Cindy Gangis

**** ******** **.

Brandon, FL *****

813-***-****

abqip1@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Office Manager

Florida Career College, Riverview, FL 2010-present

Manage all business office functions of career college with approximately 50-55 staff and faculty members and a population of approximately 300 students;

Audit and update personnel files in accordance with complex Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools ( ACICS ) accreditation standards and assemble supporting documentation;

Budget, management, shipping/receiving and inventory of campus bookstore ($50,000-$75,000 per month);

Research statutory requirements, present options and solutions for legal issues regarding private career college operations;

Human Resources functions including orientation and on-boarding of new hires, drug screenings/background checks, I-9 verification, documentation of FMLA and Workers Comp matters, conduct employee meetings regarding Open Enrollment for benefits; advise staff on company policies and benefit questions and options;

Take minutes at Management Team meetings and record-keeping for ACICS audits and compliance;

Prepare bi-weekly payroll for staff and faculty including adjustments and reports;

Prepare employment contracts for faculty members;

Purchase textbooks, student uniforms, medical and clinic supplies, classroom supplies, campus supplies, furniture and equipment in accordance with approved vendor contracts and purchase requisition systems;

Track and maintain required business licenses;

Accounts Payable, petty cash reconciliation, company credit card statement reconciliations, expense reports;

Supervise administrative assistants and work-study employees.

Florida Career College, Riverview, FL 2009 - 2010

Auditor (three month temporary position through agency)

Audit and evaluate student academic files to ensure compliance with policies and requirements; coordinate processes with Executive Director, Director of Education, and Registrar to resolve compliance issues and prepare necessary documentation;

Research data and organize into report format;

Update academic files in timely manner for review by evaluators;

Part of team which completed accreditation audit with no violations and a favorable outcome.

Bloomin’ Brands Inc. (fka OSI Restaurant Partners LLC), Tampa, FL 2002 - 2009

Paralegal (Corporate and Labor and Employment and Immigration) in corporate legal department of restaurant company (Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill)

Corporate Paralegal functions including contracts review, draft contracts and renewals, employment agreements, partnership agreements and partnership buy-out agreements;

Draft and file entity formations;

Research state and federal regulations; prepare documentation to achieve compliance;

Draft franchise agreements and Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars and register as required;

Track partner percentage ownership and distribution participation in different restaurant concepts and multiple stores;

Maintain tickler system, generate and analyze reports from custom database to identify and perform priority tasks;

Track, maintain, and report salary information for partners and executives in a timely fashion;

Research current and historical data, analyze and report findings to Accounting, Finance and Real Estate Departments;

Train and supervise legal and administrative assistants;

Initiate and create new templates for documents and forms to eliminate waste, resulting in cost savings to company;

Selected for committee to work with developer on creation of custom database to store critical information and generate reports on legal contracts, ownership, and entity information for over 1,000 restaurants;

Chosen by Executive Committee as Employee of the Quarter in recognition of work on large merger and salary project;

Labor, Employment and Immigration Paralegal functions include investigating age, race and harassment/discrimination allegations and make recommendations regarding action to be taken by company;

Draft responses to Charges;

Review, analyze, and assemble responses to subpoena duces tecum;

Communicate with insurance companies re pending charges, track status, prepare and submit quarterly reports;

Liaison between partners, managers, and executives with Corporate Counsel on Title VII, I-9 and immigration compliance issues;

Audit I-9s, determine necessary action, advise managers and review revised forms and documents for compliance;

Draft updates and revisions to Employee Handbook and advise field managers on same.

WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, Winston-Salem, NC 1985 - 1998

Paralegal - Immigration, Labor and Employment Practice Group of major law firm.

Liaison between clients, witnesses, and attorneys;

Coordinate communications and prepare correspondence, draft pleadings, prepare trial notebooks;

Maintain tickler system for timely filing of documents with the Court and agencies;

Perform legal research;

Assist attorney with training seminars for clients and HR Managers regarding I-9 compliance;

Train and supervise team of coders to review and index voluminous records for use in trials;

Work with expert witness on statistical evidence presented at trial in large age discrimination case;

Selected to serve on the firm’s in-house Paralegal Committee.

SOFTWARE AND OTHER SKILLS

Microsoft Office eRequester ADP POS STARS Concur Matrix

Data Management Detail-oriented Research Legal Analysis Project Management

Communication Skills Due Diligence Tracking Entity Formation

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Current Notary Public, State of Florida

Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies

Davidson County Community College, Thomasville, NC

Continuing Legal Education – Seminars and workshops on labor, employment and immigration law topics presented by American Immigration Lawyer’s Association and national, state and local Bar Associations.

Former Member, Paralegal Advisory Board, Davidson County Community College, Thomasville, NC

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