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Incentivizing businesses by identifying applicable tax credits for activities such as R&D and energy efficient design. Team Lead Responsibilities:- Supervise and train a team of data analysts regarding all R&D project practices to reduce process lags and enhance performance, efficiency and profitability.- Lead team training sessions to promote professional development and target performance reinforcement.- Create KPI dashboards via Microsoft Excel to monitor project productivity and provide ad-hoc reports for both real-time and historical measurements.- Prioritize and delegate project tasks across data analyst team to ensure client expectations and timelines are met. - Lead meetings with directors to analyze operational processes and provide recommendations to generate ways to leverage client data in lieu of IRS standards.- Coordinate presentations detailing project scope, progress and results for c-level management, both internal and external.Client Relations:- Budget time and resources for a customer database of over 500 clients nationwide.- Manage client relations by developing an effective communications process from project concept through final delivery of services; provide consistent feedback, creative solutions and project updates to multiple clients, simultaneously.- Research and customize service proposals for clients, identify and qualify client needs to assess their market potential in support of current IRS standards.- Develop client specific data models and reports for forecasting data calculations and future trends.Data Management & Analysis:- Transform client data requirements into data models to ensure quality delivery and project compliance.- Perform calculations and statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel.- Acknowledge data trends to support development of new IRS standards.- Analyze and curate large data sets across multiple databases to gain a better understanding of client data.

I began as a Garnishment Specialist and quickly moved up the ranks to become a Payroll Specialist within the Human Resources department. Responsibilities included paying employee outside of the country, understanding foreign and domestic payroll laws, keen analyst skills for efficiency and well rounded business knowledge for accurate decision making.