Leah Cathcart
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Equipped with strong problem solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organisational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Coordinator & Legal Assistant
Lander & Rogers
12.2023 - Current
- First point of contact for the national support team to resolve operational queries and issues i.e.. systems, hardware, procedures and billing
- Execute Business Services processes including but not limited to new starter onboarding, staff changes and departure processes
- Prepare and distribute weekly financial reports
- Involvement in support staff recruitment
- Organise and manage monthly Group Meetings and Partner Meetings
- Coordinate Learning and Development program
- Assist in organising practice group and team morale functions
- Facilitate or contribute to any additional projects and tasks
- Manage the Corporate Credit Card
- Update and maintain the group intranet page
- Typing, editing and proof-reading letters, memos, briefs and court documents
- Drafting correspondence, liaising with clients, lawyers and other staff
- Diary and travel management
- Preparing monthly client reports and accounts
- Billing and debtor management
Practice Team Leader
MinterEllison
03.2020 - 09.2023
- People leadership (25 direct reports)
- Practice management
- Leave management
- Financial hygiene
- Preparing reports
- Recruitment
- Team meetings
- Resource and workflow management
- Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
- CPD administration
- Service quality and delivery (proactively monitor)
- Project delivery
- Events
- All previous EA duties
Executive Assistant
MinterEllison
04.2018 - 03.2020
- Inbox management and preparing correspondence
- Schedule complex travel (domestic and international)
- Coordinate meetings
- Prepare / format documents
- Billing
- Filing
- Balancing of corporate cards and reimbursements
- Service quality and delivery (proactively monitor)
- Client engagement
Office Administrator
ATA Distributors
09.2014 - 04.2018
- First point of contact for all phone calls/enquiries
- Customer service
- Accounts payable
- Booking travel and accommodation
- Coordinate meetings and intermittently attend
- Preparing/formatting documents
- Provide administrative and project support to stakeholders in senior management
- Events coordination
- Office supply control
- Reconciliation of the AMEX account
- Preparation quotations
- Delivering exceptional customer service to client satisfaction
Administration Assistant
Hafele
04.2013 - 09.2014
- Reception
- Transferring requested documents/goods between all 3 premises
- Banking (Commonwealth and Westpac)
- Trace unknown payments
- Handling local and international shipping documentation
- Liaising with freight forwarders
- Liaising with suppliers
- Process all direct to customer orders
- Processing all end of month functions
- Office cleanliness
Education
VCE -
Mentone Girls' Secondary College
01.2012
Skills
- Supervisory expertise
- Communication
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Team coordination
- Problem solving aptitude
- Multitasking Abilities
- Continuous improvement
- Relationship building
Applications
- Microsoft Suite
- Outlook
- OneNote
- Elite 3E
- Aderant
- IManage
- SAP
- ServiceNow
Timeline
Team Coordinator & Legal Assistant
Lander & Rogers
12.2023 - Current
Practice Team Leader
MinterEllison
03.2020 - 09.2023
Executive Assistant
MinterEllison
04.2018 - 03.2020
Office Administrator
ATA Distributors
09.2014 - 04.2018
Administration Assistant
Hafele
04.2013 - 09.2014
VCE -
Mentone Girls' Secondary College
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