Sarah Brizendine Email & Phone Number

Valley, Al, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Manhattan, Kansas

• Direct and coordinate the organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency• Build annual budgets; responsible for organization's overall accounting and financial reports -Grew company portfolio by $6.5MM in property acquisitions• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of the company and its administrative, property management and facility management staff in meeting objectives. Determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy changes and additions. -Possess basic working knowledge of all positions; train new staff• Maximize tenant occupancy and receivables from all properties• Foster and maintain vendor and financial institution relationships• Plan, schedule, and coordinate construction/renovation project activities with engineers, architects and general contractors to meet deadlines and budgets - Active in the design process for building renovations and construction - Apply for and process historical tax credits for qualifying projects. Work with accounting firms and historical tax representatives to maximize tax credit potential• Possess basic general repair maintenance, electrical and plumbing/HVAC skills to troubleshoot and carry out basic repairs• Oversee Facility Management and operations

• Direct, plan, and implement policies and procedures, objectives, or activities of businesses to ensure continuing operations, maximizing returns on investments, increasing productivity• Implement corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems• Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions among departments and sites• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems• Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines and budget• Prepare contracts or negotiate revisions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, or subcontractors

Manhattan, Kansas

• Responsible for all leasing, maintenance work orders, financial reporting, and operational duties of the commercial property management division• Perform inspections of buildings and grounds• Contract and schedule preventative maintenance, landscaping and snow removal • Oversee property capital improvements projects, collect contractor bids, and schedule contractors. Monitor project quality and progress of contracted work• Market vacancies and maintain current occupancy goal of 95%• Responsible for tenant receivables, maintaining annual net collection percentage of 95%• Reconcile and present monthly building financial reports to owner• Maintain and update property management database and QuickBooks files

• Responsible for the all tenant and maintenance activities of the residential property management division• Marketing and leasing • Perform move-in and move-out inspections• Coordinate repairs, cleaning and any other make ready maintenance• Resident relations and retention• Tenant collections and end of lease close out statements• Monthly owner statements and cash flow reports

• Assisted with the daily residential customer service and financial operations management of on- post military residents• Process Basic Allowance for Housing and payment transactions, managed systems transactions and reports• Processed work order charges, vendor invoices and payments• Gathered all utility meter readings, compiling consumption and cost analysis reports for Project Manager, Minol LLC and US Army for billing statements• Monitored resident accounts; negotiated payment plans for delinquent accounts and processed the closeout of resident final account statements. • Assisted the Community Manager with end of month Property Asset Management reports, waitlist, occupancy, and delinquency reports. • Researched and created quarterly Market Survey and Quarterly Delinquency reports for Community Manager

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Urban Studies/Affairs And Geography, 3.76 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Urban Economics Independent study tour 2004, Berlin Germany

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