Curriculum Vitae
Name: Gail Solomon
Education:
Ensham Comprehensive School (London, SW17) - 1973 to 1977
C.S.E English
Social Studies
Maths
R.I.
Biology
Office Practice & Typing RSA Stage I & II
System Used: Norwell
CMS Open
Adherent Expert
Elite Enterprise
Excel
Word
Lotus
IBM
Wang
Further information:
Studying at: Gloucestershire College - Sept 13 - Present
2 evening a week (6 hours)
For: AAT - Level 2 (which will also include using SAGE)
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Gail Solomon
Employment History
Sept 13 - Jan 14 Zurich Assurance, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham
Infosite Administrator - Marketing Dept -
(Temporary)
. Migrating information from Old Pension Scheme to new
Scheme.
. Liaising with Printing Agency and checking amendments
matches the new requirements and send out of
approval/signposted
. Liaising with the rest of marketing and ensuring Schemes
goes live onto the client site.
. Keeping records of all Schemes to be prepared with
deadline dates and records of all the Schemes gone live
and date.
Aug 12 - May 13 Burgess Salmon LLP- Bristol
Position: Finance Assistant/Legal Biller (Fixed Term Contract)
Duties:
. Maintaining portfolio of Work in Progress in order to
ensure timely billing and effective management of
matters
. Submitting Work in Progress reports to
Partners/Associates when required
. Producing billing guides, draft invoices and other
related reports from Accounts System Norwell
. Preparing client invoices in accordance with instruction
from Partners/Fee Earners
. Issuing credit notes/preparing narratives from Norwell
into excel spread sheet using Poke Data
. Dealing with telephone and email queries and assisting
the team when required and vice versa
. Ensure that all invoices meet statutory / legislative
requirement
Producing final form invoices and amending via Word to
ensure clients requirement are conformed
Jan 07 - Aug 12 Bird & Bird LLP- London
Position: Billing Co-ordinator
Duties:
. Attending monthly meetings with Partners and Fee Earners
to discuss the management of Work in Progress
. Maintaining portfolio of Work in Progress in order to
ensure timely billing and effective management of
matters
. Submitting Work in Progress reports to Partners when
required
. Producing billing guides, draft invoices and other
related reports from CMS as requested
. Assisting with entering time or deleting entries on
Carpe Dieme
. Dealing with email and telephone queries within the
company
. Dealing with transfers and write offs
. Preparing client invoices in accordance with instruction
from Partners/Fee Earners
. Ensure that all invoices meet statutory / legislative
requirement
. Producing final form invoices and amending via Word to
ensure clients requirement are conformed to
Employment History cont..
Mar 01 - Sept 06 Denton Wilde Sapte LLP - London
Position: Biller (Assisting Revenue Control)
Duties:
. Responsible for billing and meeting deadlines
. Producing billing guides, draft invoices and generating
the bills when approved.
. Producing credit notes
. Set up new fee earners, new clients and matter opening
on the system, and to check that conflict searches is
completed.
. Responsible for write offs, transfers and closing of
files
. Running off reports with billed and unbilled time and
sending out to partners.
. Assisting with entering time or deleting entries on
Carpe Dieme
. Dealing promptly with billing queries, estimates and VAT
queries
SEPT 99 - Feb 01 Marsh UK Ltd (Temporary basis)
Position: Secretary to Client Service Director & 5 Client Advisors
Duties:
. High content of Audio/Copy Typing
. Arranging meetings, diaries, travel and booking meeting
rooms
. Keeping records of departmental expenses
. Arranging training for client advisors/various adhoc
duties
June.99 - Aug 99 Jane Mills Solicitors (Temporary)
Secretary to Partner within Litigation and Property
. High content of Audio/Copy Typing:
. Arranging meetings with clients and Counsel, diaries &
Travel
. Manning the phones
. Filing and various adhoc duties
Mar. 99 - May. 9 J Sainsburys (Temporary)
Secretary to Property Director
. Duties similar to above
1998-1999 Visiting family in South Africa
Employment History cont.
APR-91-DEC-98 Feltbrook Ltd (Import & Export Company)
Secretarial support to the Managing
Director, Finance Manager
And Quality Control Manager
. Duties similar to above
. Typing and checking Letter of credits
. Corresponding with Foreign banks re L/C'
1989 - 1990 Entrade Ltd (Financial company)
Position: Receptionist Secretary
1984 - 1988 Redland Group Plc. (Advertising Dept)
Position: Secretary/Reception