Overview

Job Title: Senior Commercial Secretary

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Commercial Secretary to support our executive team and assist in managing day-to-day administrative tasks related to commercial operations. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar role and be able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

Commercial, competition and litigation secretarial experience essential Amendments to complex documents (ability to work with track changes, cross–referencing, footnotes, comments, PowerPoint, etc.) Annotating, highlighting, redacting, collating and compressing large sets of PDF documents Preparing, organising and arranging physical and electronic document records (e.g. merger filings, document discoveries, briefs to counsel, trial bundles, regulatory submissions, RFQs etc.) Retrieving legal texts from electronic databases for inclusion in documents Dictaphone and copy–typing of documents Preparing resource and client files Administering and organising legal practice Preparing accounts for clients, posting time on a daily basis, monitoring payments to counsel, monitoring outstanding debtors and trust balances Developing and maintaining electronic and physical filing systems and ensuring that the filing system is kept up to date

Requirements:

10 plus years experience as a legal secretary Excellent knowledge of and technical skills with Microsoft Office Suite programmes (more specifically MS Word 2010), MS Excel essential and PowerPoint essential Knowledge of Aderant Expert (CMS) accounting system Knowledge of iManage Matric essential Paralegal advantageous

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team and contribute to the success of our commercial operations. If you meet the above requirements and are seeking a challenging and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply for the position of Senior Commercial Secretary with our company.

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