Leisha Pillay

*** ****** *****, *********

Chatsworth, 4092

079-***-****

adkufu@r.postjobfree.com

To whom it may concern:

I admire the financial and legal environment for its diversity and challenges. I am familiar with our law, its systems and procedure as I have worked in the legal sector for over 20 years. I gained valuable financial working experience in property bridging finance and invoice discounting, the leaders in financial assistance for various South African businesses. My certificate and work experience in conveyancing coupled with my Estate Agency Certificate has kept me employed predominantly in the legal sector. My experience as a student advisor and marketing manager at an accredited educational Institute has been an absolutely rewarding experiencing.

I am a reliable, practical and confident problem solver with excellent organizational skills who communicates comfortably and clearly at all levels both in speech and writing. I thrive on challenges. Although I work well independently, I have no qualms about being a team player. My personality and experience allows me to provide superlative services to customers and clients. Accuracy, speed and excellent secretarial skills are one of my strongest points. My ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality, to plan, prioritize and analyses facts and information contributes to my appropriate decision making in the workplace.

I take a flexible approach to work and function effectively under pressure, always paying attention to detail. Together with my word processing skills I have worked on other programs such as Ghost Convey, Legal Perfect, Web Convey, and Law Pac, Bond Track System, internet and e-mail. I have also captured and processed data on the Lexpro program, Dance Race Program and the Bond Discounting Program. I am presently working on Microsoft 365 and I work independently reporting to the Senior Manager via an Action Commitment log.

During my years of work, I performed general office duties of relieving the switchboard, screening in-coming calls, taking messages and following up on queries, faxing, filing and maintaining a filing system, dictaphone typing, diary planning and management, general mail management (sorting, distributing), co-ordinating and arranging office functions and travel arrangements for directors.

I gain my strength from my confidence, sincerity and determination. I value honesty and believe that knowledge is one of our greatest needs. I am an optimist and I support our transforming nation. I am keen to undertake any further training necessary to enhance career prospects and is now seeking an opportunity where existing and potential skills can be utilized to the fullest extent. Should I be given the opportunity to fill any available vacancy, I am certain that I can make a productive contribution to your organization. I will avail myself for an interview at your convenience.

Kind Regards

Leisha Pillay

130 Astral Drive, Woodhurst, Chatsworth, 4092

079-***-****

adkufu@r.postjobfree.com

L E I S H A P I L L A Y

Personal Details

Date of birth : 24-08-1979 State of health : Excellent

Criminal offences : None Nationality : South African

Driver’s license : Yes Code B

Education

Highest standard passed : Matric

Subjects : English (1st language), Afrikaans (2nd language), Mathematics

Biology, Accounting, Business Economics, Typing

Languages : English and Afrikaans, Hindi

Further Qualifications :

1. Diploma in Conveyancing completed with Eunice Malan

2. Completed Estate Agency Course with AMC Hunter Incorporated

3. Passed the Estate Agency Board Examination and received certificate of Estate Agency

4.Received a certificate in respect of Bond Track Training

5.Customer Care Certificate from the Fresh Eyes Academy

Employment History

1. First Group (2018 to date)

Duties & responsibilities :

Attending to all Deeds Office Rectifications

Reconciling Club Leisure stock with First Resorts stock

Successfully reconciled Palm Park Resort with the Deeds Office

Prepared and submitted Memorandums in terms of the Rectifications to the Pietermaritzburg Deeds Office

Reconciling stock at Margate Sands

Reconciled stock at Costa Smeralda

Creating and capturing all information on an Action commitment Log on Excell / working extensively on Microsoft Teams

Collated supporting documents to attach to the Memorandum

Liaising with attorneys, clients and members telephonically and via emails

Preparing New Instructions for Attorneys

Preparing downgrades and returning weeks to owners

Preparing EFT requisitions for payment

Preparing transfer verification forms for matters that have been registered in the Pietermaritzburg Deed Office and the Cape Town Deeds Office

Ensuring all property title deeds are received, scanned and filed timeously

Prepared Valuation Certificates for Flexi Club and Premier Private Resorts members

Preparing and issuing of valuations for timeshare Resorts

Issuing of Levy Clearance certificates for Sectional

Updating and reconciling Iris II (In house System)

General Admin duties relating to transfers(Lodgements, registrations, downgrades, Eft requisition)

2. Careers 2000 Business Institute (July 2013 – May 2018)

Duties & responsibilities :

Complete Admin support, including petty cash and receipting

Execute the Career Campus direct marketing strategy, ie, School presentations, data mining, consulting and enrolling.

Building relationships with key people at schools, teachers, principals, guidance counselors, parents and prospective students

Constantly building relationships with funding and student loan organizations

Secure appointments and deliver presentations to Grade 9, 11 and 12 learners at schools

Register and enroll students against weekly and monthly targets.

Responsible for retaining learners for second year registration

Arrange and organize campus events ie. Open days, annual graduation ceremony, Parent evenings

Research local competitors and the market trends on an ongoing basis

Researching marketing material and instructing printers to print posters

Keeping abreast of the activities relating to students and government policies relating to free tertiary education

Proper record keeping of marketing workbooks and statistics

Complete career guidance to learners

Compiling the marketing write up for the quarterly newsletter

Contacting companies and schools to introduce our college and courses to them

Introducing new marketing ideas and strategies to increase sales

Programme Coordinator for our Accounting Programe that is accredited with The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers(ICB)

Register students on their Online Portal, Book exams for learners, download the formatives and exams, courier their exams to the ICB and download and issue their results

Compiled the ICB Master file and solely responsible for the safekeeping

Chosen to represent the company at ICB site visits

Solely responsible to upload and achieve learners on the Services Seta site

3. The Regent Group ( November 2008 – September 2012) Retrenched in 2012

Duties & responsibilities :

Preparing legal documents and structuring files for bridging finance advances to clients

engaging in property transactions (selling, new bonds, switches & further advances, transfer duty & rates, Estate Agents Commission)

Structuring development transactions and presenting to the legal board

Visiting existing clients to ensure the upkeep of building structures and progress in the property developments

Credit vetting and risk assessment of applications

Internal Marketing

Client queries and trying to resolve all queries timeously – new and existing clients

Issuing settlement quotations and contacting clients for payments

Legal collections and issuing instructions to place clients on the credit bureaux

Introduction to the Bond Origination System, submitted bond applications via Bond Track

to various financial institutes

I moved into the Factoring Department in June 2009 and attending to invoice discounting,

full factoring and Trade Finance. I managed my own portfolio of clients, some of my duties included

the following:

Preparing cessions letters and attaining correct signatures thereon by the debtors

validating invoices telephonically and electronically

attending to payments to clients and loading of electronic payments

accurate receipting and allocation of clients funds

reconciling client’s accounts

complete management of their debtors books, month end collections, month end statements to clients and customer

attending to clients “take on” of their debtors book

Capturing and processing data on various in-house Programs, eg the Dance Race Programe.

Visited clients on their business site to ensure business was being conducted

Travelled to Cape Town to meet clients and conduct a general overview of the business

Providing detailed reports on my visit to various clients

Company was downsizing and I had been moved into the reception position in 2011

Complete reception duties, includes switchboard and meeting and greeting clients

Ordering of stationary and sorting of mails

Setting up of the boardroom for meeting

Preparing memos for meetings

Travel arrangements for directors

References : Christopher Shipley(Director) - 083-***-****

Michael Woollands (Director) - 083-***-****

Ryan Botha (CEO) - 083-***-****

Adri Bothma - 083-***-****

4. Livingstone Leandy Incorporated (February 2006 – November 2008)

Duties & responsibilities :

Conventional & Sectional Transfers

Finalized Deceased Estate Transfers on Instructions from Absa Bank

Sheriff Transfers

Cancellation of FNB & Nedbank Bonds

Registration of Nedbank Bonds

Registration of FNB Mortgage Bonds

Prepared documents and explained documents to clients before attaining their signatures

Working knowledge of Legal Perfect, Ghost Convey, Web Convey and Lawpac

Dictaphone typing

Preparing of letters and correspondence and emails

References : Douglas Tatham (Director & Conveyancer) - 031-***-****

Subashnie Moodley (Director & Conveyance ) - 031-***-****

5. John Koch & Company (January 2005 February 2006)

Duties & Responsibilities :

Registration of Conventional and Sectional Bonds (FNB)

Conventional & Sectional Transfers

Cancellation of FNB Covering and Homeloan Bonds

Dictaphone typing

Relieving switchboard taking messages and general office duties

Working knowledge of Ghost Convey and the L@W.

Reference: Helen Ferendinos (Conveyancer & Partner) - 031-***-****/084-****-***

6. Khululeka Administrators/Booysen and Company (June 2000 – December 2004)

Duties & Responsibilities :

Drafting legal documents

Customer and Enquiries Clerk

Correspondent Clerk

Client Liaison

Dictaphone typing

Word processing, Data Capture on Lexpro.

References: Mr Peter Russell or Mrs Shenaaz Smith – 031-***-****

7. Attorney R. Choonilall & Associates (October 1999-May 2000)

Duties :

Opening the office

Receptionist and switchboard Control

Office administration and management, filing and general office duties

Drafting legal correspondence

Front Office maintenance. meeting and greeting clients

Attaining clients signatures on legal documents

Banking and Petty Cash

Reference : Mr Ranjith Choonilall - 031-***-****

8. Attorneys Mulla & Mulla (March 1998-September 1999)

Duties : Receptionist, petty cash and banking control, filing,

Reference : Mr Enver Mulla – 031-***-****

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