Administrative Assistant Office Manager
Resume:
JENNIFER K. TAHYI
Conesville, OH **811
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OBJECTIVE
Motivated and detail-oriented person with over thirty years of experience working in an office setting. I have extensive knowledge and experience in business administration and client relations, I feel that I am ready to take my career to the next level and challenge myself with an exciting new career. I love people and interacting with them. I am very comfortable multi-tasking in a high pace office working in a team based or individual environment, I am adaptable, driven with a very strong work ethic. I truly believe that obtaining this job will allow me to not only grow as a person on a professional level but on a personal one as well.
EXPERIENCE
KEY SKILLS
Detail-Oriented
Works Independently and/or Team-Based
Hard Working
Personable
Problem Solver
Experience in the planning, execution and assisting of complex legal situations.
Knowledgeable in the areas of Real Estate Law, Probate Law, Trust Administration, Banking, Estate Planning, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Human Resources, Administrative Assistant, Accounting and Office Management
EDUCATION
1990 Graduate of
Philo High School,
Philo, Ohio
1993 Graduate of
Muskingum Area Technical College, nka Zane State College
Zanesville, Ohio
Associate’s Degree
Major: Business Administration Management and Paralegal
Minor: Accounting
December, 2022 - Present
Probate Paralegal
Reese Pyle Meyer PLL
36 North Street, Newark, OH 43055
Job Duties:
Assisting five Attorneys with the preparation of Estate Administration, Adult and Minor Guardianship documents.
Review, prioritize and organize all probate files.
Maintain high level of productivity, reliability, and accuracy.
Meet with Clients throughout the duration of an Estate.
Maintain contact with clients on the telephone and by email.
Meeting filing deadlines set by the Court.
Develops on-going process improvements to drive departmental efficiency.
Responsible for maintaining accurate time for billing.
Manage Probate Trust Accounts
Disbursing assets to all heirs after the estate is completed.
Work closely with realtors to sell real estate in the Estate and Auctioneers for the sale of private property. Obtain bank statements, IRA statements, stocks and bonds statements to prepare accurate accounting to file with the Court.
Maintain weekly meetings with Attorneys to review cases.
Performs required administrative tasks; prepares required reports and correspondence.
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
April, 2021 - November, 2022
Administrative Assistant, Director of Human Resources and Office Manager
Muskingum Iron & Metal/Americatz
345 Arthur Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Prepare daily cash reports for Zanesville and branches located in Indiana, Alabama, and North Carolina.
Updated Inventory daily for all locations.
Maintain cash bags and reconciling.
Order weekly cash order from bank.
Responsible for the reconciliation of $1.3 million per week.
Interviewing new hires and conducting exit interviews for employees.
Complete new hire paperwork.
Create new human resources documents.
Responsible for maintaining accurate count for employee uniforms for all locations and billing.
Conduct monthly meetings to sign employees up for medical insurance.
Set up branch locations in Indiana, Alabama and North Carolina with the Secretary of State’s Offices, local government, utilities, review lease contracts, set up bank accounts at branch locations. Responsible for
Maintaining account balance for weekly cash withdraws.
Maintain daily contact with branch location employees.
Ordering supplies for all locations.
Back up to the Chief Financial Officer with bank deposits,
Back up to scale clerk.
Created HR files.
Maintain sick leave, personal leave and vacation leave.
Created a spreadsheet for all Suppliers indexed by state with Vendor/EIN number, address, and owner information.
Meet with local police enforcement for receiving possible stolen property.
Miscellaneous tasks by the President and CFO.
Monthly reconciliation on all bank accounts.
Maintain open communication with all employees.
Volunteer with various local organizations for the Company.
June 2020 – March, 2021
Probate Paralegal
Graham & Graham
17 N 4th Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Prepare all Estate Planning, Guardianship, Estate Administration and Trust documents for three full time Attorneys.
Prepare deeds and other miscellaneous real estate documents,
Conducted Real Estate Closing.
Prepared foreclosures, evictions, small claims complaint and civil complaint for clients and various banking institutions and rental companies.
Assisted Personal Injury Attorneys in wrongful death actions.
Meet with Client regarding estate planning and estate administration.
Prepare and send out billing states bi-monthly.
Assist receptionist for breaks and lunch.
Reviews, prioritizes, and organizes all operational activities.
Help staffing needs to meet demands of the business.
Develops on-going process improvements to drive departmental efficiency.
Performs required administrative tasks; prepares required reports and correspondence.
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
Maintaining personal and professional schedules for 4 Attorneys.
October, 2015 – May, 2020
Paralegal for Benjamin W. Whitacre, Esq.
Micheli, Baldwin, Mortimer, McLendon & Whitacre
3080 James Court, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Prepare all domestic law, probate law, real estate law, civil law and criminal law documents.
Maintain professional and personal daily schedule.
Meet with Clients.
Assist corporate clients Genesis Healthcare Systems and Allwell Behavioral Healthcare with Guardianship and end of life documents.
Responsible for billing court appointed cases.
Back up to HR Office Manager for billing and banking tasks, with resolving personnel issues with staff.
Created spreadsheet to maintain accurate schedule of document due dates for various courts.
Maintain trust account.
Assisting clients on telephone and by email.
Assisting other Attorneys with various tasks.
Prepare real estate closing documents.
May, 2002 – October 2015
Probate Clerk and Court Investigator
Coshocton County Probate Court
425 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
Assisted the Court with the filing and attend hearings for Guardianship, Estate Administration, Adoption, Marriage License, Minor Settlements, Name Change and Show Cause Hearings.
Court Investigator for Guardianship Filing which includes with meeting with family members, proposed ward at their home, nursing home or hospital. Complete report with recommendation for the Court
Contact Attorneys to maintain past due documents needed to be filed with the Court.
Prepare monthly reports for Ohio Supreme Court.
Assisted Court with monthly show cause hearings by taking detailed notes regarding each case. Preparing orders for jail time. Work closely with Sheriff’s Department regarding Defendant’s jail sentencing.
Preparing bench warrants.
Founded and administered the Coshocton County Volunteer Guardianship Program. Spoke in front of Supreme Court regarding the Volunteer Guardianship Program as well as various locations in Coshocton County.
Research caselaw for the Judge.
Prepare Judgment Entries for the Court.
Real Estate Paralegal and Closing Agent
Manager of Zane Title Agency for
Stubbins, Watson, Bryan & Whitucky, LPA
59 4th Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Responsible for maintaining bank accounts associated with trust accounts and Iolta Accounts.
Maintain bank accounts on QuickBooks.
Prepare title examination for title insurance policy, 21-year title examination and updated title examination.
Underwriter for Land America Title Insurance Company and Old Republic Title Insurance Agency.
Ordering surveys and inspections to real estate.
Prepare all real estate closing documents.
Performing real estate closings for local banks and cash closings for clients.
Prepared deeds.
Disbursed loan proceeds to sellers, payoffs to banks or refinancing owners.
Prepare for annual audits.
Assisted Mortgage Departments of local banks with documentation and other miscellaneous tasks.
Scheduled real estate closings.
Conducted commercial real estate closing with transactions being several million dollars for State of Ohio, Muskingum County, Ohio, local banks or clients.
Recorded all documentation in various counties’ recorder’s office.
Develop on-going process for improvements to drive efficiency.
September 1995 – September 1998
Paralegal and Office Manager
James L. Dickman, Esq.
604 Main Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Performed title examination and deed preparation.
Responsible for all banking and billing.
Worked with local banks to establish a real estate closing position.
Prepared real estate closing documents and performed real estate closings.
Prepared oil and gas leases.
Various miscellaneous tasks.
Maintains a working knowledge of all operating systems pertaining to the work area.
Responsible for all required training to ensure compliance with FDIC guidelines at all times.
June 1990 – September 1995
Paralegal and Branch Office Manager
Graham & Graham
17 N 4th Street, Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Prepare bankruptcy documents and was co-chair at the bankruptcy hearings.
Prepare small claims complaint and debtor’s exam documents and filed with the Court.
Prepared interrogatories, subpoena, and complaints for civil and criminal cases.
Prepared estate planning documents.
Managed branch office in Roseville, Ohio, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Managed branch office in Thornville, Ohio on Tuesday, and Thursday afternoon.
Meeting with clients to sign documents.
Schedule appointments for the Zanesville, Roseville, and Thornville Offices for 2 attorneys.
Assisted with phone calls and walk in client appointments.
Prepared various deeds and title examinations.
Maintained corporate books for Shelly & Sands, Dutro Ford, Graham Chevrolet, OK Coal & Concrete, Bank of Corning, Mar Zane, Ltd. Eaglesticks, McClelland Enterprises, Burley Clay, Robinson Ransbottom Pottery Ltd.,
Performs required administrative tasks; prepares required reports and correspondence.
Maintains a working knowledge of all operating systems pertaining to the work area.
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
PERSONAL
I have been married to my husband, Troy Tahyi, for 25 years. We have two grown children. Our son, Nick, is the CFO for Zemba Bros in Zanesville, Ohio. Our daughter, Peyton, recently graduated from West Virginia University and is a Digital Marketing Strategist for RevLocal in Granville, Ohio. We are avid sports fans, mainly West Virginia Men’s Basketball, Cleveland Browns Football and Cleveland Cavaliers.
We travel to Walt Disney World as much as we can.
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