Dedicated professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices in a wide variety of industries. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Manager
Villa Heights Guest House
Villa, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
03.2024 - 10.2024
Management and scheduling of staff and day to day activities
Scheduling and leading hikes and leisure activities
Management and security of Guest house/Villa
Arranging and overseeing maintenance and repairs Guest house/Villa
Greeting and customer support for guests
Scheduling and overseeing parties at Guest house/Villa
Project Support Officer
Mega Red Ltd.
Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
06.2023 - 11.2023
Procuring and delivering materials and PPE equipment to work sites
Logging and recording time for workers across multiple job sites
Preparing fortnightly and monthly reports
Recording and executing payables
Executing bank and cash transactions on behalf of the company
Preparing fortnightly and monthly salaries
Executing Salary deposits and distribution of cash wages across multiple sites
Tracking progress of projects and phases/deadlines
Meeting and mediating with contractors and employees
Filing all invoices and receipts
Creating and maintaining contractor and employee records
Recruiting and Interviewing potential employees
Project Officer
Caritas Antilles
Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
08.2022 - 05.2023
Requesting quotes from potential suppliers
Analysis, compilation and presentation of quotes for bidding committees
Ordering, management of payments and reception of goods
Maintaining record of the process and procedure according to the policies set forth under the project
Managing warehouse, volunteers and kitting of relief packages
Managing delivery of relief supplies
Preparing procurement reports
Contacting project beneficiaries pre and post distribution (collecting beneficiary information and conducting post distribution impact study)
Brewery Manager
32 Islands Brewery Ltd
Mustique. St. Vincent And The Grenadines
10.2018 - 04.2021
Brewing/Manufacturing of Beer (Ale);
Management and maintenance of Brewery;
Management of manufacturing and consumer inventory;
Managing Sales and delivery of products;
Giving tours of brewing facility;
Supervision of Brewery Staff;
Marketing of beer for expansion in other Grenadine islands and mainland in St
Vincent;
Networking with local and potential retailers and distributing samples
Key contributions: conducting research and experimental brews in order to create unique ales (trademarked)
Compliance Officer
Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. (LATC)
Villa, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
06.2017 - 09.2018
Management of the compliance function for the company;
Review and approval/decline of applications and business plans for IBC’s, LLC’s, Trusts and Foundations in accordance with compliance standards/requirements;
Performing Continuous due diligence reviews of existing LATC clients to ensure compliance requirements are maintained;
Conducting effective screening via risk intelligence databases and online research on applications, existing clients and their business partners;
Preparation of Suspicious Activity Reports for the FIU;
Providing prompt and efficient responses to Requests for information from the FSA and FIU;
Investigation of suspicious activity;
Investigation and response to complaints from the FSA;
Reporting to the Board of Directors;
Successful management of multiple compliance projects to improve business performance while satisfying the local regulators;
Updating and maintaining international risk data
Key contributions: Developed/Created and implemented a risk assessment system for the company and implemented de-risking procedure on entire client database
Monitoring Officer
Loyal Bank Limited
Villa
11.2013 - 06.2017
Monitoring of client accounts for potential money laundering, fraud and terrorist financing via automated risk management systems;
Reviewing and managing weekly updates from international risk intelligence databases;
Reviewing supporting documents for international transfers, including preparation of risk assessments of high risk international transfers for approval by Head Of Compliance;
Approving low value international transfers;
Investigation of suspicious activity;
Preparing/drafting Suspicious Activity Reports for the Head of Compliance;
Responding to Correspondent banking inquiries;
Assisting with the preparation of responses to FIU and FSA requests for information;
Assisting in training and presentations to other departments on AML, Fraud and terrorist financing risks, red flags and patterns;
Conducting research and prepared risk reports of clients, agents, business sectors/industries and countries for the Head of Compliance;
Preparation of comparative reports for the Head of Compliance for new Basel Transparency Index etc
Reports;
Research and evaluation of suppliers’ compliance and risk assessment software;
Selected to travel with the Head of Compliance to Budapest, Hungary to oversee the implementation and the design of the parameters of the bank’s automated compliance software solution (period lasting 8 months);
Preparation of reports on progress and troubleshooting for the software implementation project for the Head of Compliance and management;
Preparation of summary reports for management and the FSA; post implementation of the compliance system
Key contributions: Assisting in training and presentations to other departments on AML, Fraud and terrorist financing risks, red flags and patterns; key member of the team that set up and implemented the bank's compliance software system; highlighted flaws and errors in procedures and policies and assisted in reforming and modifying the bank's policies and procedures
Accounts Payables Officer
Facey Trading SVG Ltd.
Glen
01.2010 - 01.2013
Accounts payables and reconciliation of supplier accounts, Bank reconciliation and cash flow; preparation of salaries
Warehouse Supervisor – Management of warehouse staff, physical stock management and reconciliation, management and scheduling of deliveries
Inventory Clerk – Management of the inventory system and stock to ensure proper rotation; processing the receipt of goods/stock; managing quarterly and end of year stock counts and reconciliation of variances, auditing of sales trucks and warehouse stock
Billing Clerk – Preparation of invoices and customer service
Key contributions: worked diligently to reduce variances in quarterly and annual stock-taking and reconciliation reports and correcting system and procedure errors
Sales representative
Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Group of Insurances (GTM)
Kingstown
01.2009
Knowledge in Health and Life insurance policies; marketing and sale of health and life insurance policies
Bartender and Waiter
Lime & Pub
Villa
01.2009 - 11.2009
Part time while working with GTM
Education
Certificate - Compliance
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
02-2017
High School Diploma -
St. Vincent Boys Grammar School
Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
06-2006
Skills
MS office
Business development
Records management
Team leadership
Purchasing and procurement
Data analysis and Risk Assessment
Inventory management and Warehouse operations
Corporate governance and Legal Research
Anti-money laundering/Compliance procedures and reporting
Critical thinking
Data collection and Document management
Certification
Certificate in Compliance with distinction from the International Compliance Association (accredited by the Manchester University UK)
Member of the International Compliance Association (since 2016)
Timeline
Operations Manager
Villa Heights Guest House
03.2024 - 10.2024
Project Support Officer
Mega Red Ltd.
06.2023 - 11.2023
Project Officer
Caritas Antilles
08.2022 - 05.2023
Brewery Manager
32 Islands Brewery Ltd
10.2018 - 04.2021
Compliance Officer
Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. (LATC)
06.2017 - 09.2018
Monitoring Officer
Loyal Bank Limited
11.2013 - 06.2017
Accounts Payables Officer
Facey Trading SVG Ltd.
01.2010 - 01.2013
Sales representative
Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Group of Insurances (GTM)