Leadership

Sonja Roman-Molina

Principal

Florida

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PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Current
  • Principal, Ryan, Fort Lauderdale office
    • Specializes in abandoned and unclaimed property compliance, including state report preparation, due diligence management, statutory and administrative exemption analysis, and unclaimed property payment preparation.
    • More than 14 years of experience in unclaimed property consulting, including analysis and quantification of unclaimed property, voluntary disclosure initiatives, development of comprehensive policies and procedures, development of strategies for audit defense, as well as experience working with state administrators during the negotiation process associated with bringing state exams to a close.
Previous
  • Director, Abandoned and Unclaimed Property, Ryan, Fort Lauderdale office
  • Senior Manager, Ryan, Fort Lauderdale office
  • Manager, Ryan, New York office
  • Senior Consultant, Unclaimed Property, accounting firm
  • Consultant, Unclaimed Property, accounting firm
  • Senior Collateral and Structure Analyst, Securitization, accounting firm

PUBLICATIONS

Ms. Roman-Molina has co-presented on various webinars, as well as co-authored several articles, including:
  • “Unclaimed Property and Taxes: Similarities and Differences,” Journal of State Taxation, Volume 32, Number 7 (December 2013)
  • “Unclaimed Property in the Oil & Gas Industry: What Utilities Companies Need to Know about Mineral Proceeds Suspense Accounts,” Checkpoint, Volume 24, Number 8 (February 19, 2013)
  • “Unclaimed Property in the Power & Utility Industry: What Utilities Companies Need to Know,” Checkpoint (July 11, 2012) and RIA State Tax/Westlaw Tax Updates (July 12, 2012)
  • “Unclaimed Property: Similarities and Differences with Taxes,” COST Practitioner Connection (October 21, 2011)
  • “Goods Received/Invoices Received (GRIR): What Companies Need to Know,” Checkpoint, Volume 22, Number 36 (August 2011) and Westlaw Tax Updates (August 2011)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Conference Speaker Selection Chair, Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization (UPPO)
  • Member Services Committee Chair, UPPO

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

  • Bachelor of Science Degree, International Business, Finance, and Spanish, The University of Scranton
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