Dynamic Senior Real Estate Accountant with proven expertise at Ackerman & Company in financial package preparation and cash flow management. Skilled in GAAP and budget preparation, I enhanced operational efficiency, achieving a 30% productivity increase through process automation. Strong communicator and collaborator, adept at managing complex reconciliations and investor relations. Managing $400-million construction budgets, directed accounting operations with a $42 M budget while leading a team of four accounting staff. Organized and facilitated department meetings to discuss funding. Processed outbound wires and ACH transfers averaging 1.2M weekly, supervised
· Prepare Construction and Commercial Real Estate Financial Package
· Review Monthly Balance Sheet and Income Statement analysis
· Place in service from Job completion to fixed asset
· Managed Straight line rent and OPEX
· Reconcile 12 properties' daily Cash receipts
· Collaborate with the project manager on monthly bad Debt.
· Maintain and reconcile construction Job tracker.
· Consolidation, inter-company transactions, and reconciliations
· Prepare investor contribution and distribution calculations.
· Prepare 50 million annual operating budget asset report.
· Prepare intercompany ledger.
· Prepare Construction and Commercial Real Estate Financials
· Managed daily cash reports for 14 properties.
· Reconcile $47 million Job Cost project.
· Collaborate with the project manager to develop a detailed job cost coding system.
· Maintain and reconcile the construction Draw tracker.
· Prepare investor contribution and distribution calculations,
· Record all project finances for internal/external auditing and tax purposes.
· Prepare lender Draw package for funding request.
· Communicate and inform investors regarding budget variance
· Reconciled financial information in lease abstracting module, reviewed procedures on internal controls, to ensure proper calculations of right of use assets in complying with IRFS 16.
· Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual intercompany schedule,
· Gather and produces CAM reconciliation (property), Tax, Insurance, HVAC Year End True-Ups
· Prepared 12 Commercial Property financial Reports; budget, forecast, Intercompany transactions.
· Reconciled rent related posting including lease related payments, accruals, and deferrals.
Artisan Built-Assistant Controller 01- 2020- 06-2021 (Timberline software)
· Construction Draws; Prepare monthly project draws.
· Manage Land development reconciliation package.
· Reconciled inter department Payroll.
· Managed cash, forecast, financial reporting.
Integral Construction Asset Analyst- Atlanta Ga 01- 2020 06-2020 (Sage construction; Yardi software)
· Construction Draws – Prepare monthly project draws and submit to lenders for funding, including backup materials.
· Manage correspondence with lenders and vendors.
· Analysis – Assist in running financial models for pre-development.
· Manage – Formulate an interactive Construction Draw Tracker relating to real estate activities.
Reconciliation –Monitor and reconcile actual cost against budget/Draws, and report cost variances in the financial report
· Accountable for HR and payroll administration as part of a dual role; successfully negotiated a lower rate with CIGNA for health insurance with employees in four different states to reduce the renewal by 25% and save $32K annually.
· Identified and addressed hidden fees with 401K plans; utilized keen negotiation skills to secure a lower contracted rate saving employees thousands of dollars while maintaining compliance with 401K regulations.
· Project lead in the onboarding of new bank; Relocated 470 bank accounts net worth 18 million.
· Influential in improving employee retention and satisfaction by establishing a Gym Member Payback Program that provided $20/month per qualifying employee and $500 for the winner of the annual Biggest Loser Contest.
· Designed and developed auditing policies/procedures that streamlined workflow and improved time management.
· Recipient of the 2016 JDI Employee Accountability Award for outstanding performance and exceeding standards; increased productivity by 30% through the creation and development of a new automated process for depositing checks.