Bio

Sanford “Sandy” Fisher is a National Tax Principal / Partner and a Leader in KPMG's Tax Ignition - Tax Transformation & Technology (TTT) practice based in the firm's New York office. Sandy leads KPMG’s tax alliance related to the Rapid Assessment/Discovery and System Implementation of S/4 HANA. Sandy regularly helps companies assess, identify opportunities and develop the business case for companies to migrate to S/4 HANA. Sandy has over 30 years of tax experience, with a concentration in Tax Technology, Tax Department Process Improvement, ASC 740 Accounting for Income Taxes, CBC, FIN48 Uncertain Tax Positions, SharePoint configurations, Alteryx, Robotic Process Automation, Data Analytics, Tax Data Warehousing Tax ERP optimization, and issues related to the digitization of financial reporting of taxes and tax compliance. Sandy leads global tax department LSS improvement projects which include Tax Operating Model, Tax Process Improvement, Tax Technology (including tax provision and indirect tax software implementation) of multistate and multinational large and mid-sized clients in numerous industries. The TTT Ignition practice assists companies to improve their tax function utilizing process methodologies and technology. In addition, Sandy assists tax departments compliance with US tax reform and SOX internal control requirements, particularly in connection with their ASC 740 processes. Sandy regularly gives presentations on tax technology, tax provision software, tax process improvement, and technical ASC 740 training. He has presented at local and national TEI, tax software and ERP user conferences, ERP user conferences, and KPMG firm-wide forums. Sandy has previously served as a Tax Manager in the banking and securities practice of another Big 4 firm and as the Vice President of Tax Analysis in the financial reporting group of a large global Financial Services company. Sandy frequently advises clients on issues including automating data collection, Remote Data Gathering applications, R&D, TP, R&D, Fixed Assets and 123R automation. In addition, he led engagements serving Fortune 500 and mid market clients with tax dept. process improvement strategies and tax GL integrations. Specialties: Tax operations improvement strategies (including software implementation) for FAS109/ASC740, Tax Compliance, Sales and Use Tax, Workflow Management, Entity Management, Property Tax, Tax Process Improvement