Christa Braden

Efficiently coordinated and managed daily operations for a fleet of semi-trucks, ensuring on-time deliveries and optimal route performance across regional and national lanes. Served as the primary point of contact between drivers, customers, and logistics partners, maintaining constant communication to address scheduling changes, load assignments, and delivery updates.

• Planned and dispatched loads based on driver availability, equipment type, and customer deadlines.
• Monitored driver logs, fuel usage, and route performance to ensure DOT compliance and cost efficiency.
• Utilized transportation management systems (TMS) and GPS tracking tools to optimize routing and minimize downtime.
• Maintained accurate load documentation, billing records, and trip reports for auditing and reporting purposes.
• Resolved service issues and delivery delays through proactive communication and problem-solving.
• Built strong relationships with drivers, brokers, and customers to improve satisfaction and operational reliability.

• Prepare, review, and submit various Corporation's state, provincial, and local state returns to ensure accurate and timely compliance
• Develop and document sales tax procedures using best practices and proposing solutions to streamline processes
• Responsible for all US sales and use tax filing including research filing obligations and taxability requirements and ad hoc projects
• Communicated with client regarding sales tax questions and responding to letters from the State.
• Utilize Excel and other automation tools to streamline reporting and recurring tasks

• Daily bank reconciliations for 50 properties
• Posting various properties daily operational transactions
• Payment and financial posting of mortgages for 50 properties
• Maintaining bank balances by making necessary transfers

• Financial reporting analysis with review and explanation of account variances
• Inventory reconciliation and corrections
• Verify accurate inventory cost
• Diagnose the cause of inventory variance

• Assist preparation and disseminate financial reports to management
• Calculate accruals for certain balance sheet accounts
• Support monthly financial-close processes
• Record fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system
• Reviewed fixed asset schedule to determine dispositions
• Investigate and resolve issues to ensure proper accounting treatment

• Process revenue and expenses for various mall properties
• Ensured timely payment of expenses and liabilities
• Made daily deposits to various banks
• Process financials for each property
• Input new leases into Yardi System

• Ensures that all expenses, receipts, owner's distributions, funding requests and other transactions for the accounting period have been accurately posted to recognize revenue for the current period
• Generates and reviews financial packages for accuracy and comprehensive reporting.
• Prepare monthly income and balance sheets financial statements for each commercial property
• Analyze financial statements and prepare monthly analysis summarizing activity for property portfolio
• Complete and oversee advanced level accounting transactions in preparation of client financial statement packages.
• Create or review complex commercial property budgets and forecasting for various property portfolios
• Manage Accountants and Associates tasks within different work units.

• Oversaw international VAT reporting and computation for 15 countries including Canada
• Saved $700K in VAT, recouped expensed invoices and implemented process to file claims routinely
• Filed corporate income tax quarterly prepayments and annual returns
• Reviewed invoices and PO's for capitalization or expense
• Analysis of Fixed Asset account and reconciliation for retirement or adjustment
• Create journal entry for posting of new assets, retirements or adjustments
• File multi-state sales and use tax while maintaining compliance with codes and regulations
• Spearheaded international and domestic audits; ensuring an efficient review process in requested data
• Filed and prepared property tax returns
• Implemented new reporting process and improved quality of data delivered

• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end close
• Revenue posting analysis of customer credit card batch transactions and lockbox
• Prepare and analyze monthly and quarterly financial statements
• Post journal entries; balance general ledger accounts; prepare monthly account reconciliations
• Input account transactions and run reports from Access database
• Tracking, analysis, and reconciliation of monthly credit card statements from multiple company card holders.
• Assist financial audit preparation and coordinate the audit process
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.

• Managed tax due diligence, research, sales and use tax compliance, controversy and planning for company's expanding portfolio of assets
• Brought sales and use tax compliance to near 100% and later audits resulted in only minor assessments
• Maintain internal controls, drive continuous process improvements and reduce overall tax liabilities
• Review sales and use tax returns for accuracy
• File multi-state sales and use tax while maintaining compliance with codes and regulations
• Spearheaded international and domestic audits; ensuring an efficient review process in requested data
• Filed and prepared property tax returns
• Implemented new reporting process and improved quality of data delivered
• Month-end Close Process

• Prepare and file Sales and Use tax returns for 27 states
• Set up corporate operational business accounts and license
• Assist with new system integration and processes
• Assist with month-end close and financial analysis for various accounts