Neal Steiner Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Decron Properties Corp. is a diversified real estate company specializing in the acquisition, development, and management of multifamily apartment buildings, commercial shopping centers, and office buildingsEnsure debt covenant compliance including reporting of financial results to lenders, key performance indicators, and any required debt coverage ratios. Review cash flow positions for properties and create construction draws and replacement reserve recoveries. Perform bank reconciliations and stop payments. Create journal entries to book reserve and draws.Improve Excel files for monthly management fees charged to properties.Maintain Yardi account trees to ensure validity of various reports. Create new account trees for ad-hoc reporting.

Hollywood

Analyze monthly profitability, produce weekly cash flow forecasts, perform expense research and accruals.• Review capital improvement projects including internal vs external labor and materials analysis and scope.• Create weekly financial statements for Production Facilities Services and Environmental Health and Safety; present trend reports to operations and senior management.• Develop and analyze production facilities quarterly forecasts; review with operations management.• Perform weekly review of capital projects versus budget and latest estimate; analyze and report variances.

West Hollywood, Ca

Prepare and provide monthly business reports and analysis to senior management. • Revise monthly revenue and expense analysis templates, saving $40,000 annually.• Create annual plan and analysis, present plan results to senior management.• Develop processes to streamline monthly close and monthly forecasts.• Work with operations personnel to automate their files and improve reporting accuracy.

Greater Los Angeles Area

SaaS company offering telephony based technology solutions. The focus is to maximize return on investment through increasing call response and to provide call volume analytics.• Created 5-year strategic plan model that includes income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and capital investments. Model provided to potential investors for equity financing.• Performed monthly billing and accounts receivable reconciliations.• Developed allocation methodologies and create spreadsheets to allocate overhead costs to divisions, enabling accurate focus on division profitability.• Prepared and analyzed monthly financial reports, operating statements, forecasts, and variance analysis.• Revised chart of accounts to align expenses by departments and provide better cost control

Compton, Ca

Consumer Products for the Automotive Aftermarket. Private Equity owned.Analyzed product line profitability; created monthly Management Discussion and Analysis. • Initiated and instituted departmental budget process. Trained department managers, analyzed budgets, and presented annual plan to senior management.• Restructured and improved monthly management reports for private equity, saving $175,000 annually.• Streamlined and automated monthly reporting, reducing timeframe by 40%, saving $115,000 annually.• Developed data warehouse and queries, providing customized reports to Marketing department.• Streamlined and automated weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, reducing timeframe by 40%, saving $115,000.• Created pricing analysis for product managers, improving product margins by $650,000 annually.

Torrance, Ca

* Streamlined and automated financial models that detail daily pricing, sales, and monthly forecasts.* Designed Access database queries and menus to improve daily sales tracking and daily reporting.* Created interactive daily sales tracking charts and graphs and presented results to senior management.* Developed and enhanced key performance metrics, improving sales personnel scores by 25%.

Los Angeles, Ca

* Developed database queries and interactive menus, improving reporting to senior management, saving $55,000 annually.* Analyzed companies’ annual and quarterly profitability, cash flows, and financial trends.* Created user-friendly annual budget and forecast model, reducing $25,000 in annual expenses.

North Hollywood, Ca

Analyzed monthly sales and expenses, coordinated Board of Director packages, created annual budget process including schedules, training, and templates. Perform weekly AR and AP analysis.* Instituted departmental budgeting, consolidated annual plan, and presented annual plan and quarterly forecasts to senior management.* Developed database to track overtime by department and employee, reducing overtime costs by $360,000. * Automated monthly financial reporting and quarterly Board financial package, saving 185 hours.* Reduced costs and improved divisional profitability by $850,000 by analyzing expenses and creating sensitivity analysis.* Created, tracked, and analyzed monthly KPIs including product margins and presented analysis to senior management.

Torrance, Ca

Analyzed monthly profitability, improved financial models, coordinated weekly sales forecasts.* Streamlined processes and created macros to automate procedures, reducing annual costs by $150,000.* Assisted in coordinating annual plan, consolidated departmental budget templates, analyzed variances.* Analyzed monthly financial statements and worked closely with operations managers.* Created databases and reports to improve performance metrics analysis, improving timeliness by 85%, saving $75,000 annually.* Analyzed monthly expenses and presented analytical reports highlighting trends and anomalies to senior management.* Improved gross profit analysis by modifying the process and automating Excel files, improving accuracy and reducing the timeframe by 75% and expenses by $100,000.

El Segundo, Ca

Developed forecast model used by senior management for annual plan and 4th round of equity financing. * Created automated, interactive quotation system, improving accuracy and timeliness of quotes by 60% and increasing revenue by $240,000. * Instrumental in formulating pricing strategy and streamlining sales quote process. * Evaluated acquisition by developing pro-forma income statement and cash flow scenarios. Reviewed acquisition’s financial statements for accuracy and realistic assumptions. * Negotiated reduced rates and established corporate policy for telecommunications, saving $65,000.

Evaluated business unit and product profitability. Prepared forecasts, analyzed monthly cash flow and income statements. * Designed 5-year strategic plan model that included monthly income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, and capital investments. Model provided to potential investors for equity financing.* Developed annual operating plan including templates. Analyzed budget iterations with managers, reducing expenses by $740,000.* Created interactive sales tool that enabled sales personnel to negotiate accurate quotes within margin criteria.

Los Angeles, Ca

Analyzed operational profitability, managed annual planning process, provided financial performance reports to Board of Directors. Developed monthly forecasts, analyzed trends.* Analyzed subsidiary utilizing ratio analysis, recommended changes that reduced expenses by $1.9 million. * Performed lease consolidation analysis, decreasing expenses by $950,000.* Created monthly variance analysis which compared plan, actual, and forecasted revenues and expenses.

Created analytical models for measuring product profitability. Evaluated market potential and trend analysis.* Utilized break-even and profitability analyses for pricing strategies, increasing revenue by $3.2 million.* Designed product analysis, performed rate sensitivity analysis, and assisted in negotiations, resulting in $920,000 increased annual revenue.

Coordinated annual budget process for 162 units, performed complex financial analyses, and trained management to effectively utilize statements. * Managed, created, and allocated annual budgets of $93 million in revenue and $69 million in expenses. Developed methodologies to allocate $370 million of overhead expenses.* Utilized McKinsey Consulting model to improve unit efficiencies. Improved analytical techniques that accelerated quarterly reporting and increased accuracy of analysis.

* Established financial control system for products and customer profitability reporting.* Created programs and models that improved product rate accuracy and cut 240 hours from rate development.* Designed automated, interactive user interface for Customer Profitability Reporting system.

Mba, International Business

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, M.I.M. Outstanding Student Award winner

High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, 3.8

B.A., Economics, Computer Science