Administrative Assistant Vice President
Resume:
CINDEE DARDEN
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Executive Legal Assistant with over 10 years of experience. Strong verbal
and written communication skills, ability to work in a fast-paced
environment handling multiple tasks, meeting deadlines, establishing
priorities, and following through on projects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Summit Management Corporation (Beacon Hill Staffing temporary)
May 2013 - present
Executive Assistant
. Coordinate extensive travel arrangements for company president.
. Compilation of articles and writing for newsletter to hotel property
managers.
. Editing and composing of outgoing internal and external
correspondence.
. Responsible for accounts receivable, accounts payable, and banking.
. Handle personal assistant responsibilities.
. Office management, supplies ordering, facilities management.
. Research for development projects.
Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta, GA
February 2013 - May 2013
Talent Management Coordinator (Kinetix temporary)
Assist the Senior Leader, Staffing and Recruiting and team with interview
scheduling and new hire onboarding, job descriptions, meeting coordination,
and the Director, Compensation and Benefits with administrative duties.
Capital Access Network, Inc., Kennesaw, GA September
2009 - February 2013
Legal Assistant
. Legal Assistant to Sr. Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and
Vice President, Compliance.
. Assisted with research for discovery, litigation, state regulatory
licensing compliance, trademark registrations, cease and desist
letters, EEO matters, and bankruptcy proof of claims.
. Maintained database of corporate entity information and organizational
records.
. Coordination with CT Corp for retrieving corporate documentation,
filing annual reports, general maintenance of legal entities,
Processed annual reports and secretary of state registrations for all
entities and registered new entities.
. Administered calendar, meeting requests and coordinated web
conferencing.
. Coordinated and tracked compliance training.
. Created, edited and revised legal documents and presentations.
. Maintained and administered legal files.
. Coordinated with outside counsel and finance department on billing and
accruals. Managed invoices.
. Communicated with outside counsel and other parties, clients, judicial
or agency administrative staff and vendors.
. Prepared executives' travel plans and expense reports.
Cambridge Professional Group and Robert Half Legal, Atlanta, GA
December 2008 - March 2009
ING Investment Management (February 2009 - March 2009)
Executive Legal Assistant to General Counsel (temporary)
. Prepared legal documents, corporate minutes, correspondence, mailings,
notices, reports, agendas and announcements. Legal invoices
accounting. Set up meetings and conference calls.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (December 2008 - February 2009)
Executive Legal Assistant to First Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel (temporary)
. Responsible for legal invoices and accounts payable for department.
. Managed legal matters using document management system and legal
matters tracking system and records retention.
. Coordinated board documents and legal documents for signature and
filing.
. Assisted with bank-wide Annual Code of Conduct certifications.
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Simmons Bedding Company, Atlanta, GA August
2007 - November 2008
Executive Legal Assistant to EVP/General Counsel
. Organized General Counsel's calendar and appointments.
. Scheduled, planned and organized all meetings and travel arrangements.
. Managed and performed all operational procedures relating to general
office administration and provided administrative support to the
General Counsel.
. Served as General Counsel's liaison and interfaced with board of
directors, executive leadership team, equity partners, compliance
committee, outside counsel and staff.
. Compiled board books which included typing board-meeting minutes,
editing, and distributing for approval.
. Prepared legal documents, corporate minutes, correspondence, mailings,
notices, reports, agendas and announcements. Maintained General
Counsel's files and record retention.
. Managed legal invoices and accounts payable for department.
The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA April 2002 - July
2007
Administrative Assistant to Sr. Director, Corporate Compliance (December
2003 - August 2007)
. Provided administrative support and office management for the Sr.
Director and Corporate Compliance team.
. Managed Sr. Director's calendar, coordinated appointments and meetings
which included quarterly Compliance Council meetings with company's
EVPs and annual Compliance Reviews; coordinated department calendar
and special events.
. Reviewed Corporate Compliance monthly budget and profit and loss
reports. Checked reports for overruns or inconsistencies; annual
budget planning.
. Managed expense reporting for department.
. Created and edited PowerPoint presentations.
. Created spreadsheets and maintained database for reporting of
confidential AwareLine information for Corporate Compliance.
Executive Administrative Assistant to Vice President, Strategic Marketing,
Operations
(July 2003 - December 2003)
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Division President, EXPO Stores
(October 2002 - July 2003)
Executive Administrative Assistant to Vice President, Information Services
(April 2002 - October 2002)
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (temporary April
2001 - April 2002
Executive Administrative Assistant to Vice President, International Public
Affairs
. Provided executive administrative support to the Vice President of
International Public Affairs.
. Scheduled, planned and organized international meetings and
international travel arrangements.
Southern Company, Atlanta, GA February 1993 - March 2001
Executive Administrative Assistant, various
SKILLS:
Proficient with Microsoft Office- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
and Visio; Lotus Notes, Concur, SAP, Adobe Acrobat Pro, CTAdvantage,
WebEx, Westlaw, Workshare Compare, PACER, iManage, and Interwoven and
WebEx. Intermediate Spanish language skills. Notary Public.
EDUCATION:
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Bachelor of Arts,
Communications
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