Team Leader Paralegal Specialist

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ALICEE WHITE

Team Leader/Paralegal Specialist

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Team Leader and Paralegal Specialist with over two decades of experience driving team success and ensuring compliance in high-stakes environments. Demonstrates expertise in leadership, financial management, and legal compliance, leveraging strong interpersonal and analytical skills to enhance team productivity, fraud analysis and organizational efficiency. Committed to fostering a collaborative work culture and continuously improving processes to achieve strategic goals.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

PARALEGAL SPECIALIST/TEAM LEADERNov 2020 - May 2025

U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Disaster AssistanceSlidell, LA

• Perform legal reviews of residential and business loan documents for compliance with applicable agency policies and practices, regulations, and laws

• Respond to loan related inquiries from, and preparing correspondence for, a wide range of customers such as Attorneys, borrowers, managers/supervisors, other internal and external partners and the general public

• Manage a portfolio of loans and perform all loan closing duties for any assigned loans while complying with portfolio management directives

• Make recommendations for the disbursement of funds within the agency guidelinesConducted thorough legal reviews of loan documents, ensuring compliance with agency regulations and enhancing operational integrity.

Managed a diverse portfolio of loans, executing closing duties to streamline processes and deliver timely funding to stakeholders.

Facilitated communication between attorneys, borrowers, and internal partners, addressing inquiries to improve customer satisfaction and trust.

ACCOUNTANT2018 - 2020

Juan LaFonta & Associates, L.L.C.New Orleans, LA

• Process accounts payable and receivable including: enter and verify bills, invoices, and purchase orders

• Process payments, deposits, and post into the system

• Reconcile checking, savings, customer and vendor accounts

• Set up and maintain financial records in paper and cloud-based file systems

• Process payroll/timesheets and ensure that all staff are correctly returning timesheets and reports are compliant with Louisiana labor code

• Responsible for managing office services by ensuring office operations and procedures are organized, correspondences are controlled, filing systems are designed, supply requisitions are reviewed and approved and clerical functions are properly assigned and monitored

• Partner with Human Resources to maintain office policies as necessary as well as assist with new hire onboarding

• Handle client inquiries and complaints

PROPERTY MANAGER2015 - 2018

Dependable StorageNew Orleans, LA

• Managed all aspects of personnel policies, facility maintenance, including opening and closing, equipment purchasing and vendor contract development; traced specific accounting entries and transactions through automated system, ensuring quality control and system integrity maintained

• Interviewed, hired, and successfully trained associates; mentored, coached, and developed all members of staff, preparing associates for advancement opportunities

• Reconciled company purchases and sales, completed and audited company vendor transactional reports, performed updates to modules, and resolved invoice discrepancies

• Selected rental rates by comparing rates to top competitors; advertised new and existing products and services, increasing company business by 20%

TAX MANAGER2014

Liberty Tax ServiceSlidell, LA

• Prepared income tax returns for individuals and small businesses; reviewed prior tax return forms, income statements, and documentation of expenditures

• Compute taxes owed, using adding machine, completing entries on forms, following tax form instructions and tax deductibles; calculated form preparation fee according to complexity of return and preparation time requirement

• Maintained responsibility for managing new business development efforts, as well as retention and expansion of existing business relationships

SENIOR TELLER2006 - 2014

Regions BankNew Orleans, LA

LOAN PROCESSOR-TELLER2003 - 2006

GTE Federal Credit UnionNew Orleans, LA

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTINGFeb 2008 - Dec 2016

University of PhoenixMetairie, LA

SKILLS

P&L Analysis, Account Management, Financial Reporting, Tax Accounting, Cash Management, Budgeting, Auditing, General Ledger, Journal Entries, MS Office, Data Entry, Collections, Training, Leadership, Communication, Fraud Analysis, Identity Theft, .

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