Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards and Certificates
Some seminars attended
References
Languages
Hobbies
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Marie Sherlie ROMÉLA

Marie Sherlie ROMÉLA

Philadelphia,PA

Summary

Highly ethical and focused team player with productive, diligent approach. Bringing 4 years of experience in compliance.

Dedicated administrative professional with more than 10 years of successful secretarial and administrative experience in fast-paced office settings at Unitransfer Haiti, S&S Service Impression, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of Nutrition and Development (BND), World Vision International (WVI) and American Embassy in Haiti / Consular Section. Hardworking team player with expertise in completing various clerical tasks and offering staff support. Responsible, courteous, discrete, dynamic, punctual and productive professional when working with little to no supervision.

Work History

Compliance Consultant

Unitransfer
  • Assist company in achieving conformance with Central Bank regulations and help develop processes to ensure organization wide compliance with applicable laws and standards.

Senior Compliance Office Chief

Unitransfer
  • Supervision of IMTS system for sent and received transfers
  • Detect and resolve anomalies and irregularities relating to Compliance function at IMTS system level
  • Manage, monitor and maintain security parameters at IMTS level relating to Compliance
  • Supervise management of sources of funds
  • Conduct appropriate investigations as needed
  • Establish appropriate system of knowledge of activities of Unitransfer customers Haiti KYC (“Know Your Customer”) and open a KYC file after analysis
  • Notify superior and Heads of concerned Departments of various urgent problems to be solved in offices and agencies hindering process of communication/transmission of source of funds documents.

Compliance Office Chief

Unitransfer
  • Manage, monitor and maintain security parameters at IMTS level relating to Compliance
  • Supervise the management of sources of funds
  • Conduct appropriate investigations as needed
  • Receive, verify and manage transaction reporting forms and any supporting documentation relating to transactions greater than or equal to the limit established by the Bank of the Republic of Haiti in gourdes, received by Authorized Agents or Clean offices before the release of transactions
  • Submit email requests for documents not yet sent by authorized agents for transfers received requiring the drafting of the transaction reporting form and/or other supporting documents
  • Ensure the follow-up for the delivery of these documents by sending reminders by email, by telephone and/or with the zone supervisors without forgetting the decentralized zones
  • Then ensure the follow-up with the departments and concerned services after the release of the transactions.

Compliance Chief Department Assistant

Unitransfer
  • Check the sequences of transfers sent and received daily and ensure the correct operation of the receiving process
  • Establish mechanisms for monitoring blocked, canceled and refunded transfers
  • Investigate these transactions in a timely manner
  • Establish the report of emails received and responses sent to Authorized Agents, Own offices and correspondents
  • Detect, question and investigate all suspicious transactions
  • Follow up with his supervisor for any submission of a suspicious transaction report to UCREF
  • Authorize and unblock on IMTS the transfers sent, temporarily held on the IMTS system, for amounts greater than or equal to the limit established by the Bank of the Republic of Haiti in gourdes or their equivalents in US dollars
  • As well as transfers received temporarily held on the IMTS system for amounts greater than or equal to the limit established for each Correspondent according to their position geographical.

Sales Manager

S&S Service Impression
  • Supervise the work of the employees
  • Ensure and follow up on emails
  • Prepare quotes, invoices and payment receipts
  • Find and meet suppliers
  • Analyze the different offers received
  • Use a good reading grid to conduct a more in-depth analysis
  • Assist the clients
  • Negotiate prices.

Administrative Assistant /Food-assisted Development & Humanitarian Support(FDHS)

United States Agency for International Development/ Haiti (USAID/Haiti)
  • Provide administrative support to eight employees in the section
  • Responsible for the efficient operation of the office in all aspects by offering the full range of secretarial and administrative services, including preparation of various documents and materials of program support, correction of all final documents, establish and maintain correspondence, ensure office supplies procurement, provide logistical support to consultants
  • Be able to exercise a high level of management skills and judgment in following on tasks assigned in different situations
  • Ensure that all assets are maintained in good condition
  • Request repair of office equipment and maintenance services as needed
  • Maintains a filing system for all document of the section taking into account the standard of USAID procedures, including information on budgetary and financial reports and maintain a catalog of all technical data documents for identification and faster recovery
  • Prepare, edit and control the quality of all documents to implement in English and French
  • Prepare travel requests, travelers checks, requests for customs exemption, cables
  • Organize all logistical and administrative requirements for the team, including travel arrangements and preparation of workshops, seminars, conferences and other meetings
  • Go to field trip visits (Where programs are implemented)
  • Train and supervise interns assigned to the team (work orientation / general supervision), including the establishment of training objectives and provide an evaluation of the final performance at the end of training.

Administrative Assistant / Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP) Title II

Bureau de Nutrition et Développement (BND)
  • Perform administrative tasks related to facilities management under the MYAP program
  • Find and meet providers
  • Analyze the different offers received
  • Use good reading grid to conduct further analysis
  • Negotiate prices
  • Buy furniture for different residences (For staff on the field)
  • Ensure office supplies procurement for all residences
  • Maintain an inventory of materials and equipment related to the program both in the office and in the field in different warehouses and residences
  • Supervise staff responsible for property management in the residences and warehouses
  • Ensure management of petty cash accounts in the warehouses
  • Follow up on all requisitions with the accounting section and auditing vouchers submitted before sending them to accounting section
  • Help in the planning and distribution of the materials to the beneficiaries of the program
  • Participate in workshops organized by other partners NGOs, Ministries and donors
  • Compile data from the field; update the data stored in the database and produce periodic reports.

Visa Clerk / Fraud Prevention Unit Section

American Embassy, Consular Section
  • Prepare reports of the investigations results made by the section
  • Prepare correspondence
  • Make copies
  • Interview some couples to determine the truth about their marital relationship
  • Translate into English the results of those interviews conducted in Creole or French
  • Save each applicant’s documentation in the Fraud Prevention Unit database file
  • Maintains a filing system for all document of the section
  • Scanner samples of signature in the section of the database
  • Answer phone calls.

Secretary / Receptionist

World Vision International
01.2008
  • Answer phone calls
  • Greet visitors
  • Maintain a filing system
  • Ensure and monitor all mail
  • Manage petty cash
  • Manage phone cards distributed to authorized employees and prepare a report at the end of each stock
  • Order lunch for employees
  • Prepare reports for lunch caterers at the end of each month.

Education

Associate's Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial Science

Christ The King Secretarial School (CKSS)
Bourdon, Port-au-Prince
12.2008

Skills

  • Compliance Reporting
  • Internal Controls
  • Typing and data entry
  • Multitasking
  • File Management
  • Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements
  • Assist with special projects and other administrative tasks
  • Provide general administrative and clerical support
  • Knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for communication and information management: Word, Excel, internet; Skype, Dropbox, Publisher, Mailing, Email Address Book, Social Media

Awards and Certificates

Certificate of Recognition from the American Embassy in Haiti. Certificate of Excellence in Computer Practice from Christ the King Secretarial School. Certificate of Honor in Typing 100 words per minute from Christ the King Secretarial School.

On the spot Cash Award from the American Embassy in Haiti. Cash Award from Unitransfer following a positive evaluation.


Some seminars attended

“Money laundering and terrorist financing”: Miami USA, Year of 2020, Unitransfer. “Field course on environmental compliance Reg 216”: Haiti, Year of 2017, USAID. “The 7 habits of highly effective people”: Haiti, Year of 2017, USAID. “Workshop on document management”: Haiti, Year of 2014, USAID. “Record management and FOIA access”: Haiti, Year of 2017,USAID

References

  • Mr. Wedly Luxana, Former Compliance Director, Unitransfer, wed.lux@gmail.com
  • Mr. Abdel Abellard, Mission Environmental Officer (MEO), USAID/Haiti, aabellard@usaid.gov

Languages

Haitian Creole
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working

Hobbies

Reading, Cooking, Exercising, Spending quality time with my family.

Timeline

Secretary / Receptionist

World Vision International
01.2008

Compliance Consultant

Unitransfer

Senior Compliance Office Chief

Unitransfer

Compliance Office Chief

Unitransfer

Compliance Chief Department Assistant

Unitransfer

Sales Manager

S&S Service Impression

Administrative Assistant /Food-assisted Development & Humanitarian Support(FDHS)

United States Agency for International Development/ Haiti (USAID/Haiti)

Administrative Assistant / Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP) Title II

Bureau de Nutrition et Développement (BND)

Visa Clerk / Fraud Prevention Unit Section

American Embassy, Consular Section

Associate's Degree - Administrative Assistance And Secretarial Science

Christ The King Secretarial School (CKSS)
Marie Sherlie ROMÉLA