JENNIFER L. YOUNG
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau
Summary
Degreed professional with over 20 years of Operations and Project coordinating experience in various industries s to Printing, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, and Legal Services. Highly esteemed for building important relationships seeking to maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Work History
Compliance Associate
Coalition For The Homeless/Harris County
Houston, Texas
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Back Director of Compliance in monitoring and evaluation, risk management, compliance training, protocols, and internal investigations
- Confirm sub-recipients are following regulatory and ethical standards established by government and/or Coalition
- Validate internal and external compliance with Uniform Guidance and CFTH policy set by Board of Directors
- Gauge employees' risk awareness and train them when necessary
- Develop and update policies and procedures resulting from new laws, regulations and/or funder requirements
- Identify areas of noncompliance
- Function as back up to Compliance Director
- Conducted background checks and assessed premises for compliance with licensing requirements.
Special Project Coordinator
Adams Resources and Energy, Inc
Houston, Texas
07.2017 - 05.2020
- Cooperate with COO, CEO, and CFO supporting daily operations to ensure smooth and efficient workflow
- Performed research and assist with special projects
- Assisted with acquisitions that allowed subsidiary collective fleet of both tractors and trailers by more than 50% immediately accretive earnings and add customers and product lines to portfolio
- Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments
Land Analyst / Division Order Analyst / Projects
Adams Resources Exploration Corporation
Houston, Texas
08.2013 - 01.2017
- Recovered $78,000 from bank that implied no signature on stock certificate by contacting bank presidents and FDIC to recover monies owed
- Responsible for production accounting and reporting
- Completed special assignments by establishing objectives, determining priorities, and managing time
- Managed Deeds, Division Orders, Leases, Regulatory documentation going back 60 years
- Navigated Bankruptcy Chapter 11
- Researched land, property and market values to complete estimations
- Analyzed revenues, costs and expenses for operating oil and gas well projects.
- Reviewed monthly requisitions for accuracy and completeness, reconciled transactions and determined payment approval statuses.
- Collaborated on projects with lawyers, accountants or public relations experts.
Paralegal
Sutherland, Brennan And Asbill, LLP
Houston, TX
04.2011 - 07.2013
- Researched state statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes and documents.
- Assisted counsel in preparing answers, providing documentation and information for discovery request.
- Collected, drafted and maintained resources to provide comprehensive materials accessible to all firm lawyers.
- Communicated with opposing parties from discovery to trial phase to facilitate expeditious litigation.
- Adhered to privacy laws to avert possible information breaches and protect client data.
- Mitigated legal team's workload by reviewing and evaluating legal documents, discovery materials and contracts.
- Created and implemented policies, work flow processes and work assignments.
Legal Assistant
Coats Rose
Houston, Texas
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Filed court documents and legal pleadings with court clerk on behalf of attorneys.
- Worked with defense trial team in collective action case involving alleged non-payment of overtime to approximately two hundred plaintiffs
- Audited timesheets and earnings statements
- Reviewed and analyzed summaries regarding high volume of electronic discovery
- Built and maintained databases and files
- Organized and tracked case files
- Managed accounts and client records of clients, observing confidentiality and extreme discretion.
Bookkeeper
Quick Print
Austin, Texas
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Responsible for bookkeeping and administrative functions for printing company with five locations and forty employees
- Maintained company books including A/P, A/R, and bank statements
- Managed employee payroll services
- Monitored fixed assets and managed invoices
- Completed payroll for employees and maintained detailed records of procedures.
- Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all corporate protocols.
- Established QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
- Verified postings to ledgers to confirm accurate entry and account balances.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Monitored, verified and approved invoices and reviewed balances using financial software to assess balance sheet for variances.
Design Assistant Part Time
Nucleus Design
Houston, TX
01.2004 - 01.2008
- Assisted interior designer in designing and creating comfortable and functional environments to represent clients' lifestyle, taste and budget.
- Managed clients and vendor accounts by creating invoices and purchase orders and organizing payments and deposits using Quickbooks.
- Visited job sites to take notes and record space measurements to create floor plans.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
08.2016
GPA: 3.2
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Management
- Organization
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Compliance Monitoring
- Field Inspection
- Departmental Operations
- Fraud Detection
- Confidential Records Management
- Auditing experience
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