Dony Marian Mendez

DONY MARIAN MENDEZ-- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Investment Management Tax Professional with over Seven and half years of public accounting experience specializing in Alternative Investment Fund compliance. WORK EXPERIENCE Tax Manager Ernst & Young – Road Town, British Virgin Islands  August 2019 – May 2024 Providing end-to-end tax services for U.S. based partnership clients, specializing in Hedge funds, Private Equity funds, Master/feeder structure, Fund-of-funds and Management companies.  Understanding client’s business needs and industry reforms to enable them in minimizing their monetary tax liability optimally.  Co-ordinating with the Client and their fund admin in getting the documents necessary for starting tax compliance work and the distribution of K1s.  Organizing timely follow up calls with client to remind them regarding payments and filing deadlines for federal and states.  Co-ordinating all aspects of an engagement that includes Client onboarding, Planning, Budgeting, Staffing and Billing.  Guiding and managing the engagement teams in achieving timely delivery of work products. Staffing included managing teams in the U.S., Cayman Islands, India, and Argentina.  Analyzing trading reports to identify potential tax reporting.  Detail review of Work-papers, Partner allocations, Federal and State Tax Return for Investment Funds focusing on Partnership returns.  Analyzing the tax implications concerning foreign investors such as withholding requirements involving ECI and FDAP, and applicable filing requirements.  Hands–on technical expertise in working with Tax applications like Partner forms, K-1 Suite and Gosystems.  Involved in testing of new firm wide tax compliance tools.  Contributed to organizational improvement by training new hires with work papers and tax applications involved in tax return preparation. Tax Consultant II Deloitte Tax services - Hyderabad, India November 2016 – June 2019  Prepared and reviewed Work-papers, Federal and State Tax Return for Investment Funds focusing on Partnership returns.  Analyzed client Trial Balance and reports to prepare Financial Work-Papers to calculate Adjusted Net Income  Computed quarterly and annual tax liabilities to ensure on/In-Time filing by the firm.  Analysis of organizational hierarchy to understand partnership structure and in what levels firms need to be taxed.  Hands–on technical expertise in working with Tax applications like IPACS, K-1G, Allocates All and Gosystems. Licenses & certifications  Enrolled Agent (EA) – issued from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) valid till 3/31/2027. EDUCATION  Master’s in business administration, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 06/14- 03/16 Finance and Marketing, CGPA: 7.07/10  Bachelor of Commerce, Siena College, Edacochin, M.G University, Kottayam. 06/11- 03/14 Finance and Taxation, CGPA: 3.16/4 SKILLSET Software Suite : Go system, K-1G, K-1 suite, Partner forms, Aggregate templates, MS Office Soft Skills : Attention to details, Solution oriented, Team Player.