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Orange County, California Area

Orange County, California Area

Managed support staff for all Client Accounting applications. Conducted interviews for all areas of Information Technology including Help Desk Support, Data Base Analysts and Web Design. Created annual budgets for Asset Services, Global Corporate Services, Development and Investment including reforecast and variance analysis. Specialized in process improvement Coordinated the upgrade of Intuit MRI Accounting package.Negotiated with vendors to greatly reduce cost of Annual SMAs for Yardi CTI softwareManaged the conversion of software from CTI to MRI and JD Edwards.Conducted training summits for Adobe Captivate software - which revamped the training structure for the companyHired an outstanding team with no turnover / high achievementMentored several staff members to be excellent analysts / managers

Responsible for supervising a staff of six accountants.. Responsibilities include reviewing monthly financials for 60+ properties (Cash, Accrual, and Cash-Accrual books), conducting performance evaluations, interviewing candidates for positions in the company, training and promoting accountants, review CAM reconciliations for SAG clients, report directly to the senior controller. Coached staff to score above 90% on internal audit for financial policy and procedure complianceMentored / promoted staff to higher positions in the companyConducted training summits for MRI and Advanced ExcelAssisted the IT department by helping set-up various accouning functions in MRI softwareWorked closely with Senior Controller to resolve conflicts with clientsInstructed Property Managers nationwide in the use of accounting softwareDirectly responsible for providing support to 12 clients with multiple properties in the portfolio.

Reviewed financial reports for eight accountants. Responsible for all accounting activities relating to a portfolio of 10 properties. Responsibilities included monthly close, financial statement preparation, journal entries, account analysis, bank reconciliations, and general ledger using Skyline.

Responsible for all accounting activities relating to a portfolio of 10 properties in California and Arizona. Portfolio totals over 2 million square feet. Responsibilities include monthly close, financial statement preparation, journal entries, account analysis, bank reconciliations, and general ledger using MRI and Skyline. Prepare sales taxes for Arizona properties. Reviewed budgets and CAM reconciliations.Provided support to company by teaching Excel skillsAssisted the IS department with daily postings in MRIWorked closely with property managers to prepare reports for clients Created Excel programs for monitoring transfers between checking & money market accounts.

Responsible for all accounting activities relating to the Irvine Spectrum Center and Fashion Island Merchants Association. Responsibilities include monthly close, financial statement preparation, journal entries, account analysis, bank reconciliations, and general ledger using MRI. Assisted controller with day-to-day department responsibilities and activities. Prepared the Fashion Island Merchants Association's books for annual audit.Created reports using MRI and Excel to assist the Irvine Spectrum Center staff.Reconciled the Irvine Spectrum Center's security deposit ledgers.