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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Oversee and lead annual budgeting and planning process.• Managed organizational cash flow and forecasting.• Implemented a robust contracts management and financial management/ reporting system• Communicated and presented the critical financial matters to the board of directors.• Monitored progress and kept senior leadership team abreast of the organization’s financial status.• Analyzed and presented financial reports in an accurate and timely manner• Communicated monthly and annual financial statements; Consolidated financial reporting materials for various business segments ex. F&B, Commissary • Ensured that the group billing and collection schedule provide steady cash flow to support operational requirements.• Administered and reviewed all financial plans and budgets• Scrutinized funds transfer and cash disbursement protocols within the organization

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Update and implement all necessary business policies and accounting practices; • Improve the finance department’s overall policy and procedure manual. Reconcile Bank Accounts. • Corporate departments’ overhead expenses and variance explanation on a monthly basis. Actual vs budgeted.• Focused on increasing the internal operational efficiency through bank reconciliations • Processed rebills for all properties to simplify their internal processing • Helped on writing desktop procedures for junior staff onboarding / training.• Conducted Year End Closing of portfolio to close P/L accounts to retained earnings • Reconciled multiple Inter-companies• Reconciled monthly balance sheet accounts

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Reconciled all Managed and Partnership hotels Intercompany accounts in portfolio.• Spearheaded an effort to over haul managed properties AR processes resulted in sizeable corporate collection• Proposed streamlining processes of credit account resulted in increased efficiency• Completed the cash pull worksheet for the managed hotels payroll and collaborated with Treasury Department• Created financial package for subsidiaries for management review. • Directly closed out balances from various internal departments• Allocation of subsidiaries employee expenses and deductions to TRT Holdings Incorporated and Gold’s Gym• Performed monthly closing journal entries for corporate to provide information to shareholders• Updated Future Lease payment schedule and calculated fixed charge coverage ratio for Omni Hotels and Resorts

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Prepared monthly financial statements for seven entities ensuring internal and external compliance• Reflected changes in financial statements to senior level management • Coordinated monthly payroll functions for 100+ employees• Incorporated liquidity measurement ratios to determine company’s cash balance and turnover capability• Used the fixed asset turnover ratio to reflect the company’s influx of new property and it’s effect on profitability• Worked Global accounting teams across the United States to incorporate a global perspective• Created budgets and forecasts for senior level management• Performed Accounts Payable for internal operations to drive productivity level• Prepared in house taxes alongside ledger postings and payroll accounts management • Filed Sales Taxes to establish its impact on the company’s core functions