Sharon R. Holmes Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Richardson, Texas, United States

• Ensured personal property compliance for high-value clients in oilfield services and manufacturing sectors by building relationships with property tax offices in designated areas. Supported advisory teams and managers in resolving complex issues related to challenging accounts. Approved check requests and facilitated timely processing of refunds. Verified accurate entry of value and tax information in Property Tax Management System (PTMS) by addressing queries from team members in India.• Engaged with appraisal district to rectify erroneous rendition penalties on multiple accounts, resolving complex issues.• Developed and maintained deadlines by generating Excel reports to track missing notices and tax bills.• Filed forms with Texas appraisal districts and dispatched tax renditions and extension request letters via mail.

Managed property tax renditions and notices for 2500 accounts in 160 jurisdictions. Trained tax coordinator in various roles, enhancing team efficiency. Resolved ownership issues with taxing jurisdictions and appraisers, providing support to colleagues. Issued direct pay exemption certificates to vendors, streamlining tax processes.• Negotiated values on 240 mineral properties, achieving a 24% reduction in proposed mineral values from $700M to $537M, resulting in tax savings of over $3M.• Implemented agricultural exemptions for applicable properties, optimizing tax management.• Processed monthly sales and use tax returns, reviewing 3700 vendor transactions per month. • Uncovered and rectified a significant error by third-party appraiser, fostering a positive working relationship.

Negotiated oil, gas, and personal property valuations and resolved ownership issues. Filed sales tax returns. Provided support to business units and colleagues in all property tax matters. Steered agricultural property tax matters and trained tax coordinator.• Achieved reduction in proposed mineral values from $300M to $210M (-31%) over 2015-2018, ensuring tax savings of $1.7M.• Facilitated sales and use tax audits and administered direct pay exemption certificates to vendors.• Generated division order reports for 240 working interest properties, improving efficiency and accuracy.• Contributed to automation of various property tax functions within the department, integrating ProdEval oil and gas production management software and TotalPropertyTax software. • Achieved 50% reduction in manual processing time and enabled additional savings through negotiation and property research.

Negotiated personal property values for fair assessments. Prepared analytical property tax summary reports annually. Organized oil and gas production data efficiently for departmental use. Wrote all tax correspondence as well as speaker bios for annual property tax conference. Resolved ownership problems by interacting with taxing jurisdictions and third-party appraisers. Filed personal property renditions accurately. Processed tax bills efficiently for timely payments and filed receipts for easy retrieval.• Spearheaded routine operations of department, utilizing PTS (Burr Wolff) and ONESOURCE Property Tax software for generating reports and processing check requests.• Ensured timely and accurate filing of personal property renditions and tax bills.• Streamlined departmental operations by organizing oil and gas production data efficiently.• Enhanced collaboration with taxing jurisdictions and third-party appraisers to resolve ownership problems.

Wrote and edited property tax correspondence. Prepared manual property tax renditions. Oversaw processing tax statements and mailing multimillion-dollar tax checks prior to due dates. Designed custom reports and analyzed property tax value reductions and payments using property tax program in FileMaker Pro. Assisted with real estate value negotiations at Tarrant Appraisal District. Assisted in automation of ad valorem tax renditions and payments using program written in FoxPro by company developers.

Worked for department manager and experienced tax representative. Wrote or edited all important property tax correspondence. Prepared manual property tax renditions. Processed tax statements as well as mailing multimillion-dollar tax checks prior to due dates. Filed tax receipts and worked on special projects. Helped manager organize and administrate successful conference for Texas property tax representatives.