Benjamin P. Thomas, CPA, CFE

Experience

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  Peterson Sullivan PLLC

  Dec 2007 - Aug 2009

  Associate Accountant

  Prepare individual, partnership, corporate and other types of tax returns. Conduct tax research to support tax compliance and planning as required. Prepare periodic tax work papers, schedules and reports.

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  NYSE Entourage, LLC

  Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

  Tax Matters Partner

  One of the founding entrepreneurs in establishing the LLC and the two-year investment club project. Collaborating with other founding members from Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Members enjoyed increased capacity to invest in the stock markets, as well as gained financial education, business experience, and wealth. Investments ranged both long and short, common and preferred, option trades, and currency trading. Realizing gains of 67.3% in year one, and nearly doubling our investment by the end of the project. As the tax matters partner, I prepared the partnership tax return and distributed all K-1s. Show less

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  Matson, Driscoll & Damico LLP

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2012

  Senior Accountant

  Professional concentration as a senior accountant has been in determining and analyzing factual matters by examination of accounting, operating and financial records; and the interpretation and communication of financial facts along with calculations and recommendations, primarily in connection with economic damage quantification in insurance and litigation matters.Types of engagements for this international firm include business interruption, extra expenses, inventory, physical damage claims, loss of rents, fraud, financial conditions, embezzlements, production liability and recall and contamination cases, lost profits, and catastrophe services.Projects’ industries where damages were reviewed and measured included agriculture, automotive, bio-energy/fuel, farming, government organizations, healthcare, hospitality, lumber, manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, mining and drilling, restaurant, retail, technology, communications, among others.Key Responsibilities:• Review and analyze historical and forecasted financial information for businesses. This includes an analysis of the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow as well as a comparison of the company’s performance to similar businesses within the industry • Compare projected performance to the company’s actual performance • Perform a detailed review of the company’s operational and financial records. Examining budgets, leases, sales contracts, purchase agreements, customer lists, local and national economies and management capabilities• Successfully communicate findings and opinions in expert reports• Interview key management, staff, suppliers and customers as appropriate Show less

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  Alvarez & Marsal

  Jun 2012 - now

  Senior Director

  As a forensic accountant/CPA, I specialize in economic damages, litigation support, and business valuations for purposes of insurance and litigation matters. The types of engagements I have been involved in include business interruption claims, extra expenses, fraud, financial condition, contract disputes, lost profits, asset tracing, personal injury, wrongful death, and other forensic accounting and economic assignments. I have been engaged on complex business valuations in a variety of industries that include manufacturing, finance, construction, technology, investment, retail, hospitality, publishing, agriculture, marketing, restaurant, entertainment, information technology, insurance, accounting, and transportation, among many others.I provide expert witness testimony. The variety of my work allows me to support clients involved in complex business disputes, business valuations, and the analysis of economic losses. Show less