Tonya Trahan Cpa, Pmp, Csp Email and Phone Number

Project manager of virtual teams that involve eleven team members sheparding three consecutive multi-million dollar projects for the internal employee client base. Personally conducted software life cycle through requirements gathering, users story writing, backlog grooming, test case writing/review, acceptance testing, training, implementation, and support. • Successfully identified the strengths of team members to effectively utilize their talents• Recognized for dynamic leadership skills• Met benchmarks throughout projects• Focused on the standardization of efficiency standards and mobility for U. S. compliance• Participated in three projects during tenure; 1) building tools to facilitate corporate compliance, to perform calculations, and to complete tax returns; 2) build and pilot process tool to establish tracking of tax return completion; 3) incorporate feedback from #2 to enhance current process platform for rollout to broader practice. Travel 25%, Telecommute 75%

Provided leadership for multiple teams of three to four to handle client engagements which were dedicated to timely delivery of federal and state partnership tax returns. Functioned as the team lead for a Fortune 500 company in re-calculating federal taxes for the Internal Revenue Service going back to the late 90’s. Transitioned to process improvement projects, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies, which included many aspects of software development; gathering requirements, acceptance testing, user manual writing, training materials creation, training, implementation, and support.• Focused on the standardization of partnership compliance; building tools to facilitate data collection, perform calculations, quickly print K-1s and to complete tax returnsTelecommute 50%; Travel 50%

Directed the efforts of five team members by executing timely delivery of federal and state partnership tax returns to clients. • Personally dedicated to process improvement and thorough review, consistently reviewing and implementing time saving tools such as engagement specific Excel macros designed to map trial balances to tax return lines.

Entry level tax position - tax return preparation.

Entry level tax position - tax return preparation.