Gary Garner

Experience

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  Miller Loughry Beach Ins.

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Life and Health Benefits Consultant

  Develop, educate and install all types of employee benefits plans for any size employer. Worked across multiple departments to generate leads, cross sell and provide day to day support to employee benefit accounts. Preformed employee enrollment meetings and individual employee support as requested. Experienced with fully and self insurance plans, medicare and medicaid. Expert in ACA guidelines.

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  H & R Block

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  District Training Manager / Tax Preparer

  Prepared taxes for Premium office clients. Worked with all offices in district to improve "soft" skills and tax preparation skills.

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  The Illuminare Group, Inc

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Corporate Trainer, Benefits, Payroll and SALT Tax Consultant

  Working with employers and individuals regarding federal and state tax issues. Provided consulting and training services regarding taxation of employee benefits, payroll law, and SALT taxes. Lead CPE certified training classes on Payroll Law and SALT taxes in 38 states.

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  Drake Software

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2020

  State Tax Analyst

  Design and develop tax calculation software for 2 states and 21 cities. Coordinated team of 6 to design, program, and test software. Worked directly with tax prepares to resolve tax questions. Communicated directly with state tax departments to resolve tax issues. Oversight for over 100,000 tax returns per year.

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  Miller, Loughry & Beach Insurance Services, Inc.

  Feb 2020 - now

  Life and Health Account Manager

  Providing consulting and support to group medical clients. Developing new or renewal strategies for group medical accounts of all sizes including level self funding and fully self funding. Implementation of client management software program.