Maeve Connolly

As a Senior Customs and Trade Executive with BDO Ireland, some of my responsibilities include:

• Conducting in-depth research on customs procedures, including AEO and IPR compliance, ensuring clients adhered to the latest regulations
• Drafting clear and persuasive legal briefs for customs appeal cases, effectively conveying legal arguments and supporting evidence
• Providing tailored consultancy services to a wide range of clients, advising on customs compliance strategies and risk mitigation measures
• Successfully resolving complex customs compliance issues for clients, minimizing financial penalties and enhancing their overall efficiency

• I am currently employed as a Recruitment Consultant with Taylor Root, a leader in Legal Recruitment and a member of the Global Specialist Recruitment group (the SR group)
• Duties of this role include: Sourcing candidates for open vacancies: my main task is to find and brief potential candidates for our client’s vacant roles
• In my short time with the company, I have already sourced several candidates who have progressed to offer stages with our clients
• Business development: I have further generated new Business by reaching out to firms outside our client base with potential candidates suited to their industry Administration: I am tasked with keeping on top of administrative duties such as database configuration, CV formatting/editing, client and candidate correspondence, and diary management.

• Tasked with providing customer support; on average manage over 30 customer queries daily
• Responsible for dealing with confidential financial information
• Ensure safety and confidentiality of clients and bank assets, while adhering to bank security policies across all tasks
• Accessed computerized financial information to answer questions related to specific accounts.

• Served meals and drinks to customers with professionalism and skill, ensuring orders were received correctly and complaints handled promptly.

• Helped to cultivate and improve teamwork skills
• Continued to develop interpersonal and customer service skills Developed customer relationships to encourage repeat business Routinely achieved and outperformed sales targets Reviewed and updated warehouse layout to improve use of space and allocation of resources.