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Celene Pillay

Hamilton,WKO

Summary

Enthusiastic legal and HR professional with over 10 years of experience in the field. Possess valuable exposure within the legal, petroleum, and insurance industries. Actively seeking employment to apply extensive expertise and further develop skills. Confident in abilities to make an immediate and positive contribution to your company.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Legal Advisor: Business Insurance Recoveries

Miway Insurance Ltd
04.2022 - 11.2023
  • Merit assessment
  • maintain relationship with stakeholder groups and statutory bodies (SASRIA and International car tracking agencies such as CarTrack, Tracker, Netstar)
  • Processing client's excess refunds
  • Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant legislation, newsletters, websites and attending sessions
  • Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders
  • Finalise claims reaching prescription
  • Ensure completion of and maintaining data accuracy
  • Daily align to reporting and or data completion requirements
  • Effectively manage diary system
  • Continuously update and maintain file and claim records
  • Maintain a strong industry network
  • Draft declination correspondence
  • Identification of tenable defences available in law pleadings and judgements
  • Recovery against third parties and uninsured parties/liable parties
  • Attend to disputes to contest liabilities/recoverie/quantum
  • Drafting and issuing loss reports-liaise with underwriters and claim consultants as well as sales teams
  • Loading subcase, submission of claim documents
  • Argue refutes on the various portfolios
  • Provide legal advice and contract support for legal matters

HR Officer(Group) /Company Secretary

Kgb Holdings (Pty)Ltd
11.2018 - 07.2021
  • Design and engage in employee enhancement initiatives as well as mentoring employee and management support and deliver compliance training programs
  • Provide HR Advisory services to management and employees
  • Oversee onboarding, performance management, offboarding
  • Manage HR documentation records
  • Oversee HR systems and processes and implement HR strategies
  • Lead proactive change management, KPI management, facilitation of claims process and risk awareness
  • POPIA - (Protection of Personal Information Act) ensure compliance with data protection regulation and protect sensitive information- ensure confidentiality at all times
  • Maintain responsibility for audits (Health and Safety), compliance and meeting statutory and organisational requirements (KPIs)
  • Develop OHS strategies and initiatives to improve safety, performance/culture and engage the workforce in Safety, Health and Wellbeing
  • Keep up to date with all Safety regulations, laws and ensuring obligations are met
  • Communicate developmental status with board members, project management team with regards to new development projects
  • Ensure employees, management staff are adequately resourced and trained
  • Review employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance
  • Administration and registration of provident funds, bargaining councils application
  • Attend to all administrative and secretarial duties
  • Attend to all CEO's personal related matters such as Wills, Sale and Lease Agreements
  • Process general, customer and supplier ledgers as well as Accufuel

Paralegal

Mervin Dorasamy Incorporated Attorneys
07.2013 - 11.2018
  • Preparing, reviewing, drafting, editing, formatting documents/letters/pleadings
  • Assist with billing and invoicing
  • Effectively manage diary system
  • Maintain legal filing and archiving systems
  • Daily reporting and providing satisfactory client services
  • Acquire filing dates and ensuring pleadings are served timeously
  • preparing files for trials including preferential and special trials, compiling briefs and instructions to Counsel, attending consultations with witnesses or clients, counsel and assisting counsel in general
  • Drafting of Bail Affidavits ,Section 174 applications, Summary Judgments and affidavits resisting Summary Judgment- Rescission; Rule 43, Default Judgment- Eviction, debt collection, road accident matters (calculating damages, and drafting Particulars of Claim, completing claim forms
  • lodging of deceased estates, registration and amendments of Trusts/Letter of Authority

Education

Bachelor Of Laws -

University of South Africa
South Africa
2022

Programme in Human Resource Management (SABPP Accredited) -

University of South Africa
2019

Programme in Forensic and Investigative Auditing -

University of South Africa
2018

Skills

  • Legal analysis
  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Research skills
  • Negotiation
  • Communication (verbal and written)
  • Computer literacy
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Subrogation
  • Settlement
  • Customer relations
  • Case management
  • Employment relations
  • Compliance
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Transformation and change management
  • Training and development advisory
  • Legal software
  • Ethics and confidentiality

Certification

  • Notarial Practice Course
  • Legal Debt Collection
  • Basic Conditions of Employment Act (SEESA)
  • Employment Equity (SEESA)
  • Legal Education and Development : compulsory course for Attorney's Admission
  • Legal Education and Development: Trial Advocacy
  • SAGE: Pastel Partner V19
  • SAGE: HR & Payroll
  • SAGE: fundamentals of Bookkeeping
  • Estate & Wills workshop

Accomplishments

  • Top Performer, Miway Insurance 2022-July, September, October, November

Timeline

Legal Advisor: Business Insurance Recoveries

Miway Insurance Ltd
04.2022 - 11.2023

HR Officer(Group) /Company Secretary

Kgb Holdings (Pty)Ltd
11.2018 - 07.2021

Paralegal

Mervin Dorasamy Incorporated Attorneys
07.2013 - 11.2018

Bachelor Of Laws -

University of South Africa

Programme in Human Resource Management (SABPP Accredited) -

University of South Africa

Programme in Forensic and Investigative Auditing -

University of South Africa

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