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Shameeka Brown

Hyattsville,MD

Summary

Highly skilled tax analyst with deep expertise in hiring, tax compliance, planning, and reporting. Strong focus on team collaboration and delivering results. Adept at navigating complex tax regulations and providing strategic insights. Reliable, adaptable, and consistent in achieving organizational goals.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Tax Analyst

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
12.2022 - Current
  • Streamlined the full-cycle recruitment process by coordinating job postings, resume screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications, reducing time-to-fill by up to 20%.
  • Maintained accurate and compliant candidate records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring 100% adherence to organizational and EEO guidelines.
  • Served as the primary liaison between candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers, enhancing communication flow and candidate experience.
  • Prepared interview materials, briefed hiring panels, and ensured consistent evaluation practices to support fair and effective hiring decisions.
  • Facilitated pre-employment processes, including background checks, reference verifications, and onboarding documentation, ensuring smooth transitions for new hires.
  • Generated and analyzed recruitment metrics to identify process improvements and support data-driven staffing strategies.
  • Supported recruitment events and outreach initiatives to expand candidate pipelines and strengthen employer brand presence.
  • Partnered with HR leadership to refine job descriptions and implement targeted recruitment strategies aligned with organizational needs.
  • Coordinated hiring operations for MPPA, managing attrition tracking, quarterly hiring exception requests, and weekly reporting to leadership.
  • Led hiring communications, ensuring all functions received timely selection reports and onboarding resources.
  • Streamlined OGE 450 Annual Filing Certification process, reviewing and obtaining corrected forms to ensure compliance.
  • Prepared and presented hiring updates, staffing metrics, and program recommendations to directors and senior leadership.
  • Managed high-level data calls for TIGTA/GAO audits, consolidating responses from multiple functions and securing director approval.
  • Oversaw SETR Error Reports each pay period, identifying inaccuracies, coordinating corrections, and advising managers on resolution.
  • Assisted with marketing and communication initiatives, including newsletters, surveys, and internal engagement campaigns.
  • Coordinated service-wide IT deployments (Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint Online) by managing data calls and addressing follow-up inquiries.
  • Served as backup for IT procurement processes including CORE, PIP, UFRs, and PMP submissions.
  • Led DME & O&M program submissions for FY23, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of requests.

Tax Law Specialist

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
Lanham, Maryland
12.2017 - 12.2022
  • Responsible for investigating, researching, analyzing and interpreting the Internal Revenue Code and accompanying regulations to produce federal tax forms, instructions, explanatory publications and other materials that enable taxpayers to meet their filing and other federal tax obligations.
  • Conduct extensive research and analysis on federal tax law matters in the P.L. 115-97, Internal Revenue Code, Revenue Procedures, Notices, Regulations, Memorandums, etc.
  • Interpret laws, regulations, Congressional Committee reports, revenue rulings and procedures, and pending legislation; translating this information into tax forms, instructions, explanatory publications and other IRS facts material.
  • Provide advice to other Tax Law Specialist, Reviewers, and Proofreaders on products dealing with tax law matters.
  • Maintain a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of federal tax laws, regulations, revenue rulings and procedures, and other technical-related matters.
  • Translate tax laws and apply them to assigned products; such as, Pub. 530, Pub. 721, Pub. 505, Pub. 590-A, and Pub. 575. Once updated, they are submitted for approval and once approved they are released to Publishing for print.
  • • Research tax laws in Lexis Nexis, reports from the Joint Committee on Taxation, IRM, to verify technical authorities.
  • Utilize various internal systems/tools; such as CPM (Composition Process Management), Arbor Text for XML authoring, PSRs (Publishing Services Requests), and reviewing and marking up galleys.
  • Ensure accuracy of assigned products, like proofreading, uploading correspondence to CPM, updating implementation plans (!Plans), working with reviewers and other TLSs who have companion products or products in the same family.
  • Capable of reprioritizing inventory to meet milestones in the event of a shift in the needs of the Division or the Service, like late legislation.
  • Assist other sections and TLSs with products that have a quick turnaround timeframe.
  • Other duties and assignments include keeping my section chief and reviewers apprised of the status of my products. Keeping them abreast of any changes or delays that may impact the meeting of milestones in a timely manner. Respond quickly to status inquiries by management.
  • Forged strong relationships with government agency representatives to facilitate effective communication during inquiries.
  • Enhanced client satisfaction by providing expert advice on tax law implications and potential strategies.

Senior Stakeholder Relationship Tax Consultant

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
Lanham, , Maryland
07.2009 - 12.2017
  • Research technical reference materials regarding tax topic
  • Interpret and apply rules and regulations within IRS, in addition to conveying information to both internal and external stakeholders when appropriate.
  • Provide technical tax law to customers attending conferences, seminars, workshops, and training classes. This was illustrated when I attended the Fed/State conference. During the conference, I was available to distribute educational brochures to individual and business customers as well as answer questions regarding tax matters.
  • Develop marketing plans and events with various partners and stakeholders, which includes, military bases, government entities, and media offices, to promote the use of IRS assistance and education. Assist partners, coalitions, and the Governmental Liaison Office with combining resources together to help achieve a common goal. This involved collaborating with the University of the District of Columbia, representatives from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's Office, state officials, and the Governmental Liaison Office regarding hosting the 11th annual DC Tax Day. During the meetings, I was able to address concerns regarding security of equipment and taxpayer data and to identify the needs of the SPEC office to ensure our business goals and objectives are incorporated.
  • Create newsletters, flyers, bulletins, and other seminars, speeches, workshops and feedback sessions that highlight IRS benefits to targeted audiences.
  • Research demographic data when developing effective marketing plans for products and messages, and to locate the targeted audience. Analyze demographic and statistical marketing data, to ensure program effectiveness.
  • Evaluate which promotional methods and media choices will most positively meet SPEC's business goals and objectives. Communicate in a courteous and professional manner with all levels offers management, executives, partners, colleagues, and other stakeholders.
  • Prepare and provide feedback and recommendations to management regarding marketing events, marketing effectiveness and additional needs for other forms of communications.
  • Conduct visits to VITA sites to assist with the transmission of e-filed returns, corrections of rejected returns, and to ensure proper procedures are being followed.
  • * Prepare concise, accurate and clearly written communications to educate customers on tax compliance, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), Earned Income Tax Credit, and various other tax issues. Foster good taxpayer relations, through listening to customers to identify and respond to their needs.
  • Secure sensitive documents properly, to prevent unauthorized disclosure or access.
  • Prioritize and timely complete work assignments.
  • Maintain equipment inventory for the Baltimore, MD & Landover, MD post of duty, which consist of ordering laptops and printers, delivering printers, replacing defective computers, making sure data deletion is completed on all computers when retrieved from partners.
  • Responsible for inputting statistical information into the SPEC Taxpayer Assistant Reporting System (SPECTRM), to identify the location of all equipment utilized.
  • Responsible for ordering Tax Wise software for the entire State of Maryland VITA, TCE, and AARP partners.
  • Order supplies and training material in a timely manner when preparing for teaching Military VITA and VITA classes. Utilize reference sources and reports such as SIDN, ETA, IMF, SPECTRM, STARS Reports, Internet, IRM and other data bases to analyze data collected to ensure sound marketing principles are developed.
  • I am able to independently retrieve these reports during preliminary research to monitor the progress of VITA sites during the filing season.
  • Other duties and assignments include serving as the Acting Manager. While working as the Acting Manager, I am responsible for ensuring all deadlines are met for assignments, calling impromptu meetings for group discussions in order to respond to request for information, and overseeing all matters in the absence of the manager.

Education

MBA - Accounting

University of Maryland Global Campus
Hyattsville, MD
11.2020

BBA - Accounting

University of Maryland Global Campus
Hyattsville, MD
08.2018

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
05.2016

Skills

  • Strong communication skills
  • Time management capabilities
  • Project management
  • Accounting principles
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Project coordination
  • Detailed documentation
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Time management
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving
  • Leadership skills
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Reliability
  • Excellent communication

Timeline

Senior Tax Analyst

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
12.2022 - Current

Tax Law Specialist

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
12.2017 - 12.2022

Senior Stakeholder Relationship Tax Consultant

Internal Revenue Service, IRS
07.2009 - 12.2017

MBA - Accounting

University of Maryland Global Campus

BBA - Accounting

University of Maryland Global Campus

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Howard Community College

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