Sarah Tinney Email and Phone Number

Having been made redundant in December, I am currently self-employed working as a medical transcriber. I type up medical records and psychiatrist reports.

The 'goalkeeper' for the firm’s lawyers so that the business complies with its regulatory and statutory obligations. A summary of tasks required as a compliance analyst include: ensuring all client matters have been set up correctly; verifying identity documentation and conducting client due diligence; reviewing and approving engagement letters; identifying wider high risk and reputational issues including sanctions; conflict checking as part of a wider risk and compliance process; responding to general compliance help-desk queries, including desk-side support. The skills required include an exemplary eye for detail, organisation skills and the ability to prioritise effectively, together with good communication skills and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders, where necessary, in a constructive manner.

Personal Assistant to Real Estate Partner. Doing secretarial work and acting as personal assistant to the Head of the Real Estate Department. I received all my instructions through the Big Hand dictation system. I typed up letters, emails, legal documents through audio dictation. I was also responsible for updating the precedent documentation. I would open a file for each new matter and then deal with all the requirements for each sale/purchase/lease, seeing the matter through to the end. My role included liaising with the client, typing-up legal documents, arranging local searches, arranging for signature of the documents, billing the matter and digital and physical storage of documents. I was also responsible for obtaining the information for several monthly reports which were then typed up and sent out to the relevant client. I had to be able to prioritise and work to deadlines. The ability to work under pressure was also required.

During my time at Dallas Brett, I worked for various departments, but I spent the majority of time working for the Aviation Partner and in the Company Commercial Department. My responsibilities included dealing with all secretarial work for the partners concerned. I was also jointly responsible for the administration of the Wang word processing system and the implementation of the new computer system including the software package Word for Windows 6. I was also jointly responsible for the development of a marketing databaseIn my capacity as secretary and assistant to the Aviation Consultant, I assisted with the delivery of a small aircraft to a new airline in Nepal in September 1992. I was ‘girl Friday’ with jobs ranging from air stewardessing and hotel check-in to immigration supervision and even, on one occasion, re-fuelling the plane!In my last year at Dallas Brett I worked for a partner in the Real Estate Department.

All secretarial duties for the Chief Accountant. Supervising and assisting with various clerical/secretarial duties connected with the Finance Department. Supervising two other people whose duties were secretarial and clerical. Responsible for the compilation and production of certain monthly projects.

All reception duties and various secretarial duties. I also took telephone orders from the retail trade for the products that we sold.

Working as a volunteer on the kibbutz. Working in various areas including, kibbutz dining room, kibbutz kitchen, hotel kitchen, clinic and laundry, but spent the majority of the time working as a 'banana' girl helping in the banana fields and driving the tractors for the banana pickers in the picking season.

Working as a temporary secretary all over the Bournemouth area for various firms including manufacturing, distribution, council offices etc.