STEPHANIE SPAR

* **** ****** ***** *****, Westlake Village, CA 9 1361 C: 3 10.266.2897

acpswy@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Energetic and goal- oriented Business Professional with proven experience in project management,

process engineering and implementing solutions to address business needs and opportunities. A

strong financial background coupled with strong communication skills, entrepreneurial problem

solving skills and management experience has ensured a record of success. Self motivated

individual effective in leading project teams or working in a self- managed capacity.

HIGHLIGHTS

Financial / Budget Portfolio Data Analysis

Management Retail Lease Analysis /

Project Management Interpretation

Process Engineering Requirements gathering

Training / Reference Guides Superb communication skills

Retail Lease Abstraction and Advanced problem solving

Billing abilities

Advanced problem solving Critical thinking

abilities Business process improvement

Business systems analysis User acceptance testing

Functional requirements Portfolio management

Decisive

QUALIFICATIONS

Strong ability to manage multiple activities in a deadline- oriented

environment; highly organized and flexible.

Able to work independently and jointly in unstructured environment;

highly organized and flexible.

Able to take a leadership role on projects.

Experienced in gathering requirements, functional design and

documenting business process.

Experienced in lease language interpretation and analysis.

Proficient in MS Office including MS Word, MS Excel and MS

PowerPoint.

21 years of experience in Retail Real Estate Industry and Lease

Management Applications including Oracle Property Manager and

CTI.

EXPERIENCE

Internal Consultant & Senior Business Systems Analyst

05/2005 to 05/2014

Macerich - Los Angeles, CA

Project Manager for software and report development efforts.

Interfaced with key project stakeholders to define and clarify

requirements, created use cases, tested system

Drove software and report development efforts by acting as the voice

of the user to define and clarify requirements with the development

team through continual team collaboration, business acceptance

testing, making quality decisions, and taking responsibility for overall

development team success.

Provided production support for Oracle Property Manager application,

reports and associated business processes.

Identified and produced data- driven, analytical insights with

actionable recommendations to continuously improve business

performance.

Managed, automated and continuously improved dashboards and

ongoing reporting of key performance indicators across real estate

portfolio.

Continual impact analysis on occupancy, sales and revenue driven by

changes in portfolio wide retail tenant performance.

Provided second level support to Leasing Services Team as the subject

matter expert of the business, available applications and reports.

V P - I.T. Applications & Reporting

07/2003 to 04/2005

Macerich - Los Angeles, CA

Tracked, analyzed and interpreted trends in financial, occupancy and

sales data.

Boosted company efficiency and end user satisfaction by streamlining

reporting.

Led cross- functional teams to analyze and understand the operational

impacts and opportunities of technology changes.

Worked directly with Oracle developers to expand functionality of

Oracle Property Manager application.

Tested, implemented, trained and developed end user procedures for

Oracle Property Manager application.

Designed and maintained Reporting Hub for single point access to all

corporate and ancillary reports.

V.P. - Lease Revenue

07/1997 to 06/2003

Macerich - Los Angeles, CA

Managed a department of 10 Lease Revenue Accountants.

Responsible for the accurate billing of over 1,000 tenant's monthly rent

at 75 regional shopping centers in excess of $100 million annually.

Developed initial department policies and procedures.

Developed test scripts and training manuals for implementation of CTI

Property Manager Application.

Abstracted key lease covenants and financial terms of newly executed

and amended leases.

Team member on acquisition property lease abstraction, conversion

and billing initiation.

Completed annual CAM and Tax reconciliation billings.

Internal Audit Manager

08/1994 to 06/1997

Macerich - Los Angeles, CA

Conducted performance, financial and compliance audit projects.

Provided training, coaching and supervision to internal audit staff.

Identified and evaluated the organization's risk areas and provide

input for the annual audit plan.

Provide guidance of internal audit controls during implementation of all

ERP applications.

Audit Associate - Financial & Real Estate Services Practice

08/1991 to 07/1994

KPMG Peat Marwick - Los Angeles, CA

Executed the day- to- day activities of audit engagements of various

clients including Securities and Exchange Commission registrants.

Identified and communicated accounting and audit matters to senior

associates, managers and partners.

Interacted with clients to help ensure the information flow from the

client to the audit team was efficient.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Accounting

1991

University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA

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