Retraining tax credits, strategic advice, training programs ... and novels!
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- Sales and Delivery at Alpharesults
- CFO/Strategist/COO at DrawSuccess
- Principal at finanSight
- Author at Gareth's Novels
- Past
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- Executive Director - Corporate Development at BellSouth
- Manager - M&A Accounting at BellSouth
- Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche
- Audit Manager at Deloitte Haskins & Sells
- Education
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- University of Oxford
- CPA
- Chartered Accountant
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Gareth Young’s Summary
CPA and Chartered Accountant (UK), former M&A principal, running my own business since 2006 and finding lots of new things to do. In addition to helping businesses obtain millions of dollars of training-related state income tax credits and delivering extensive training and strategic consulting to a major CPA firm, I have performed start-up CFO, strategic consulting, information memorandum and other financial services.
I enjoy a balance of using my expertise to help others and taking on new, sometimes scary challenges, and I hope that I will continue to be amazed at the opportunities that present themselves when I approach situations with an open mind.
I have also been writing novels since 2003, and am soon to put out my first (The Grace of Guilt); I expect a second to follow within the year. My 2008 accomplishments are: hiking up Half Dome; seeing Elvis Costello at the Ryman; watching the Kirov Ring Cycle at the Met; and being ordained a Zen Priest.
Gareth Young’s Specialties:
Tax credits (esp. retraining), cost saving, Alpharesults, training, facilitation, leadership forums, development of training materials, curriculum, CPE, business cases and business plans, M&A, due diligence, strategy, information memorandum preparation, start-ups, entrepreneurial skills, accounting and finance (CPA and Chartered Accountant). Also creative writing, novels, publishing-on-demand, and spirituality, zen and interfaith
Gareth Young’s Experience
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Sales and Delivery
Alpharesults
(Accounting industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
Helps businesses of all sizes to identify, quantify, document, and file for retraining tax credits that can be substantial, in some instances resulting in a refund of 50% of Georgia state income tax paid within the last three years (if combined with the jobs tax credit, in which Alpharesults also specializes, the taxpayer can sometimes realize a credit of the full amount of income tax paid/payable). Typically our clients are:
* Unaware of these tax credits
* Frustrated by the complexity of meeting the requirements of the credits
* Overwhelmed by the resources and costs required to file for these credits
We maximize the tax credits while minimizing the risk, resources, and costs associated with obtaining them. In tough economic times, this can be of enormous value to clients. -
CFO/Strategist/COO
DrawSuccess
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
Team Transformation, beginning with an online assessment, and followed by a program anchored on a non-competitive, fun board game to be played by teams of 4-6 that collaboratively and engagingly helps team members identify and cherish diversity. Ideal for all teams, and for all stages of the forming/ storming/ norming/ performing continuum. The program, by ongoing use of the assessment, measures progress
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Principal
finanSight
(Accounting industry)
December 2005 — Present (3 years 8 months)
finanSight serves the following markets:
1) Second tier CPA firms: Lead the design, development, and in-housing of a standardized, curriculum-based firm-wide training program. Additionally we lead and facilitate strategic visioning among leadership teams.
2) GA Retraining Tax Credits: Work with small/midsized private businesses, to obtain retraining tax credits that can be substantial. Typically we work with companies who are unaware they qualify for these credits and lack the resources to independently claim them. Partner with Alpharesults.
3) Start-Ups: Provide a wide range of services, from basic accounting and organization, financial modeling, development of funding documentation and plans, to strategic, operational, and general business advice. We only work with a small number of businesses, select only those in which we believe, and partner closely as a member of the core team. -
Author
Gareth's Novels
(Writing and Editing industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
I have several novels published and soon to be published:
- The Grace of Guilt, scheduled for publication in 4/09 (on Amazon and Kindle) is set in a radically fundamentalist community in the rural South. It follows the destruction of three families and their quests for redemption, and examines the old prejudice of the new South.
- Banana Split Baby, scheduled for publication in late 2009, considers the uncomfortable coexistence of sexual puritanism in modern society and the prurience of the media, and follows the destruction of a middle aged man's life when he is tempted by the possibilities of illicit promiscuity.
Other works in progress include a futuristic thriller and a non-fiction book under the working title, "Meditation must Work." -
Executive Director - Corporate Development
BellSouth
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Telecommunications industry)
1995 — 2006 (11 years)
Negotiated $3.5bn investment and commercial contracts with Qwest that generated $1+ bn sales since 2002. Unique business model gives BellSouth wholesale access to Qwest retail TDM products, network, billing and IT, and a high ROIC.
Acquired cellular businesses in Peru, Ecuador, and Nicaragua in 1997 (3 deals) for $300 million, partnering with local individuals; added $100+mm revenue and contributed 25% of Latin American LOB revenue growth through sale in 2004.
Negotiated $1.5bn satellite lease for DBS video delivery; participated in acquisition of MMDS spectrum to position BellSouth for video entertainment.
Formed multiple diverse alliances, esp. re Internet: incl. minority investments (Commerce One, Predictive Systems) and channel development initiatives (e.g. for broadband (DSL)).
Identified and divested non-core businesses in value creating transactions, incl. sale of $100+mm lease portfolio for 15% premium and struggling national computer services company for $40mm. -
Manager - M&A Accounting
BellSouth
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Telecommunications industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years)
Joined this Fortune 100 telecommunications company (local exchange in SE US, national wireless, directory products, internet, business services, and formerly international operations) as my transition out of public accounting.
Initially one of a team of four peers responsible for coordinating and managing multi-disciplinary due diligence teams for corporate transactions in support of the corporate developmeent principal. Also responsible for determining proper accounting for complex corporate transactions including acquisitions, poolings, and joint ventures.
Success and abilities recognized by advancemeent to M&A principal in 1995. -
Audit Manager
Deloitte & Touche
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
Responsible for managing and coaching multiple audit teams simultaneously, each of up to twenty staff; and for providing broad audit-oriented client service to a diverse range of clients in paper and printing, light engineering, retail, and other industries.
Recognized for constructive letters to management, and participated in “businessman’s reviews”, a form of due diligence. Served as continuing professional education director. -
Audit Manager
Deloitte Haskins & Sells
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
1985 — 1989 (4 years)
My first job out of college; passed all of the Chartered Accountancy exams first time, and promoted audit manager.
Selected in 1989 as one of ten employees among five hundred peers for an international assignment, and transferred to Charlotte for eighteen-month exchange assignment.
Gareth Young’s Education
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University of Oxford
1982 — 1985
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CPA
1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Elijah Watt Sells Award
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Chartered Accountant
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Gareth Young’s Interests:
Kids activities, including math club, cubs, (formerly cubmaster). Walking, hiking, camping, - outdoor activities in general, though I don't have as much time to do them as I'd like. Spirituality, inter-faith, and zen Music, especially opera, (I go to NY and the Met a couple of times a year), 70's progressive rock (I'm catching up on the Who, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the like), The Beatles, classic chamber music, classic rock, and selected rap
Gareth Young’s Honors:
Elijah Watt Sells Award for top 125 of over 75,000 CPA candidates
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