Shirelle Arvie
Newport News,VA
Summary
"Vigilant, licensed security guard with over 7 years of experience in high-risk environments. Proven track record of protecting personnel and property, executing risk assessments, and reducing incidents through proactive surveillance. Adept at emergency response, conflict resolution, and coordinating with local law enforcement."
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Guard
Shepherd Security
Williamsburg, VA
09.2020 - Current
- Assigned to 24 hour gated retirement community, duties include monitoring oncoming traffic onto installation. Patrols of installation, checking for any abnormalities and performing scans to checkpoints placed throughout the installation.
- Communicating with other Guard on duty, via radio while on patrol or responding to an emergency call.
- Responding to resident pendant alarms providing assistance with notifying nursing staff, transporting nursing staff to/from emergency, escorting emergency vehicles onto installation.
- During each shift maintains a written log of all shift’s activities, also writing detailed written reports of any incidents that are outside of regular day to day activities.
Security Guard
Admiral Security
Newport News, VA
07.2017 - 09.2020
- While serving as a guard duties included to observe and report activities, and any unusual incidents at an assigned client site. Providing for the security and safety of client property and personnel.
- Perform periodic patrols both on foot and with assigned vehicle checking for irregularities, any unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, blocked entrances and/or exits mechanical problems and any unauthorized persons, also to inspect protection devices and fire control equipment.
- Protects/preserves evidence of a scene or incident in the event of an accident, emergency or security investigation.
- Responds to incidents of fire, medical emergency, bomb threat, flooding, water discharge, elevator emergency, hazardous materials, inclement weather, or other incidents. Prepare a shift log, to record site wide activities, and an incident report to capture details of any unexpected incident occurring on site.
Military Pay Technician (Travel Section)
Defense Military Pay Office
Ft. Lee, VA, US
04.2009 - 05.2012
- Working daily in the travel section of the finance office I conducted daily in-processing briefings, walking groups of soldiers through the completion of a travel voucher upon their arrival to the installation. I provided information on PCS travel, standard pay entitlements, cost-of-living adjustments, and indebtness actions.
- Processed all travel vouchers, reviewing each voucher and all supporting documents for accuracy and completion. Calculating Total Elapsed Travel Time, Authorized Travel Days, Chargeable leave and Specialized Non-chargeable leave time.
- Ensuring that travel voucher is accompanied by proper documentation to include official PCS orders, and complete leave form, forwards travel voucher and all documents to pay office.
- Conducted weekly out-processing briefing for soldiers preparing for permanent change of station travel away from installation. Informing soldiers of travel entitlements, and authorizations such as mileage, per diem and dislocation allowance rates. During briefings soldiers are also advised of how to handle various travel related instances such as unaccompanied tours overseas and dependant relocation information, as well as temporary lodging claims and guidelines for advance pay.Prepared all requests for advances for travel, ensuring request is within guidelines of the Joint Federal Travel Regulations, sending documents forward to pay office for processing within required time frame according to NAFCD standards.
- Review and process all incoming Do It Yourself (DITY) travel settlement claims. Checking form DD2278 and accompanying form 1351-2 for accuracy and proper signatures, calculating all authorized operating personal expenses and sending claim forward to pay office for final review and payment.
- I was the daily primary point of contact for soldiers, providing one-on-one assistance to soldiers, addressing all travel related written, phone, and email inquires, researching travel and Department of Defense regulations for proper information, and returning adequate answers to service member within a 24 hour period.
- Provided assistance to soldiers assigned to installation temporarily for training with voucher inquiries and completion.
- Performed customer service duties, greeting all soldiers and routing inquiries that are non-travel related to the proper sections of the finance office, as well as providing administrative and clerical support to not only the travel section but to other areas of the finance office.
- Assisted with tracking/record keeping of all incoming/outgoing soldiers and their claims for travel pay entitlements, ensuring that logs are kept up to date. Through data-entry relevant information is input into record keeping systems utilizing typing speed of a minimum of 40 WPM.
- Utilized pay systems to research both travel and regular pay entitlements and to view paid vouchers in efforts to avoid overpayment and to ensure accurate payments.
- Grade Level GS-5
Accounting Technician
DFAS Cleveland
Cleveland, OH, US
02.2008 - 04.2009
- I performed as an integral part of a Marine Corps Workload Transition Team, transferring the Interdepartmental Billing workload process from DFAS Kansas City to DFAS Cleveland.
- Duties included the daily task of processing all incoming billing charges from authorized government agencies that act as sellers, through system research of unmatched disbursements that are distributed through a shared Root Cause Database.
- I identified discrepancies within the lines of accounting through research in Standard Accounting, Budget and Reporting System (SABRS) and Military Bills Inquiry (MILSINQ).Performed resolution for problem disbursements through standard correction procedures accompanied by proper documentation.
- Maintained accounting records verifying mathematical accuracy ensuring correct authorizations, completeness of data and validity of classifications, using records to report on any transactions present on end of month reports.
- In order to ensure correct disbursements and payments I often requested from the unit that updates on accounting systems tables were performed. I also modified the programs used in research, as well as interacting with the offices that prepare the initial requisitions in order to correct and prevent errors.
- I input posted data that has been verified against source documents into regularly used departmental accounting systems as assigned.
- Continuously provided assistance to supervisor by performing lead job functions, assisting new employees with training on routine operating procedures, basic accounting policies, and detailed research procedures.
- While serving on workload transition team I developed a standard operating procedure reference manual documenting the daily work process.
- Through training I gained knowledge in performing the lead job function of assigning work to Technicians through the Root Cause Database, a tool used to track daily production.
- During routine request I provided assistance to higher grade technicians with complex account maintenance, performing task such as researching problems with accounts, also contacting the responsible unit, seeking resolution when the need arose.
- I managed and researched various account scenarios, via email in the continuous effort to ensure the timely accomplishment of assigned workload.
- On a daily basis I performed research on current accounts, analyzing account historical data, and source documents generated from Reportnet and SABRS systems. Upon request I compiled all researched information into a report that could be used as a reference for the units responsible for accounts.
- Grade Level GS-5
Security Call Center Operator
United Security Management Services
Cleveland, Ohio, US
05.2007 - 01.2008
- Provided information, service and assistance to external and internal customers on general security related systems, processes, and procedures.
- Through the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook applications, I maintained a record of all calls received into the call center, I responded to email correspondence pertaining to scheduling changes, conflicts and request then personally handling requests or directing to the appropriate personnel.
- Researched employees schedule and informed the payroll administrator of any scheduling conflicts that would result in payroll discrepancies.
- Entered scheduling data for employees at multiple locations in Cleveland and Columbus Ohio, and Lexington Kentucky.
- Duties also included providing clerical support, maintaining subject matter files and records, editing correspondence, and tracking requests and requisitions for supplies for office staff.
Photographer
US Navy
03.1996 - 03.2001
- As a military photographer I produced high quality Black and White and Color prints providing pictorial documentation of air, surface, and subsurface events using still and motion media as required in support of Naval Intelligence.
- I often used precision equipment designed to produce large volumes of classified photographic material, I maintained close attention to detail which resulted in zero discrepancies.Duties also included composing and reviewing non-technical correspondence for proper content, format, grammar, typographical accuracy, and conformance with company instruction and guidelines independently usually without review from supervisor.
- I scheduled and documented all request for photography coverage making arrangements for time, participants and the location of the coverage in accordance with client instructions, I also maintained photography assignment files and records, creating a tracking system that all personnel could utilize.
- Outside of photography, my collateral duties included serving as a principal administrative support to senior personnel; responding to routine request for information, screening incoming correspondence and phone calls, as well as outgoing material for quality assurance.
- Experienced in coordinating and prioritizing supervisor’s appointment calendar; thus freeing up supervisor’s valuable time to concentrate on unit and personnel needs.
- Assisted personnel with the preparation of travel vouchers; ensuring accuracy, and proper submission of travel vouchers.
- Supervised subordinates through motivation, instilling initiative skills and time management techniques, promoting teamwork and open communication, showing sincere value to all individual ideas and consideration for individual situations and concerns.
- I organized training of subordinates by setting short and long term goals.
Education
No Degree - Accounting
Byrant And Stratton
Newport News, VASkills
- Verbal and written communication
- Security camera monitoring
- Patrolling
- Workplace safety
Certification
DCJS Certification
Timeline
Security Guard
Shepherd Security
09.2020 - Current
Security Guard
Admiral Security
07.2017 - 09.2020
Military Pay Technician (Travel Section)
Defense Military Pay Office
04.2009 - 05.2012
Accounting Technician
DFAS Cleveland
02.2008 - 04.2009
Security Call Center Operator
United Security Management Services
05.2007 - 01.2008
Photographer
US Navy
03.1996 - 03.2001
No Degree - Accounting
Byrant And Stratton