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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta-Dallas-Kansas City-London-New York-Sydney, GA, US

• Overseeing the reconciling of 250+ commercial mortgage real estate escrow accounts.
• Subject matter expert for tracing funds movement through complex proprietary systems and completing difficult cash reconciliations.
• Initiating cash movements between accounts in accordance with loan documents and servicing agreements.
• Daily, weekly, and monthly remitting funds to Investors ensuring principal and interest payments match what is reported in the servicing system.
• Calculation of bank fee and interest allocation to the individual loans in combined escrow accounts.
• Research of returned wires, checks, and ACHs.

Atlanta-Dallas-Kansas City-London-New York-Sydney, GA, US

• Manage reconciliation of over 250 commercial mortgage and escrow accounts.
• Expert in tracing funds movement through complex proprietary systems and completing challenging cash reconciliations.
• Handle cash movements between accounts according to loan documents and servicing agreements.
• Remit funds to investors on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis ensuring accurate principal and interest payments.
• Calculate bank fee and interest allocation for individual loans in combined escrow accounts.
• Conduct research on returned wires, checks, and ACHs.

Atlanta-Dallas-Kansas City-London-New York-Sydney, GA, US

• Reconciling commercial mortgage real estate escrow accounts.
• Initiating cash movements between accounts in accordance with loan documents and servicing agreements.
• Daily, weekly, and monthly remitting funds to Investors ensuring principal and interest payments match what is reported in the servicing system.
• Calculation of bank fee and interest allocation to the individual loans in combined escrow accounts.
• Research of returned wires, checks, and ACHs.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Oversaw full circle GL and prepared financials.
• Provided owners with reports for business decision-making.
• Led 9 employees across accounting, medical billing, reception, and IT liaison.
• Managed internal payroll and filed various payroll tax deposits for internal payrolls and clients.
• Monitored bank accounts daily for cash flow, unusual activity, and maintained banking relationships.
• Conducted various contract negotiations.

Chastain Walk Condominium Board of Directors – elected for 15 consecutive years 60 units with an annual budget of $345K, as President managed $500K renovation. Lead the process for terminating an under performing Property Management Company and the interview and hiring process and lead numerous community projects ranging from fence staining, flat roof.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Analyzed sales and profitability trends & variances by customer &package for “Spring!” water brand, Publix Private Label Spring Water, and Walgreens Private Label Pure American Spring Water. Conduit for communication.
• Led volume forecasting process for customer groups, coordinating business critical information among cross function teams; National Sales, Finance, Demand Planning, and Supply Chain. Accuracy up 20% over prior year.
• Created an Average Days Lead time report by customer that aided in anticipating customer’s additional orders before month end, increasing forecasting accuracy.
• Analyzed Optimizer’s (Sales Forecasting System used for Warehouse Water) marketing spend rates by customer and package which eliminated an under accrual of marketing funds of $370K.

Uxbridge, West London, GB

• Supported the Northern Area Vice President and other Area Sales Center management with sales, overtime, and various Financial KBI reports for front line management of the business.
• First to successfully link the Equipment Control System repair costs to Margin Minder volume reports, this highlighted unprofitable customers for Management Review and possible termination. Reduced operating expenses.
• Led 50 Finance and Accounting associates from 24 North American Divisions through “Train the Trainer” classes for the successful companywide roll out of Margin Minder UXT.
• Reduced the Northern Area Sales Center Manager’s data entry time by combining 4 weekly and monthly forecasts into one forecast.

Uxbridge, West London, GB

• Primary contact for Atlanta Div supply chain. Daily interaction with 13 warehouse managers, 3 production centers, marketing and key accounts on inventory related issues. Monitored inventory of 200+ sku’s, generating.
• Reduced inventory forecast processing from 2 days to 4 hours by streamlining Excel and Access models with macros, enabling development of additional tools.
• Proactively monitored inventory, initiating inter-branch transfers to avoid out-of-stocks or overstock situations, maximizing division sales & minimizing out of date write offs.
• Created Atlanta Division's Inventory Replenishment Intranet web site, with Front Page, to communicate inventory levels & planned shipments.
• Reduced inventory levels from 5-10 days to 3-5 days without impacting product availability.

Uxbridge, West London, GB

Financial liaison for sales centers. Ran and maintained daily volume and gross profit reporting to division and corporate management. Performed various ad-hoc requests for Sales Planning and Analyses, Key Accounts, and Cold Drink departments. Division Administrator for Margin Minder financial reporting tool.