Fasken Martineau is an international law firm based in the West End of London. I have proven to be easily adaptable due to having gone through a merger, which meant the implementation of new accounting systems and procedures to integrate with the international offices of the group. This was a major project for which I played an active role in the set-up of the purchase ledger, file conversion and various other areas of the accounting function. • Processing purchase ledger invoices timely, obtaining approvals, ensuring correct ledger coding, statement reconciliation, invoice payment and liaising with suppliers.• Performing client conflict searches, Opening and closing of files as well as archiving.• Raising and processing of disbursement cheques and client account cheques. BACs and Chaps payments and interbank transfers• Paying in and posting of receipts to and from office client accounts. Recording receipts on cash daily.• Processing Daily banking/receipts, data processing of bank statements and contacting them regarding financial queries• Process and payment of Staff and Partners expenses.• Full Accounts Payable procedures including office/client bank reconciliations, petty cash reconciliation. Maintenance of General Ledger, posting journals• Ensure A/P files and records kept in accordance with company policies and government regulation.• Handling requests for information and data i.e. vendors and auditors on AP issues.• Preparation and distribution of daily and monthly management reports to fee earners globally.• Internal systems training, Library administration.• Provision of back up on Elite billing.• Filing and other ad hoc reception or office duties.• Special projects as required.

A small London Law Firm specialising in debt recovery, insolvency and conveyancing. Duties included:• Court assistance with Counsel (County Court & High Court of Justice)• Court attendance with Counsel on winding up of petition hearings • Preparation of trial bundles• Court reporting• Collecting and lodging of briefs with counsels chambers• Attending listing appointments and setting court hearing dates• Preparation, issue and lodgement of warrants of execution with sheriffs officers• General office duties such as mail distribution, running of partners diaries• Archiving, dead file retrieval• Claim correspondence, issuing executions, liaising with sheriffs & bailiffs• Dealing with ad hoc partner queries• Caseload organisation and preparing data disks for use with the county court bulk issue centre (CCBC).

Duties included: • Testing, analysis and evaluation of current systems within the department.• Set up and maintenance of Access database to ISO 9000 standard comprising market research data.• Training on internal systems and testing plans.• Liaising with internal clients on system related issues.• Maintaining and filing of request forms submitted to the department.• Processing timesheets and invoices and general office duties.

Duties included:• Dealing with ad hoc internal and external client queries • Data entry • Training of new and existing staff• Processing and filing customer survey returns• Monitoring and tracking of survey material for the preparation of monthly reports