Paul Thomas
Souderton,USA
Summary
Senior-level accounting professional with experience in real estate recovery accounting, specializing in CAM reconciliations, accrual accounting, and financial reporting. Proven ability to support month-end close, analyze financial performance, identify variances, and mitigate recovery leakage through data-driven insights. Strong background in GL analysis, balance sheet integrity, and forecasting, with a track record of supporting audit readiness and process improvements.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Recovery Accountant
Brixmor Property Group
Conshohocken, PA
11.2023 - Current
- Support month-end close processes by partnering with Corporate Accounting, Portfolio Accounting, and Property Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate accounting records.
- Assist with the preparation, review and completion of balance sheet workpapers, ensuring schedules are properly supported, accurate, and complete.
- Review accruals, recoverable expense activity, and tenant recovery estimates to ensure accuracy and completeness of period-end financial reporting.
- Prepare and review expense accruals, perform account analysis, and validate general ledger activity to ensure accuracy and completeness of period-end financials.
- Analyze general ledger activity, expense coding, tenant billings and accruals to identify variances, discrepancies, and required adjustments.
- Lead the annual CAM reconciliation process, including variance analysis, tenant billing adjustments, and preparation of supporting schedules.
- Assist in property forecast preparation by reviewing year-to-date financials, projected expenses, and recovery income assumptions.
- Analyze historical trends, accrual activity, and variances to support budgeting decisions and improve forecast accuracy.
- Reconcile and review cash accounts, CAM reserves, capital expenditures, and OPEX accounts to ensure proper financial reporting.
- Prepare and present financial and recovery analysis reports to internal stakeholders, highlighting trends, risks, and actionable insights.
- Coordinate and resolve tenant audit requests, including documentation support, variance explanations, and dispute resolution.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, strengthen internal controls, and reduce recovery leakage.
Senior Associate
Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBIS)
West Bay, DOHA-QATAR
12.2020 - 04.2023
- Performed reconciliations between bank accounts, clearing accounts & internal ledgers to validate accuracy and completeness of financial records.
- Prepared MIS Reports, financial analysis summaries, trend reports, and operational dashboards to support management review and decision-making.
- Reviewed cheque clearing, returned items, direct debit, pay order, and related banking transactions to ensure proper processing, documentation, and accounting accuracy.
- Supported internal and external audit processes by preparing documentation and responding to audit requests.
- Identified and implemented process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency within the cheque-clearing operations.
- Assisted in development and refinement of SLA metrics and operational KPIs to improve turnaround time and service quality.
Retail Specialist
Woolworths Group
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
08.2015 - 07.2020
- Promoted sales by setting up displays and organizing and arranging merchandise.
- Provided support with inventory control processes and reviewing key customer metrics.
- Assisted with training and mentoring new team members.
- Demonstrated exceptional customer service skills, resolving customer complaints efficiently and courteously.
- Oversaw and assisted with physical inventories as required during end-of-year audits.
- Prepared weekly and monthly inventory reports outlining changes in stock levels, shortages or overages due to production needs or customer demand.
- Conducted regular physical inventories and analyzed stock levels to identify discrepancies.
Team Member / Field Supervisor
News Corp Australia
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
07.2014 - 07.2015
- Organized workflow tasks to prevent downtime and production gaps.
- Created detailed reports summarizing daily operations, progress towards objectives, and potential areas of improvement.
- Communicated regularly with supervisor regarding route progress and customer complaints and concerns.
Education
Bachelor in Accounting -
CQUniversity
Australia02-2018
Skills
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Conflict Resolution and Mediation
- Insightsoftware hubble
- Account Reconciliation Processes
- Process Monitoring
- Quality Assurance
- Oracle JD Edwards
- Microsoft Power BI
- Financial Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Variance Analysis
LANGUAGES
English Fluent
Timeline
Recovery Accountant
Brixmor Property Group
11.2023 - Current
Senior Associate
Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBIS)
12.2020 - 04.2023
Retail Specialist
Woolworths Group
08.2015 - 07.2020
Team Member / Field Supervisor
News Corp Australia
07.2014 - 07.2015
Bachelor in Accounting -
CQUniversity