Kenneth Peabody

About Kenneth Peabody

Specialties: WinFiler, GoSystems (Ace Audit), Pro Systems FX, Quickbooks, Microsoft:…

Experience

1. Assistant Director

   The Hartford

   Apr 2022 — Present · US

   Tax Services and Reporting Unit• Provide direct leadership for 10 individuals with various levels of accounting roles.• Responsible for delivering on service levels for the team.• Accountable for team performance supporting business metrics and scorecard reporting.• Partner with Claims, Sales and Operations to ensure proper understanding of tax regulation, processing, corrections, reporting, etc. • Identify process efficiencies and ways to proactively share tax expertise with the business areas.• Oversee offshore vendor to ensure all transactions are processed timely and accurately.• Champion new ideas and initiatives to create an environment that supports innovation and process improvement.• Drive automation and system enhancements in partnership with IT.• Facilitate a high-performance culture by aligning individual goals, differentiating performance through evaluation and recognition, and managing performance improvement issues swiftly and appropriately.• Support and remove barriers or challenges which impact the team.• Focus on strategies that support an inclusive, collaborative work environment. • Ensures all employees have clear objectives, performance reviews and receive ongoing coaching and feedback through regular coaching sessions.• Collaborate with business partners to work across functional and organizational lines to understand the end-to-end customer experience and recommend improvements.

Education

• Bryant University

  Business Administration, Accounting, Economics

  2006 — 2010

• Bryant University

  MPAc, Accounting and Tax

  2010 — 2010

Skills

• Auditing
• Corporate Tax
• Gaap
• Accounting
• Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Outlook
• Powerpoint
• Quickbooks
• Tax
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Tax Accounting