Amy Lyman
Cary,IL
Summary
Results-driven Property Accountant 20+ years of diverse accounting and business real estate experience. Dedicated to helping business leaders make sound property decisions without diverting key leadership resources into real estate accounting details. Thorough and precise professional with proven success at managing transactions flawlessly and independently.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Property Accountant
Group Fox
Hoffman Estates, IL
08.2017 - Current
- Oversaw the accounting of a residential property with 790 apartments.
- Checked and reconciled accounts payable and receivable an maintained balance sheet accounts.
- Analyzed and reviewed bad debt, wrote off expense and sent to collection as necessary.
- Provided technical expertise to other departments regarding various accounting related matters.
- Assisted with the preparation of financial statements for internal and external reporting purposes.
- Maintained fixed asset records, reconciled accounts, and prepared journal entries.
- Assisted property managers and regional managers with monthly budget variance analysis and assisted with annual budget preparations and submittal.
- Gathered banking transactions via statements, recorded activity in Yardi and reconciled balances.
- Create upload files of utility bills and submit for payment.
- Create upload files of property bills and submit payment.
- Check scanning of resident checks.
- Review GPR report, made adjustments to rent charges when necessary.
- Proficient with Yardi Systems and PayLease.
Property Accountant
Waterton Associates
Chicago, IL
11.2001 - 02.2016
- Oversaw the accounting of eleven residential and commercial properties.
- Checked and reconciled accounts payable and receivable, maintained balance sheet accounts and prepared wires and transfers for monthly distributions and mortgage payments.
- Generated reports to analyze variances between actual vs. budgeted expenses.
- Communicated with on-site and other property managers to complete pre-close and close activities, answered questions and facilitated timely completion of accounting processes.
- Coordinated with external auditors on accounting related issues.
- Reviewed financial statements for accuracy and completeness.
- Generated monthly financial statements and handled general ledger review, monthly journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations and P&L account schedules.
- Processed month-end closing activities including accruals, allocations, reclassifications.
- Calculated and posted journal entries to general ledger accounts.
- Analyzed balance sheets for mistakes and inaccuracies.
- Gathered banking transactions via statements, recorded activity in Yardi and reconciled balances.
- Performed property audits to check compliance.
- Oversaw full accounting cycle and prepared applicable financial statements.
- Proficient with Yardi System, Entrata and OpsTechnologies.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
DePaul University
Chicago, ILSkills
- Yardi
- Month End Close
- GPR Review
- Journal Entries
- Month-End Close
- Accounts Receivable
- Bank Reconciliation
- Accounts Receivable
Timeline
Senior Property Accountant
Group Fox
08.2017 - Current
Property Accountant
Waterton Associates
11.2001 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science -
DePaul University