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Create custom content (including articles, e-books, blog posts, web copy and related social media posts) that helps accountants and tax experts explain significant new developments in relevant laws and regulations to affected businesses and individuals. Recommend potential topics for my clients at early stages in order to prepare effective communication strategies and publish insights quickly.

Manage content on intranet site focused on accounting for income taxes. Create and distribute daily e-mail on developments related to accounting for income taxes. Work with national leadership to create and distribute bi-weekly newsletter informing regional leaders of important initiatives in the practice. Manage webcasts on technical developments related to FAS 109.

Develop strategy, set standards, and manage tax content on client-facing Web site serving over 10,000 users worldwide. Develop and maintain process for informing tax practice and clients of legislative changes. Key member of a team that produced guides on Hurricane Katrina Tax Relief and proposals from the President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform, as well as the Ernst & Young Guide to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Improve and manage alert function that delivers customized e-mails regarding new content on the site from Lotus Notes/Domino database to clients. Edit and manage production of numerous publications through a variety of platforms, such as The Ernst & Young Bank and Thrift Federal Income Tax Reminder Checklist. Deliver client presentations and deploy Ernst & Young Online Web page to clients via in-person visits and distance learning sessions. Edited and managed annual update of The Ernst & Young Tax Saver’s Guide. Edited and updated several chapters of The Ernst & Young Tax Guide.

Developed and managed processes to retrieve source documents from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Congress, summarize the documents, and present them to subscribers. Integrated tax law changes into an electronic Internal Revenue Code database. Edited and enhanced content presented to users through CD-ROM. Wrote and edited articles and chapters on various aspects of federal taxation for periodicals and reference databases. Summarized new tax developments for publication.

Managed relationship between society of 20,000 independent accountants and the federal government. Planned substance and logistics of meetings between society leadership and Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Wrote and presented testimony before Congress and the Internal Revenue Service. Managed planning and administration of annual conference on national issues affecting members. Extensive reporting, writing, and editing on federal issues affecting membership through the society’s bi-weekly newsletter and monthly magazine.

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: Moot Court Board

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting

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