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Jacob DeFay

Atlanta,GA

Summary

With 4 years of legal compliance experience across municipal, state, and federal environments, I offer a unique skill set that can greatly benefit legal and compliance teams. My expertise includes labor law, business and product licensing, and benefit and payment compliance. Additionally, I am deeply passionate about promoting workplace equality and fostering strong team dynamics.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Wage and Compliance Specialist

Insight Global
Atlanta, GA
06.2023 - Current

• Monitored adherence to wage and benefit regulations as required by the Service Contract Act and Davis Bacon Act for a workforce exceeding 2,000.

• Performed systematic reviews of payment and benefit systems to meet national labor standards.

• Prepared detailed Employee Agreements incorporating required benefits under the Service Contract Act and Davis Bacon Act for over 2,000 new hires.

• Acted as a subject matter expert in Fair Labor Standards Act overtime exemption requirements.

• Examined federal contracts for Service Contract Act and Davis Bacon Act relevance.

• Acted as subject matter expert on Federal Acquisition Regulations.

• Ensured compliance with federal regulations by processing retrospective payments for contractors.

Senior Licensing Paralegal

Decisions Consulting
Atlanta, GA
12.2021 - 06.2023
  • Consistently met client requirements by completing a specified number of alcohol license applications each week.
  • Licensed over 300 client properties for alcohol retail sales.
  • Performed comprehensive research to ensure compliance with state and municipal regulations.
  • Produced comprehensive licensing project status updates from in-depth compliance research.
  • Engaged directly with state and municipal government agencies to ensure client compliance with licensing requirements.
  • Troubleshot errors with client property and internal records to ensure timely and efficient issuance of alcohol licenses to clients.
  • Maintain detailed records of each day's work for compliance purposes and future use.
  • Collaborated daily with clients to address project workflow issues.

Photo Department Assistant (Remote)

Yours Truly Media
Costa Mesa, CA
05.2021 - 11.2021
  • Maintained consistent schedule for processing and delivering wedding photos within set timeframes.
  • Culled, edited and exported photo albums for the Post-Op Division of the Photo Department as needed.
  • Communicated directly with photographers to ensure timely and proper uploads of wedding albums.
  • Utilized Smartsheet to track personal deadlines and to remind the entire department of upcoming client deadlines.
  • Maintained organized FTP servers for photographers and coworkers to upload their albums.

Education

BA - Political Science

Emory University
05.2021

Minor in Spanish

Emory University
05.2021

Skills

  • Proficient in the entire Adobe Creative Suite
  • Proficient in legal research
  • Proficient in legal documentation software such as Smokeball and Worldox and the entire Microsoft Office Suite
  • Great Communicator
  • Accustomed to daily check ins with clients

Languages

Bilingual
Fluent in both English and Spanish (9 years of study and practice).

Timeline

Wage and Compliance Specialist

Insight Global
06.2023 - Current

Senior Licensing Paralegal

Decisions Consulting
12.2021 - 06.2023

Photo Department Assistant (Remote)

Yours Truly Media
05.2021 - 11.2021

BA - Political Science

Emory University

Minor in Spanish

Emory University
Jacob DeFay