Description
High energy accounting professional with over 25 years of corporate accounting and management experience. Significant experience in supervision and development of staff personnel and integration of accounting systems resulting from mergers and acquisitions consolidation accounting technical accounting research strategic planning and financial forecasting and budgeting in the real estate management and construction distribution financial services and broadcast industries. Expertise in preparation and review of SEC filings (including Form 10-Ks Form 10-Qs proxy filings and registration statements). Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated through interaction with executive management and recruiting developing and retaining accounting staff. Tampa Responsible for all aspects of internal and external accounting, financial and investor reporting and capital markets including: - all SEC filings, including periodic filings and significant involvement in registration statement filings for a public offering of common stock on a national securities exchange, which obtained SEC approval in September 2015, - REIT compliance, including determination of monthly investor distributions and board approval, quarterly REIT compliance testing, quarterly investor presentations and communications and determination of tax liabilities resulting for the activities of the taxable REIT subsidiary and - corporate debt financings and bridge financings, financing for property acquisitions and refinancing and debt extensions for existing properties. * Florida including hiring appropriate staff and establishing appropriate internal controls and processes and procedures. * Established and supervised a 25 person accounting staff responsible for all aspects of corporate and multi- family residential property accounting corporate accounting consolidation accounting and reporting for over 100 owned and managed properties investor reporting debt compliance operating and capital budgets and cash management. Responsible for identification authoritative research and documentation and implementation of complex accounting guidance for significant number of respective transactions. * Coordinated more than 12 annual audits quarterly reviews and tax filings performed by different external accounting firms. Completed project plan vendor selection and initial phases of an enterprise wide system conversion prior company merger. * Established series of workshops for ongoing accounting and operations staff training and development. * Collaborated with senior leadership team to establish a "corporate culture" inclusive of defining a mission statement core values an advisory committee and various company-wide workshops and team building meetings / retreats.