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Suzette Jones

Atlanta,Georgia

Summary

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

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Real Estate Accountant

Piedmont REIT
12.2024 - Current

· 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.

Senior Commercial Accountant

Ackerman and Company
02.2023 - 12.2024

· 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

Senior Real Estate Accountant

Robert Half
03.2022 - 02.2023

· 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

JDI Data

Accounting Manager
01.2013 - 06.2019

· 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.

Education

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
03-2021

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
06-1996

Skills

  • Bank reconciliation
  • Accounts receivable
  • Straight line Rent
  • Balance sheet analysis
  • Audit preparation
  • Cash flow management
  • Fixed asset management
  • GAAP
  • Budget preparation
  • OPEX
  • Revenue recognition
  • Variance analysis
  • Capital expenditures
  • Income statement analysis
  • Rent roll analysis
  • General ledger maintenance
  • Property accounting
  • CAM reconciliation
  • Amortization schedules
  • Lease administration
  • MRI software
  • ARGUS enterprise

Timeline

Senior Real Estate Accountant

Piedmont REIT
12.2024 - Current

Senior Commercial Accountant

Ackerman and Company
02.2023 - 12.2024

Senior Real Estate Accountant

Robert Half
03.2022 - 02.2023

JDI Data

Accounting Manager
01.2013 - 06.2019

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
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