CARMEN CORREIA
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Highly organized and detail-oriented administrative professional with over 10 years of experience in office management and special projects. Resourceful and adaptive, with expertise in calendar, travel, and project management. Financial tracking and customer relationship management. Recent technology upgrades for the modern office. Results-oriented strategic planner with extensive knowledge of global office demands and practices.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Corporate Legal Administrator / Law Clerk
Dentons (Canada) LLP
Toronto, Canada
07.2022 - Current
- Drafting, preparing and proofreading correspondence, accounts and various transactional documents and forms
- Organizing and tracking calendars for lawyers; travel and expense approvals
- Updating and maintaining client/matter lists and current client contact records electronically Registered changes to share certificates and annual returns
- Front line of client inquiries; problem solving and tracking
- Processing incoming and outgoing mail, including maintenance of email accounts and managing bring-forwards
- Preparing and updating cheque requisitions and expense reports
- Demonstrating a team approach to support Corporate team
- Developed spreadsheets to track project progress, budgets, and other related data.
- Organized client meetings to provide project updates.
- Monitored time-sensitive emails and distributed correspondence accordingly
Booker & Superhost
Airbnb / VRBO Management
Toronto, Canada
08.2014 - 10.2018
- Spearheaded property inventories with portfolios of $8 million, generated 6 figure annual income ($115,00 gross revenue 2018) as a side business while pregnant
- Awarded Superhost status and upgraded properties to Select Brand of homes on multiple formats: Airbnb & VRBO & movie industry.
Artistic Company Manager, Arts & Culture – 1,800 performers
Pan Am / Parapan Am Games
Toronto, Canada
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Developed and coordinated an international database, supported the programming team by ensuring all contracted PANAMANIA artists were documented as official TO2015 suppliers and contracts were executed
- Orchestrated Security Accreditation, facilitated meetings with different government offices, ability to handle emergencies, problem solving with departments
- Designed programs with the Arts & Culture, Festival’s producers to confirm required travel dates and ensured travel to and from Toronto was booked according to TO2015 policy with international performers.
Administrative Director & Owner
Chef Network Inc. & Worldwide Speakers Inc.
Toronto, Canada
01.2003 - 05.2013
- Identified need from business speakers & trainers to market demand of Celebrity Chef representation and endorsements as well as publishing
- Clients ranged from national financial institutions, associations, brand agencies and the tourism sector to provide brand awareness with celebrity chefs with contracts of endorsements and appearances provided by CNI.
Supervisor / Central Pole Supervisor
Elections Canada
Toronto, Canada
10.2019
- Trained in 6 positions in a 2-week period, formulated training of team
- Problem solved and supervised new staff, formalized counting ballots, consolidated resources, implemented communication with different levels of government offices, verified votes with political parties.
Intake / Immigration Business Analyst for IT from India to Canada INTERNSHIP
Fragomen (Canada) Co.
Toronto, Canada
- Assisted case managers in receiving intake documents as well as direct applications with the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
- Preparing documents, combining files with Adobe, scripting emails, updated client database, uploaded documents
- Preparing client files for further drafting of the applicant’s final immigration package for IT clients from India to Canada
- Provided support to other immigration business analysists within our team
- Supported my direct manager in wiper management for our team, tracking active case statuses worked with our team by way of Hybrid office environment due to Covid protocols / 2 days in office, 3 days in home office.
Education
Business Administration – Legal -
05.2022
Indigenous History
04.2022
Office Administration
05-1991
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Expense Monitoring
- Schedule Coordination
- Information Management
- Office Administration
- Executive Support
- Travel Coordination
- Events Coordination
- Contract Processing
- Recordkeeping and File Management
- Team Building and Leadership
- 90 Wpm Typing Speed
- MS Office
- Multiple Priorities Management
- Scheduling
- Document Control
- Multi-Line Phone Systems
- Deadline Adherence
- G Suite
- Documentation and Reporting
- Administrative Support
- Personable and Approachable
- Project Management
- Business Administration
- Travel Arrangements
- Contract Administration
- Expense Reporting
- Attention to Detail
- Association of Legal Administrators
- Corporate law
- Corporate and business legal issues
- Corporate branding
- 2 years in legal administration
- Understanding of confidentiality laws
- Corporate partnerships
Volunteer Experience
- Scarborough Health Network, Navigation Officer, Toronto’s Largest Vaccination Clinic, Toronto
- Community Leader, https://www.tcat.ca/project/bike-parking-at-tchc-apartment-towers/
- COSTI, Afghan Arrival Support – Packaging donations, driver, http://www.costi.org/sys/anno_detail.php?id=41530
- Charity, Furniture Bank, https://www.furniturebank.org/
Certification
- Microsoft 365 - 2022
- RCMP Clearance - 2022
- Leadership Passport - 2021
- First Aid - 2022
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Corporate Legal Administrator / Law Clerk - Dentons (Canada) LLP
07.2022 - Current
Supervisor / Central Pole Supervisor - Elections Canada
10.2019
Artistic Company Manager, Arts & Culture – 1,800 performers - Pan Am / Parapan Am Games
01.2015 - 06.2015
Booker & Superhost - Airbnb / VRBO Management
08.2014 - 10.2018
Administrative Director & Owner - Chef Network Inc. & Worldwide Speakers Inc.
01.2003 - 05.2013
Intake / Immigration Business Analyst for IT from India to Canada INTERNSHIP - Fragomen (Canada) Co.
Centennial College - Business Administration – Legal,
Coursera – Indigenous Canada - , Indigenous History
Camosun College - , Office Administration