop Bookkeeping
- Income Tax Returns (Individual, Corporate, Partnership, Estates)
- Tax Work Papers
- Tax Research
- Supervisor: Kim Creal
- 40 to 60 hour work week
Accountant
CRAIG J. SCHAUER, CPA
08.2004 - 01.2017
- Bookkeeping (QuickBooks, Quicken and Chempax)
- General Ledger Maintenance and Analysis, including Journal Entries
- Financial Statement Preparation
- Income Tax Returns (Individual, Corporate, Partnership)
- Supervisor: Craig Schauer
- 40 to 60 hour work week
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - Taxation
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA01-2011
AWARD - Accounting
University of California Los Angeles Extension
Los Angeles, CA01-1997
BACHELOR OF ARTS - English
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA01-1990
Skills
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in conducting Title 31 Bank Secrecy Act examinations on money service businesses
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in conducting Title 26 Bank Secrecy Act examinations on various businesses
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in research and analytical tools such as FinCEN queries, Accurint, excel pivot tables, excel functions, excel power queries, and excel coding and linking
- Received specialized training in various types of cases, including Dealers in Foreign Exchange, Credit Unions, FBAR, and Virtual Currency, and was selected to take part in an upcoming Large MSB/HQ Training session
- Bookkeeping and Accounting, including proficiency with QuickBooks
- Individual, Corporate and Partnership tax return preparation
- Federal/State tax preparation
- Tax Research
Timeline
Bank Secrecy Act Examiner Agent GS-12
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
10.2021 - Current
Accountant
MOREY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
09.2018 - 10.2021
Accountant
DVM MANAGEMENT
09.2017 - 09.2018
Accountant
KEN CREAL, CPA
01.2017 - 09.2017
Accountant
CRAIG J. SCHAUER, CPA
08.2004 - 01.2017
BACHELOR OF ARTS - English
University of California Los Angeles
AWARD - Accounting
University of California Los Angeles Extension
MASTER OF SCIENCE - Taxation
California State University Northridge