Company description
Patrice has been employed in the banking and finance industry for over 27 years. Her passion commenced at the age of 15 when she started with the Commonwealth Bank in 1988. Over her 13 years with the Commonwealth Bank, Patrice developed many skills as her roles spanned various positions from Customer Service to back office processing and also as a Manager in Residential Lending before she moved on. In 2002 Patrice furthered her career by joining a large independent mortgage broking firm as a Finance Consultant with a client base worth in excess of 1 Billion dollars. Within the first year, she was awarded the ‘Consultant of the Year’ award and was then promoted to Senior Finance Consultant because of her good example and diligence. Patrice then further proved her skills and was promoted to the position of Queensland Operations Manager from January 2004 till May 2008. In 2007 she was awarded the ‘Employee of the Year’ award. Patrice’s role included training up to 35 consultants in numerous lending products over a wide variety of financial institutions and also the developing of National procedures for sister companies that encouraged the smooth running of the company group. She was instrumental in the fine tuning processes and operational strategies that ensured her employer could give the best service and ongoing support for current and future clients.