Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
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Patricia Carmichael

Derriaghy,Belfast

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
7980
7980
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Business manager

Simply Asset Finance Ltd
Belfast, Antrim and Newtownabbey
04.2019 - 05.2025
  • Supported sales team in executing all commercial activities across region.
  • Proactively engaged with new and existing customers to boost engagement.
  • Managed documentation and provided Docusign support to enhance efficiency.
  • Conducted commission calculations, ensuring prompt payment processing.
  • Assisted with broker and supplier invoices to optimise workflows.
  • Facilitated valuations and asset inspections for strategic decision-making.
  • Oversaw pipeline management to monitor application progress.
  • Liaised with sales support, payout, and other teams for effective application processing.
  • Mentored junior staff to enhance their professional development and improve overall team performance.

Business development executive

Close Brothers Asset Finance Ltd
Belfast
08.2015 - 04.2019
  • Supported sales team in executing all commercial activities across region.
  • Proactively engaged with new and existing customers to boost engagement.
  • Managed documentation and provided DocuSign support to enhance efficiency.
  • Conducted commission calculations, ensuring prompt payment processing.
  • Assisted with broker and supplier invoices to optimise workflows.
  • Facilitated valuations and asset inspections for strategic decision-making.
  • Oversaw pipeline management to monitor application progress.
  • Liaised with sales support, payout, and other teams for effective application processing.

Claims Administrator

Crawford & Company
Belfast
01.2011 - 08.2015
  • Responsible for the provision of full administrative support to all Loss Adjusters in the Belfast office, enabling Service Level Agreements and customer expectations to be met.
  • Central/dedicated contact point for Adjusting Department.
  • Liaise with outside contractors, principles, clients and management to obtain information in order to progress claims and ensure correct data is held.
  • Preparation of MI on monthly basis.
  • Sole responsibility for raising fee invoices for the department and ensuring they comply with agreed SLA’s.
  • Working closely with Team Manager to ensure that SLA’s are being met in relation to reporting and payment requirements.
  • Updating databases detailing all claims received, open claims and completed claims for monthly and annual MI ensuring accurate records are kept at all times.
  • Prepare and type reports and letters for Insurers, clients and contractors when required.
  • Fire Marshall training completed January 2013
  • First Aid at work completed in March 2014
  • Managed documentation and record-keeping for claims to ensure thoroughness and accessibility.
  • Reviewed incoming claims documentation, ensuring its completeness and validity.
  • Processed high volumes of insurance claims without compromising on accuracy or speed.
  • Regularly updated claim status to keep all parties informed during the entire process.
  • Coordinated communication between insurers and claimants for smoother settling of claims.
  • Enhanced team productivity by efficiently delegating tasks among team members.
  • Managed a high volume of phone calls and emails, providing exceptional customer service throughout the claim process.
  • Worked closely with loss adjusters to determine the value of each claim accurately.

Sales Co-Ordinator

Lombard
Belfast
07.2003 - 05.2010
  • Responsible for provision of full support service to a successful sales team enabling income targets and business needs to be met.
  • Responding to business enquiries from new and existing customers, providing finance quotations when required.
  • Inputting of finance proposals onto computer database to obtain credit decision, reviewing financials and where applicable obtaining additional information when required by credit underwriters.
  • Liaising with customers, suppliers and all departments to obtain documentation to process deals.
  • Direct Sales experience for 2 years dealing with customers face-to-face.
  • Motor Sales Support providing service to third party introducers.
  • Preparing financial documentation for customer signature, checking documentation when received back before sending for payout.
  • Keeping accurate customer records and updating and maintaining customer databases.
  • Assisting sales managers and colleagues with finance and insurance products when required.
  • Preparing MI reports on weekly and monthly basis for Management Sales Meetings. Extracting figures to compile reports as requested by management.
  • Ensuring compliance with up-to-date marketing literature and stationery and co-ordinating destruction of out-of-date items.
  • Co-ordinating booking of rooms for Management Meetings when required.
  • Carry out stationary stock control and order of same.
  • Coordinated communication between sales team and clients to ensure accurate information flow.

Business development executive

Close Brothers Asset Finance Ltd
Belfast
08.2015 - 04.2019
  • Facilitated all commercial activities for sales team across region.
  • Engaged proactively with new and existing customers to increase engagement.
  • Managed documentation and provided Docusign support to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Conducted commission calculations, ensuring timely payment processing.
  • Assisted with broker and supplier invoices to optimise workflows.
  • Oversaw asset inspections and valuations for informed decision-making.
  • Monitored application progress through effective pipeline management.
  • Liaised with sales support, payout, and other teams for streamlined application processing.

Administrator

Queen’s University
Belfast
02.2003 - 07.2003
  • Temporary post, doing general office admin, while looking for full time work.
  • Typing, filing, answering telephone and faxing, liaising with suppliers and internal departments regarding outstanding invoices and payments.
  • Developing a new system to keep track of missed or late payments.

Data Processing Official

Northern Bank Ltd
Belfast
09.1996 - 02.2002
  • Provide support services to branches, internal departments and customers.
  • Processing branch back office paperwork, Maintenance and amendments to customer and head office accounts including change of address, new account opening and account closures.
  • Providing helpdesk support for BAC’s and teleBank customers for technical difficulties and liaising with customers, sales and software departments to resolve any issues.
  • Providing admin support for sales staff as and when required.
  • Dealing with queries and providing answers and solutions when required.

Child Minder

Megs
Belfast, Belfast
06.2025 - Current

Tbc

Education

Cert CII - Insurance

The Chartered Insurance Institute
Belfast
01.2014 - 03.2014

HNC - Business and related studies

Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education
Belfast

RSA Stage I & II - Typewriting and Word Processing

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Belfast

‘A’ Levels - Geography and Economics

ST Louise's Comprehensive College
Belfast

GCSEs - GCSE

ST Louise's Comprehensive College
Belfast

Skills

  • Customer orientation
  • Influential communicator
  • Customer relationship management
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Time efficiency
  • Customer Service
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Resourcefulness
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Customer relationship building
  • Operational support

Accomplishments

  • Full driving licence and car owner.
  • First aid certificate.
  • Active member of my local gym.
  • Another of my interests is reading and keeping up with current affairs.
  • I also enjoy travelling and experiencing different cultures.
  • Member of Global Day of Service Team within Crawford & Company.
  • Nominations received for ‘Employee of the Quarter’.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Child Minder

Megs
06.2025 - Current

Business manager

Simply Asset Finance Ltd
04.2019 - 05.2025

Business development executive

Close Brothers Asset Finance Ltd
08.2015 - 04.2019

Business development executive

Close Brothers Asset Finance Ltd
08.2015 - 04.2019

Cert CII - Insurance

The Chartered Insurance Institute
01.2014 - 03.2014

Claims Administrator

Crawford & Company
01.2011 - 08.2015

Sales Co-Ordinator

Lombard
07.2003 - 05.2010

Administrator

Queen’s University
02.2003 - 07.2003

Data Processing Official

Northern Bank Ltd
09.1996 - 02.2002

HNC - Business and related studies

Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education

RSA Stage I & II - Typewriting and Word Processing

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

‘A’ Levels - Geography and Economics

ST Louise's Comprehensive College

GCSEs - GCSE

ST Louise's Comprehensive College
Patricia Carmichael