Keoagile Seemane
Accounting Technician
Mabopane
Summary
Legal Secretary equipped with positive attitude and proven success functioning well in large corporate office environments. Manages priorities for multiple high profile attorneys with ease. Positive relationships with court officials, colleagues and law enforcement members. Focused Legal Secretary with solid administrative support background. Pays attention to details as well as considering larger picture when managing court filing procedures and deadlines. Detail-oriented Legal Secretary with vast knowledge of legal industry and office management. Organized and efficient to learn new processes quickly. Hardworking Job Title with Number years in legal office administration. Offers exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Dedicated administrative professional with successful experience in fast-paced office settings. Hardworking team player with expertise in completing various clerical tasks and offering staff support. Responsible, punctual and productive professional when working with little to no supervision. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Job Title position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Legal Secretary
Mazibuko Attorneys
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Providing lawyers with direct assistance i.e
- Helping with research for cases, gathering necessary documents for trials and submitting paperwork to courthouses and sheriffs
- Telephone handling including; transferring calls, screening calls, taking messages and scheduling clients’ appointments
- Taking notes during legal meetings and maintaining the firm's legal research references
- Organize the firm's library
- Prepare correspondence and type legal documents, including pleadings, motions, briefs and summonses
- Maintain complex dockets, create spreadsheets; index and update pleadings and discovery binders; schedule depositions, site inspections, hearings, closings and meetings
- Key
- Responsibilities & duties
- Received and placed telephone calls to clients and prospective clients.
- Scheduled and made appointments for Number attorneys.
- Created, indexed, and maintained client binders.
- Filed documents with courts on behalf of attorney.
- Answered and directed calls using multi-line switchboard.
- Completed accident reports, trial and courtroom requests and applications for clients.
- Prepared and processed invoices for attorney billing.
- Managed check requests, expense reimbursement requests, invoices and accounts payable and receivable information.
Accounting Technician
Bytes Peoples Solution
01.2015 - 12.2018
- The internship was a workplace education and training programme comprising both structured practical workplace (on-the-job) experience and structured theoretical training with focus on the following;
- Financial Accounting lessons
- Accounts Preparation 1
- Accounts Preparation 2
- Professional Ethics in Accounting
- Indirect Tax
- Excel
- Key
- Responsibilities & duties
- Entered figures using 10-key calculator to compute data quickly.
- Compiled budget figures by reviewing past budgets, evaluating estimated income, and assessing expenses.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Gathered, evaluated and summarized account data in detailed financial reports.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating, and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Presented audit findings to accounting manager after reviewing results and paperwork.
- Inspected account books and recorded transactions.
- Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
- Tracked financial progress by creating quarterly and yearly balance sheets.
Store Associate
Sheet Street
05.2014 - 04.2015
- Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs
- Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices
- Compute sales prices, total purchases and receive and process cash or credit payment
- Maintain records related to sales
- Key
- Responsibilities & duties
- Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts, and know how to prevent or handle these situations
- Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers
- Rent merchandise to customers.
- Greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
- Coordinated restocking of sales floor with current merchandise and accurate signage for current promotions.
- Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts, and printed receipts to ring up customers.
- Balanced and organized cash register by handling cash, counting change, and storing coupons.
- Increased sales and customer satisfaction through personalized servicing.
- Worked with loss prevention in monitoring shopper behavior.
- Answered customer questions about products and services, helped locate merchandise, and promoted key items.
- Managed efficient cash register operations.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items, and arranging according to size or color.
Legal Cost Consultant
Nkosi Nkosana Attorneys
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Drafting bills for Road Accident Funds
- Providing lawyers with direct assistance i.e
- Helping with research for cases, gathering necessary documents for trials and submitting paperwork to courthouses
- Telephone handling including; transferring calls, screening calls, taking messages and scheduling clients’ appointments
- Taking notes during legal meetings and maintaining the firm's legal research references
- Organize the firm's library
- Prepare correspondence and type legal documents, including pleadings, motions, briefs, summonses and subpoenas
- Maintain complex dockets, create spreadsheets; index and update pleadings and discovery binders; schedule depositions, site inspections, hearings, closings and meetings
- Orientating new lawyers and paralegals about protocols for filling out and submitting courtroom documents
- Key
- Stayed current with industry regulations and standards to produce cost estimates in compliance with all relevant laws.
- Attended project meetings to provide updates and insights on project costs.
- Reviewed and approved invoices and payments, verifying accuracy of expenses.
Education
Grade 12 - Commerce
Mmankala Technical & Commercial High School
North West 01.2005 - 12.2005
National Higher Certificate In Accountancy - Financial Accounting
Tshwane University of Technology
01.2006 - 1 2009
Skills
Innovative and analytical thinker;undefined
Certification
Certified [Accounting Technician] [Bytes People’s Solution]
Accomplishments
- Lead Legal Secretary for a team of Number legal administrative staff members.
- Assisted Number attorneys and Number associate attorneys with large-scale projects.
Timeline
Legal Secretary
Mazibuko Attorneys
01.2019 - 12.2023
Accounting Technician
Bytes Peoples Solution
01.2015 - 12.2018
Store Associate
Sheet Street
05.2014 - 04.2015
Legal Cost Consultant
Nkosi Nkosana Attorneys
01.2013 - 12.2013
National Higher Certificate In Accountancy - Financial Accounting
Tshwane University of Technology
01.2006 - 1 2009
Grade 12 - Commerce
Mmankala Technical & Commercial High School
01.2005 - 12.2005
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