Legal Secretary - Banking & Finance

Thomson Geer


Date: 9 hours ago
City: Melbourne, Victoria
Contract type: Full time
Thomson Geer is a major Australian Corporate law firm with offices in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. The firm has more than 700 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients – their business success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomson Geer we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.


The role:

We are currently seeking a Legal Secretary to join our Banking & Finance practice in our Melbourne office. This role will be working with operators at all levels including highly regarded Partners.

General responsibilities will include
  • Liaising directly with clients
  • Drafting and amending relevant correspondence and documents
  • Preparation of briefs
  • File management including the opening, closing and archiving of files
  • Monthly client billing and reports plus responding to billing enquires
  • Personal assistant tasks (diary and travel management)

Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will have:
  • Minimum 2 years’ legal secretarial experience
  • Advanced skills in Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Proficiency using Expert or similar accounting package and FileSite or similar document management system
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated understanding of the importance of client confidentiality
  • The ability to work well with others in a team environment
  • Initiative and the ability to work unsupervised

What we offer:

At Thomson Geer, we are proud to offer our employees a collegiate and supportive team environment, with accountability and modern working practices.

Thomson Geer has a "well-being @ work" program including flu vaccinations, skin health checks and an employee assistance program.
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