Completions Assistant Portsmouth Salary dependent on experience Elite Touch Group Ltd are excited to be working with their well-established client, who are looking for a Completions Assistant, based at their Portsmouth office. Purpose of the role; To deal with the majority of completions and post completion procedures from the point of exchange of Contracts through to file closure. Main responsibilities; · Deal with exchange letters through to Pre-completion preparation and co-ordinate completions. · Submission of Stamp Duty Land Tax Returns and payment of Stamp Duty within the 14-day deadline. · Submission of registrations with HM Land Registry within the Search Priority Period. Registrations to be carried out via the online registration service wherever possible. · Deal with completed registrations and sending deeds to lenders or clients as required. · Deal with post completion accounts and queries to clear balances before archiving. · Archiving files. · Filing should be undertaken as necessary. · Assisting with the processing and allocation of post as required. · When requested by Fee Earner, open files on the Practice Database and when necessary, retrieve archived paper/electronic files. · Undertake such work on the file as may be directed by the Fee Earner. · Collect cheques, bank and mark files. When required, request cheques using appropriate forms. · Archive both completed paper and electronic files on a regular basis. · Fast, accurate typing to be undertaken under supervision. All typing to be spell checked and proofread prior to passing to Fee Earner. Typing to be prioritising as required. · To assist with client enquiries where possible and progress matter accordingly. · Answer the telephone promptly in a professional manner, being polite and helpful at all times. Aim to assist calls of a general nature on your Fee Earner’s files. · Ensure messages are recorded with clients name, telephone number, date and time and when possible, details of the query raised. Be realistic in call back options. · Liaise with fee earner as to system regarding direct dial numbers on correspondence and process for taking calls from Reception. · If appropriate type telephone message and place on file.