Brianna Brown

• Facilitate communication between Frontend and Backend development teams, DevOps Engineers and stakeholders.
• Ensure documentation and sprint backlogs meet enterprise compliance and audit needs.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog grooming, and cross functional product planning for HR and IT platforms.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements aligned with platform architecture standards.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions both verbally and in writing with stakeholders for ideas around new features or enhancements for the product.
• Work closely with DevOps teams in order to design best practices for deploying applications into production environment.
• Streamline project management tools and Agile practices through the adoption of DevOps.
• Document requirements as user stories and acceptance criteria in a scrum backlog.
• Assist development teams in removing blockers and answering questions.

• Managed cross-functional team of 10 across 4 different clients, ranging from staff to analyst II rankings.
• Trained and mentored new hires and existing staff members on product knowledge, tax documentations, and the notice resolution process
• Conducted quarterly performance reviews for analyst and staff associates.
• Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
• Led meetings with internal team members and managing consultants.
• Built and established strong partnerships with teams.
• Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
• Identified needs and coordinated resource allocation to deliver quality standards on time and within budget.

Accomplishments:

• September Associate of the Month

• Applied SALT tax accounting principles to prepare and review tax returns and reports for corporations and subsidiaries and committed to timely and accurate compliance.
• Conducted research on different tax issues and remained up to date on tax law changes.
• Conducted meetings and prepared reports to communicate project status with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaised with project manager to independently manage smaller projects or contribute to tasks and activities on larger projects.
• Prepared tax return documents for clients using GoSystem software.
• Communicated with state tax agencies to obtain best resolution for clients.
• Produced minimum of 25 tax returns weekly to boost firms' filing process.
• Responded to SALT tax notices by preparing written responses or tax return amendments.

Accomplishments:

• Participated in the completion of PPP loans - Reviewed loan application and compared it with tax documentations
• Promotion from Analyst I to Analyst II in one year of work