The new Tax Diversity Candidate Profile feature is designed to meet an acute need in the tax field for highly skilled, diversity candidates.  Even though this need exists across the nation, we at TaxDiversity.com know it is not necessary to sacrifice the quality of candidate to achieve the goal of gaining tax department diversity.  With that said, we would like to introduce our first Tax Diversity candidate who is beginning a search for his next career position...Randle Pollard.

Randle has developed a broad legal tax background and an ability to communicate effectively with both tax and non-tax business and legal personnel.    He has been employed in a range of settings - law firms, a Big Four public accounting consulting practice, and a major U.S. pharmaceutical company.

His diverse work experience has exposed him to a wide range of Federal and State income taxes, non income taxes, ERISSA, and tax exempt issues for private foundations. Additionally, he has worked on various Tax policy, legislation, transactional planning and compliance support project. During his time in industry, he served as liaison between the corporate tax department and its outside counsel and various in-house corporate departments.  His ability to communicate complex tax issues to non-tax executives makes him highly valuable to a tax department seeking to elevate its profile within an organization.  Randle has also developed strength when it comes to representing a client before state legislators, state agencies and local elected officials.   Much of his ability lies in the effectiveness of his relationship building along with his clear, concise communication style.

Randle is seeking a corporate tax counsel position in the domestic tax area and is also interested in getting exposure to international issues should the opportunity arise.  He is seeking a position where he will work on tax policy and/or transactional tax planning issues.  He envisions a role where he will be called upon to convert complex tax terminology into business terms and work closely with tax and non-tax personnel on solving corporate problems.  Randle is open to relocation and will consider any area of the U.S. for the right position.