Developed a team of 10 finance professionals to timely close the monthly books, externalfinancials audits to ensure proper application of ASC 606, tax fillings and programaudits/reporting for over 14 affordable housing portfolios with an annual revenue of 25million and $120m in Assets. Cooperating a cross-functional team of 15 finance professionals, property & maintenancemanagers, legal, contract team, development team and IT team to support monthly financialcycles. Improved budgetary controls and achieved the monetarygoals by performing ad hoc calculations and analysis & review forecasts v/s actuals.Provide actionable insights and explanations to financial results.Drive strong internal controls to ensure compliance of all financial reporting requirements andmaintain proper documentation.

Development Fund Management - Created and launched accounting for 12 pre-development properties – (largest with an operating budget of over 75mil and 180 units). Exceeded the bench marking requirement while increasing the turnover by 30%. Re-structured the Cost Certification to benefit from unrealized revenue and tax credits.HDFC creation from Inception - Took over six of the antiquated HDFC creation processes from old management and modernized them as per Acacia’s standards. Orchestrated the outsourcing of two affordable properties for cost and operational efficiencies.Head of Department Audits - Single handedly improved external financials audits, tax fillings and program audits for over 15 affordable housing portfolios with an annual revenue of 35 million and $180m in Assets. Cleared all the 2014 and 2015 backlog audits and re-organized books of 4 entities.Budget Planning & Personnel Management - Managed a cross-functional team of 8 finance staff, property managers, maintenance manager, development team and finance team. The team delivered through increased productivity around accounting, accounts payable turnover and cutting utilizes expense. Improved budgetary controls and achieved the monetary goals by closely monitoring it and decreasing the year over year budget.Affordable Housing Specialization - Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Sec 42), Sec 8 Funding, Cost Certification, Form 8609, HPD and HDC Funding, DHS Grant, HUD Vouchering, Single Audit, Quarterly Reporting to Funders – NEF (National Equity Fund), Enterprise, Hudson Housing etc., Benchmark and Deferred Revenue reporting.

Supervise and train the entire AR staff. Trained over 50 Program Directors with the new online customer trial balance and AR Aging Report, conducted Rent Arrears Meeting with SVP’s, VP’s, Program Directors & Entitlement Team to bring the AR balance down by 40% for all the 56 supported housing sites, and introduced automated payment application & overpayment report which increased the efficiency by more than 50%.Monthly review the financial statements of ICL’s 6 Subsidiaries by creating P&L statement through Management Reporter in Dynamics, assist Controller with year-end Financial Audit and single handedly managed audits of independent/special subsidiaries.In-charge of preparing, uploading and reviewing 3 CFR’s. Work directly with the CFO and coordinate with the State Agency in regards to any issue with the CFR.Responsible for replenishing 5 escrow a/c and the corresponding accounting associated with it, instituted tax credit housing procedures and prepared Indirect Cost Report

Streamlined the process for Internal and Annual Audit. Directed Program Manager and Business Analyst team in handling contracts & its implementation.