LENSA DANIEL
WASHINGTON
Summary
Knowledgeable financial professional with15+ years experience in budgeting, technical analysis, reporting, project management and business administration. Currently enrolled in a CPA prep certificate program and seeking roles to utilize comprehensive knowledge in accounting and related software and systems, to further expand expertise in various accounting practices.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Accountant
Lincoln Property Company
02.2023 - Current
- Manage general ledgers for assigned properties, including preparing monthly journal entries, income and expense accruals, expense recovery true-up reviews, GAAP adjustments, and bank reconciliations.
- Leverage expertise in accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash receipts, and lease administration functions to drive financial results for commercial real estate projects.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages, including detailed analyses, balance sheet support schedules, and explanations for income statement variances.
- Review annual expense reconciliation schedules and tenant billings.
- Develop interim and year-end working papers and support schedules for internal and external audits.
- Collaborate with external auditors to draft annual financial statements and notes.
- Support audits through research, analysis, documentation, and response preparation.
- Oversee annual property budgets and quarterly forecast reviews, including lease and expense data analysis, GAAP adjustments, and budget/forecast preparation.
- Assist in preparing detailed budget and forecast packages, analyzing revenue, expense, and capital components.
- Prepare monthly cash forecasts to ensure accurate financial planning.
- Support Managers and Controllers with ad hoc financial analysis and reporting requests.
- Execute special projects and deliver high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines.
Senior Accounting Associate, Accounts Receivable
PBS Distribution
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Managed and maintained all customer accounts.
- Ensured thorough and complete documentation of account maintenance.
- Suggested improvements in the account reconciliation process by identifying gaps, proposing enhancements, and implementing corrective actions.
- Created and maintained both customer and vendor accounts and completed setups in customer and/or vendor portals.
- Tracked and settled customer prepayments by reviewing receipts, invoices, and credit memos.
- Cleared accounts receivable suspense and unapplied items.
- Processed manual check deposits.
- Processed and submitted customer refunds, customer/vendor transfers, and customer write-off journals.
- Maintained customer files by saving all accounts receivable documents and correspondence in AX or on the shared drive per document retention policies.
- Created free text invoices, credit memos, and debit memos in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
- Generated rebate and international sales order invoices.
- Initiated credit reference checks for new accounts, including using Dunn and Bradstreet reports.
- Reconciled the international Cash Receipts spreadsheet and signed off at month-end.
- Managed the international withholding tax process, ensuring correct documentation for each country, preparing required documents, and overseeing execution.
- Gathered information for the annual audit.
Associate Accountant II
Rose Financial Solutions
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Ensured accuracy of clients’ financial documents for payments, auditing & tax purposes.
- Monitored and processed vendor invoices on time using appropriate general ledger coding.
- Served as a main point of contact for vendors, fielding inquiries about delays and discrepancies with payments.
- Performed period reconciliation between different accounting systems to maintain accurate accounting records.
- Communicated and reconciled credit card activities for multiple clients.
- Ran Aging Reports and performed payment run on a weekly basis.
- Quickly mastered and utilized all accounting systems including QuickBooks, Sage Intacct and RFSWorkflow and provided basic training to junior accounting associates.
- Reviewed financial documents to verify accounting data and mathematical accuracy.
- Provided other financial & administrative support for multiple accounts — including overseeing AP email and responding to various internal partners and vendor quires in a timely manner.
Property Developer
Self-Employed
01.2016 - 01.2022
- Served as project manager for all renovations projects—acquisition, through renovation and resell.
- Conducted comparative market research for viable properties for purchase.
- Created and stayed on budget by accurately projecting costs, overseeing renovation expenses and managing project schedules.
- Evaluated, planned, and implemented improvements on purchased homes for resale.
- Implemented various marketing strategies for staging and advertising sales, to maximize profits.
- Provided oversight for all legal and permit requirements based on regulations.
- Managed all financial aspects of projects, including invoicing, reporting and other accounting requirements for tax and audit purposes.
Financial Engineer
Fannie Mae
01.2012 - 01.2012
- Detailed to another unit to address short staffing challenges.
- Provided temporary support to the Single-Family Loss Forecasting & Allowance team, estimated loan loss reserves.
- Led monthly presentations on allowance estimates, reserve estimation and results for the accounting and senior management team.
- Performed loss analysis on various projects, analyzing the various market trends, conditions and qualitative factors impacting severity rates and risk of default.
- Utilized statistical tools, such as SAS, to analyze complex loan data and documented methodologies, assumptions, and limitations of economic models to estimate reserves for certain loan types.
Project Analyst
Fannie Mae
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Managed $25 million budget across five business units within the Human Resources department.
- Reduced30-day invoice processing time by half— educating, documenting, and mentoring personnel and vendors on efficient procedures using newly implemented electronic invoicing process.
- In charge of the Foreign National Program.
- Was responsible for adhering to and responding to all legal and compliance issues while interfacing with both internal and external business partners (including outside immigration counsel, recruiters, and sponsored employees).
- Analyzed spending information and trends for monthly and quarterly reports, continuously optimizing the process and partnering with procurement to develop proposals and contracts for vendors.
Customer Service Representative
Fannie Mae
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Interfaced with senior consultants and vendors to organize campus training sessions.
- Monitored course registrations and provided training materials.
- Used registration data to restructure course offerings, advising management to cancel course with low registration and saving money.
- Evaluated employee course assessments to determine effectiveness of training.
Research Analyst
Costar Group
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Conducted extensive research on commercial real estate in the South Florida market for real estate companies, developers, banks, and investors.
- Generated and examined market trends, property sales, and rental activities to reflect accurate economic conditions.
- Interfaced with top-tier clients while providing superior customer service to ensure all needs were met.
Education
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - Accounting
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA12-2025
Master of Arts - Applied Economics
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA01.2002
Skills
- Excel, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, RFSWorkflow, PeopleSoft, Hyperion Essbase, STATA, MRI, JD Edwards, Yardi and SAS
Timeline
Project Accountant
Lincoln Property Company
02.2023 - Current
Senior Accounting Associate, Accounts Receivable
PBS Distribution
08.2022 - 02.2023
Associate Accountant II
Rose Financial Solutions
02.2022 - 08.2022
Property Developer
Self-Employed
01.2016 - 01.2022
Financial Engineer
Fannie Mae
01.2012 - 01.2012
Project Analyst
Fannie Mae
01.2008 - 01.2012
Customer Service Representative
Fannie Mae
01.2005 - 01.2008
Research Analyst
Costar Group
01.2003 - 01.2004
Master of Arts - Applied Economics
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Virginia
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - Accounting
University of Virginia
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