Marchia Soocka
Summary
Dynamic professional with a strong foundation in administrative and financial support. Recognized for improving operational efficiency and ensuring meticulous attention to detail. Committed to enhancing organizational performance and supporting executive leadership effectively.
Overview
7
7
years of post-secondary education
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant
Ark Business Services Inc
The Bronx, New York
07.2024 - Current
- Planned and Coordinated logistics for company events.
- Monitored and prioritized incoming emails, ensuring timely responses to critical communications.
- Managed confidential records and files to support executive operations.
- Engaged with customers to clarify details about their overdue account statements.
- Verified outgoing packages, prepared packing lists, and assembled shipment boxes.
Branch Supervisor
Brown Box
Kingston, Jamaica
11.2022 - 04.2023
- Prepared shipping documents for customs clearance, ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Worked alongside our Customs Broker to ensure all required documents for customs clearance were available.
- Facilitated training sessions for team members on company procedures.
- Processed customers' payments in the branch via QuickBooks, and coordinated their respective deliveries.
- Generated customer invoices using QuickBooks.
- Processed customer payments via QuickBooks and coordinated timely deliveries to improve service reliability.
Disbursement Supervisor
Maritime & Transport Services
Kingston, Jamaica
06.2020 - 08.2022
- Approved supplier invoices.
- Disseminated final disbursements to team members, ensuring timely preparation.
- Disseminated final disbursements to team members for preparation.
- Coordinated and supervised the daily activities of the department.
- Tracked and monitored incoming remittances from principals to maintain accurate financial records.
- Prepared monthly revenue reports.
- Prepared weekly pro forma reports.
- Coordinated and supervised daily activities of the department, optimizing workflow and team collaboration.
- Ensured timely approval of check requisitions to facilitate payments.
Accounting Clerk
Maritime & Transport Services
Kingston, Jamaica
10.2019 - 05.2020
- Managed processing of statutory payments to ensure timely compliance.
- Processed and paid vendor invoices, maintaining accurate records for timely financial reporting.
- Prepared cheques and electronic payments for members of the group of companies.
- Reconciled local creditor's statements, verifying discrepancies to ensure accurate financial records.
- Reconciled local creditor's statements.
- Prepared monthly customer statements of accounts.
- Logged daily incoming bank transactions to maintain financial accuracy.
- Allocated customers' payments to their respective accounts for accurate financial tracking.
- Resolved customer issues and queries by liaising with other departments.
Documentation's Coordinator
Maritime & Transport Services
Kingston , Jamaica
08.2018 - 09.2019
- Prepared and submitted manifests to the relevant terminals.
- Submitted manifests to relevant terminals to ensure timely processing.
- Coordinated exportation of empty tanks, facilitating efficient logistics.
- Communicated the approvals obtained for dangerous goods to overseas counterparts.
- Validated bills of lading and processed receipts for customers.
- Prepared charges and arrival notices.
- Organized and managed daily tasks to ensure efficient workflow.
- Validated bills of lading and processed customer receipts for accurate record-keeping.
- Responded to incoming customer queries.
Cabin Crew Member
Fly Jamaica Airways
Kingston, Jamaica
07.2014 - 06.2016
- Updated and maintained Cabin Crew Manual to comply with JCAA regulations.
- Ensured passenger safety and security by adhering to JCAA and FAA regulations and company standards on Boeing 757, 200 ER, and 767, 300 ER aircraft.
- Delivered exceptional inflight service to enhance passenger experience on Boeing 757, 200 ER, and 767, 300 ER aircraft.
Education
BBA - Accounting
University of Technology, Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica 08.2019 - 07.2026
Skills
- Executive scheduling
- Document management
- Accounts reconciliation
- Invoice processing
- Microsoft Office applications
- Office administration
- Attention to detail
- Relationship management
- Confidential record keeping
- Effective communication
- Verbal communication
- Customer Service-oriented
Timeline
Executive Assistant
Ark Business Services Inc
07.2024 - Current
Branch Supervisor
Brown Box
11.2022 - 04.2023
Disbursement Supervisor
Maritime & Transport Services
06.2020 - 08.2022
Accounting Clerk
Maritime & Transport Services
10.2019 - 05.2020
BBA - Accounting
University of Technology, Jamaica
08.2019 - 07.2026
Documentation's Coordinator
Maritime & Transport Services
08.2018 - 09.2019
Cabin Crew Member
Fly Jamaica Airways
07.2014 - 06.2016