Atlanta, GA 404-***-**** ac2hxu@r.postjobfree.com
NICHOLAS JACKSON
Corporate Compliance & Business Management Executive
Compliance Business Analyst Attorney Project Management Team Management
Well-defined and highly respected Corporate Business & Legal Management Specialist, credited with executing in vast roles to include corporate consulting in IT, business, tax and accounting; execute business, project management and real estate as a highly skilled attorney. Deliver human resource initiatives managing and directing up 70 attorneys. Participate in the development of organizations plans and programs as a strategic partner. Develop credibility for the finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports and financial trends in order to assist the Board and senior executives executing business excellence.
PROFICIENCIES
Corporate Compliance
Financial Planning
Strategic Planning/Analysis
Organizational Oversight
Project Management
Personnel Management
Training & Development
Policy & Procedures
Quality Assurance
System Testing
Business Design Specifications
Communication Excellence
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
James Edgar LLC, Atlanta, GA 2017 – Present
Lease Analyst/Abstractor: Quality Control abstracted leases 2013 - 2015
Offer strengths managing portfolios regarding telecom sites throughout the U.S. Offer strong business acumen regarding analyzations of agreements, municipal codes and zoning ordinance changes. Dispatch vendors to address maintenance issues as needed.
Lease Analyst
Mange the oversight through coordinating, tracking and negotiate satellite office leases and renewals
Interpret, Abstract and enter leases into JD Edwards as needed
Calculate lease terms, commencement dates, expiration dates, renewal/non-renewal deadlines, and all other lease key dates.
Maintain insurance for both Mobilitie and tenants as required by the agreements
Managing Consultant – Business, Tax, and Accounting
Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the organization's fiscal function and performance.
Manage teams of tax professionals and assistants working on client projects
Evaluate and advise on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies and regulatory action
Establish credibility throughout the organization and with the Board as an effective developer of solutions to business challenges
Robert Half Legal, Atlanta, GA 2016 – 2016
Real Estate Attorney - Lease Abstraction
Served as a legal resource and administered due diligence for a multi-tenant commercial property.
Managed and interpreted leases, summarizing material issues and researching key items necessary to complete a discounted cash flow analysis
Determined terms regarding quantity of rental income; adjusted factors such as rental rates and escalations
Trust Point International, Washington, DC 2015 - 2016
Project Management Lead Attorney
Managed 70 attorneys responsible for data analysis and production along with litigation preparation and legal document analysis.
Illustrated comprehensive understanding confidential evidence and privileged communications
Reviewed legal documents to prepare summaries and analyses for highlighted and graphed pieces of evidence gathered from the documents while categorized data as privileged communications and maintain recordings into separate filings
Lease Analyst/Abstractor: Quality Control abstracted leases 2013 - 2015
Refer to first position above for information regarding this position.
First American Title Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA 2013 – 2013
Underwriting Associate
Serve in underwriting support to company personnel, agents, and customers related to the issuance of real estate title insurance commitments and policies. Assisted ensuring that property and casualty insurance was properly issued. Worked directly with the underwriters to proper insure that all property data was properly interpreted and analyzed.
Performed lease abstraction and detailed review of commercial real estate leases and supporting documents
Evaluated various legal documents for commencement or expiration dates, options, rent/sub-leases/other rental agreements, tax obligations
Created Advanced Excel spreadsheets to detect, analyze and reference for the insurance of title insurance
Robert Half Legal, Atlanta, GA 2012 – 2012
Real Estate Attorney - Lease Abstraction
Expertise included operations with interpreting leases, summarizing material issues and researching key items necessary to complete a discounted cash flow analysis for multi-tenant commercial property.
Calculated the quantity and quality of rental income and determine how the terms affect the quantity of rental income by adjusting factors such as rental rates and escalations
Verified that Wireless Towers were properly accounted and verified to execute utility easements.
Managed company’s property data to ensure that all new issued leases were record in contacts.
Balint Brown & Basri, New York, NY 2011 – 2011
Document Review Attorney
Managed litigation preparation and legal document analysis. Collected and organized confidential evidence and privileged communications before documents were given to the opposing counsel.
Reviewed legal documents to prepare summaries and analyses for highlighted and graphed pieces of evidence gathered from the documents while categorized data as privileged communications and maintain recordings into separate filings.
Colbert Tax Service, Atlanta, GA 2009 – 2011
Tax Consultant
Engaged in a variety of tax related activities for advising taxpayers regarding IRS and state board audits.
Provided business and tax consulting, processing state sales and federal excise tax returns and processing unemployment and FICA tax deposit and information returns, and requesting and interpreting official IRS advance letters or memorandum opinions from the IRS.
Wal-Mart Realty, Bentonville, AR 2007 – 2008
Legal Realty Clerk
Performed research strategies for Wal-Mart Real Estate department regarding investing and developing commercial properties through the evaluation of zoning and tax laws, demographics, property values and other factors prior to acquisitions or removal of properties from the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Researched legal descriptions and site plans regarding Wal-Mart and Sam's Club real estate.
Conducted research and analysis of sale-leaseback real estate properties and evaluated records on titles to Real Estate Investment Trust properties
Contacted local counties and other governmental agencies to ensure that proper records were made.
Verified ownership and the legal description of properties and checked for zoning ordinances that may restrict the use of the properties.
Monitored and analyzed external compliance related issues that could affect land acquisitions.
Arkansas School of Law, Federal Legal Clinic, Fayetteville, AR 2007 – 2008
Pro Hac Vice Attorney
Primary focus on consumer bankruptcy; which aided individuals who were in dire financial situations with creditors by finding an acceptable restructuring solution or aided in filing Chapter 7.
Understanding the bankruptcy code, federal procedure and conducting standard legal functions for all clients.
Previous Career Overview:
Aflac, Columbus, GA 2004 – 2005
Quality Assurance Analyst
Booz Allen Hamilton and Atlanta, GA 2001 – 2003
IT Consultant
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Emory University, College of Law Atlanta, GA
Masters of Law (LLM) – Transactional Law
University of Arkansas, College of Law Fayetteville, AR
Juris Doctor
Mercer University, Stetson School of Business and Economics Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Arts Business Administration