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• Created and maintained 13 week cash flow forecast using Asset Based Lending• Report variances and analysis to CFO between forecast and actuals• Ensure compliance with loan agreement • Review and compile month end financials in accordance with GAAP• Complete biweekly payrolls and ensure accuracy• Create and update policies and procedures to improve accuracy and proficiency• Oversee Accounts Payable Process to ensure internal compliance, timely payments, and maintain cash position

• Provided clients with Controller level services• Reviewed past accounting periods and made adjustments to comply with GAAP• Reviewed and filed sales tax payments• Provided guidance and recommendations to improve internal controls• Reviewed monthly financial reports• Helped client transition a portion of their accounting not related to their core business to a third party accounting service specializing in that industry.

• Oversee the monthly reporting requirements of 4 hotels to ensure timeliness and accuracy of financial results• Provide weekly cash flow forecasting to ensure hotels maintain a sufficient level of funds.• Ensured compliance with spending on PPP loans so that 100% forgiveness would be rewarded• Oversee and provide requested information to outside auditors to ensure GAAP compliance per loan documents• Ensure compliance with loan documents for all accounting related matters.• Directly manage one corporate employee and indirectly manage the accounting staff at each hotel.• Assist operations in forecasting and budgeting.• Oversee sales tax calculations, filings, and audits

• Establish and execute on internal work controls to monitor and review staff work for company’s portfolio consisting of Commercial, Residential, and Lodging Assets. Complete reviews of intermediate to the most complex accounting calculations.• Manage and lead a group of 8 accountants by establishing timelines, communications, and alignment of work to ensure that financial statements are delivered timely and accurately to operating decision makers.• Create and implement process improvements based on internal team reflections and on company goals.• Troubleshoot issues from accountants or operations team to find a solution and create a process to ensure issue doesn’t occur again.• Provide formal supervision up to 8 accountants by having biweekly meetings, setting goals, working on areas of improvement, career planning, and preparing and delivering year‐end evaluations• Recommend staff recruitment, selection, and corrective actions.• Plan and monitor appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor

• Establish and execute on internal work controls to monitor and review staff work for company’s Lodging portfolio consisting of 29 hotels in 10 States. Complete reviews of intermediate to the most complex accounting calculations.• Manage and lead a group of 4 accountants by establishing timelines, communications, and alignment of work to ensure that financial statements are delivered timely and accurately to operating decision makers.• Create and implement process improvements based on internal team reflections and on company goals.• Troubleshoot issues from accountants or operations team to find a solution and create a process to ensure issue doesn’t occur again. • Ensure local and state sales tax calculations are accurate and submitted timely.• Assist in providing documentation and communication with taxing authorities in sales tax audits.• Provide formal supervision of 4 accountants by having biweekly meetings, setting goals, working on areas of improvement, career planning, and preparing and delivering year‐end evaluations• Recommend staff recruitment, selection, and corrective actions.• Plan and monitor appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor

• Establish and execute on internal work controls to monitor and review staff work product for accuracy and timely processing to safeguard the assets of our clients and uphold the organization's fiduciary responsibility. Complete reviews of intermediate to the most complex operating expense calculations.• Manage and lead processes by establishing project plans, timelines and communications to ensure timely and accurate completion. Ensures compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.• Oversee all functions of the CAM reconciliation process, inclusive of the calculation within the designated software and lease abstraction of CAM lease sections and assists in troubleshooting and implementing best practices and management of the team.• Troubleshoot escalated issues from the client regarding incorrect calculations, inquiries and requests. Provide highest level subject matter expert support to specific areas of calculations for internal and external parties.• Oversee the work and performance of staff and supervisors responsible for CAM reconciliations. Collaborate with Management to establish performance objectives for department staff and monitor and report on accomplishments.• Create and implement process improvement initiatives based on internal identification and department goals and objectives.• Lead process to transition OPX calculations being done from Kardin to MRI software• Prepare, review and deliver consolidated OPEX calculations to client.• Created and conducted trainings for client’s field staff on how to review OPX settlement reconciliations• Review data and reports on process completion metrics including error rates, highest frequency error areas, staffing time on each asset and productivity/accuracy of individual team members. Implement actions for improvement.• Accurately assess monthly CAM accruals and yearly settlement reconciliations and the resulting financial impact

• Reviewed staff work product to ensure 24 financial packages were complete, accurate and delivered to the client monthly by established deadlines.• Resolved escalated issues and ensured internal and external client requests were handled timely and accurately.• Worked with internal departments and external clients to ensure a positive customer experience by having open lines of communication• Created and conducted team trainings on variance analysis and OPX Reconciliations• Provided formal supervision to 4 accountants by having biweekly meetings, setting goals, working on areas of improvement, career planning, and preparing and delivering mid‐year and year‐end evaluations• Monitored employees work load to ensure they had the appropriate number of financial packages with the correct degree of difficulty to complete.

• Reviewed staff work product to ensure 18 financial packages were complete, accurate and delivered to the client monthly by established deadlines.• Assisted in onboarding a new client with 300+ office buildings by leading data validation efforts between client’s software and CBRE software, creating internal processes to use on the new clients portfolio, and training new employees and team members on client specific processes as well as CBRE processes• Provided formal supervision to 3 accountants by having biweekly meetings, setting goals, working on areas of improvement, career planning, and preparing and delivering mid‐year and year‐end evaluations• Monitored employees work load to ensure they had the appropriate number of financial packages with the correct degree of difficulty to complete.• Resolved escalated issues and ensured internal and external client requests were handled timely and accurately.• Worked with internal departments and external clients to ensure a positive customer experience by having open lines of communication

• Promoted from Associate Real Estate Accountant to Real Estate Accountant in six months and then promoted to Senior Real Estate accountant in one year• Completed intermediate to advanced level accounting transactions in MRI and Yardi in preparation of client financial statement packages• Ensured that all expenses, income, receipts, owner’s distributions, funding requests, and other transactions for the accounting period had been accurately posted• Adhered to internal and external Accounting Policies and Procedures to ensure internal and external reporting requirements and controls were consistently met in a compliant environment• Reviewed and audited funding/payment requests for accuracy, documentation and authorization in accordance with established operating procedures• Responded to and resolved issues and requests from management teams and clients• Processed check runs/wire requests• Prepared monthly financial packages timely so that management and client deadlines were met• Mentored new accountants