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Tanja Tinney

Oklahoma City,OK

Summary

Legal, HR and Language Teaching professional with a multi-faceted background encompassing experience in international law; managing employee benefits & compliance; employee relations & compliance; executive hiring/recruiting & onboarding; global mobility programs; international assignments & expatriate management.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

German Professor

Oklahoma School Of Science & Math (OSSM)
Oklahoma City, OK (part-time Remote)
08.2020 - Current
  • Probed, encouraged and facilitated class discussions by building discussions into lessons, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation and actively solicit input
  • Determine learning needs and styles of students to target lesson plans
  • Provide individualized and small group instruction to adapt curriculum to needs of each student
  • Develop student understanding and appreciation of culture of German-speaking countries
  • Create instructional resources for use in virtual classroom

Online ESL Instructor

Self Employed
Remote
10.2019 - Current
  • Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
  • Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
  • Improved instruction methods by using various assessment tools and strategies.

International Legal and HR Consultant

Vienna Insurance Group AG
Remote
10.2014 - Current
  • HR team lead for the global remote and expatriate employee programs with a focus on compensation & benefits, on/offboarding, employee development & international payroll
  • Monitoring & reporting changes in global tax & employment law
  • Reviewing, drafting & executing management contracts, HR policies, and other legal documents
  • Researching and providing advice on global employment and tax law issues including diversity and inclusion topics
  • Preparing and teaching German & English language courses for foreign new hires

Accounting & HR Manager

Troy's Sandblasting LLC
Remote
02.2015 - 02.2019
  • Maintaining customer happiness with forward-thinking strategies and organizing office operations including contract drafting & contract negotiation (service & employment agreements) and invoicing
  • Bookkeeping including preparation of monthly, quarterly and annually tax forms and financial reports through Quickbooks
  • Weekly/monthly payroll administration through Quickbooks
  • General HR duties

Legal Advisor International Employment Law & Executives (HR)

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe
Vienna, Austria
09.2011 - 08.2014
  • In-house legal advisor (HR department) within the field of international employment, tax and executives' law with focus on preparation, review and negotiation of international management contracts (mainly in English and German)
  • Legal support with international executives searches & recruiting, international assignments and support for expatriates and global mobility programs as well as employee relations & compliance
  • Compensation and benefits packages and compliance
  • Internal international payroll, international and national tax law issues for expats mainly for personal income taxation, VAT & social security
  • Advised and prepared immigration law and visa issues within the scope of international recruiting & internal global mobility programs
  • HR team lead for international workforce and global mobility programs

Associate Attorney

Weber Maxl & Co Attorneys at Law
Vienna, Austria
10.2010 - 07.2011
  • Represented clients in wide variety of litigation matters including employment, securities, and capital market dispute; preparation and drafting of M&A transactions; preparation & finalizing of IPO’s
  • Coordinated and analyzed document productions of major M&A transactions & contract negotiation
  • Prepared documents and represented clients regarding immigration law and visa issues mainly for software and IT companies

Judicial Clerkship Trainee

District Court of Graz
Graz, Austria
01.2010 - 09.2010
  • Conducted research and drafted opinions and briefs on Judge's behalf on a wide range of issues, including civil law cases, criminal law cases and corporate law cases
  • Attended civil, criminal and corporate court proceedings to hear arguments and document necessary case information for the judge to review

Education

Magistra Iur (J.D. Equivalent) - Law

University of Graz
Graz, Austria
2009

Skills

  • Fluent in English & German (Native), basic conversational in Spanish, French and Italian
  • Excellent knowledge of MS-Office applications, G Suite, SAP, QuickBooks, Slack & Zoom
  • Human resources management, benefits & compensation management
  • Excellent (legal) research and analytical skills
  • In-depth knowledge of HR Compliance, policy and procedure adherence
  • Budget planning
  • Attentive to detail with very strong ability to prioritize and multi-task
  • Expertise in international employment & global HR
  • Expertise in global contract management & negotiation
  • Multicultural and strong interpersonal skills

Timeline

German Professor

Oklahoma School Of Science & Math (OSSM)
08.2020 - Current

Online ESL Instructor

Self Employed
10.2019 - Current

Accounting & HR Manager

Troy's Sandblasting LLC
02.2015 - 02.2019

International Legal and HR Consultant

Vienna Insurance Group AG
10.2014 - Current

Legal Advisor International Employment Law & Executives (HR)

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe
09.2011 - 08.2014

Associate Attorney

Weber Maxl & Co Attorneys at Law
10.2010 - 07.2011

Judicial Clerkship Trainee

District Court of Graz
01.2010 - 09.2010

Magistra Iur (J.D. Equivalent) - Law

University of Graz
Tanja Tinney