Compliance officer

Miranda Taylor

Oregon City, OR

Work Experience

Compliance Officer

Alliance Capital Partners Corp -

Lake Oswego, OR

August 2011 to Present

Manager of Client Relations Specialist position;
- Creation of company policies and procedures related to work flow and employee roles and responsibilities;
- Implementation of state and federal residential lending regulations; related training to employees, management and loan originators, including Anti-Money Laundering programs, Suspicious Activity Reporting, and Bank Secrecy Act topics;
- Creation of company templates and improvement to existing loan documents;
- Development of company website;
- Management of multiple projects, client files, and lender conditions/requirements;
- Overall improvement of day-to-day loan transaction processes.

Legal Specialist

Mentor Graphics Corporation -

Wilsonville, OR

November 2005 to April 2011

- Sole point of contact for worldwide confidentiality agreements, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, finalizing and signing (signature authority status);
- Management of worldwide subsidiaries, including establishment of entities, maintenance of corporate minutes, and sole point of contact for all related inquiries;
- Provide key support in all mergers and acquisitions, including due
diligence, drafting agreements, closing matters, Hart-Scott-Rodino and Department of Justice preparation and filings;
- General support to General Counsel and legal team involving SEC matters, litigation, revenue contract negotiations; Purchasing and Tax Departments liaison/escalation point; and legal web page maintenance.
- Highlights: (1) Per Board of Directors initiative, purchased the companys first Standards of Business Conduct online training for worldwide implementation by working with Purchasing to narrow vendors, negotiate agreement and roll-out to 4,000 employees; (2) Worldwide entity simplification project - Chief Financial Officers initiative: Duties involved working with international outside counsel to determine local dissolution laws and appointment/removal of directors regulations, researched and reviewed documents, executed and finalized closure of entities while working with Finance and Tax Departments throughout the process; (3) Prepared and finalized many Legal and Tax Department templates for consistency and efficiency purposes; (4) Seminar and continuing education attendance related to the new UK Bribery Act affecting global business within broad jurisdiction; and (5) Business Travel: Two weeks in Ireland (train new employee); two weeks in Germany (acquisition support)
- Annual proxy and Board of Directors/Officers matters.

Paralegal

JoAnn K. Beck, P.C -

Woodburn, OR

November 1999 to November 2005

- General practice firm working in key areas of probate, personal
injury, real estate, elder law, and business/corporate law
- Sole paralegal and daily duties involved drafting and filing court
documents; daily communication with Judge and/or assistant, and hearing attendance
- Drafted corporate minutes, Internal Revenue Service filings, and in-depth Secretary of State matters

Education

Bachelor's of Science in Business Management

University of Phoenix -

Tigard, OR

2002 to 2005

Certificate in Court Reporting

College of Legal Arts -

Portland, OR

1996 to 1999

Skills

- Daily use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, multiple corporate databases and communication systems - Continuing Legal Education Seminars: Negotiation Plus: The Art of Getting What You Want (10/19/2006 Seattle, WA); Document Retention and Destruction (10/25/2006), and Advanced Transactional Drafting (11/06/2008) - Notary Public (3/23/2015)