PHILLIP A BUTLER

P.O. Box ******, Lawrenceville, GA 30042-4734

Home: 404-***-****

aculu5@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A seasoned Corporate Accountant with Public Accounting experience and hands-on experience in several industries to include; Construction, Real Estate, Property Management and Mortgage Companies. Responsible for ensuring that accounts are reconciled, financials are correct, and that property expenses paid by corporate are properly allocated to the properties. Strategic problem-solver with keen attention to details whose background ensures timely delivery of Commitments. Excellent multiple tasking, time management, organizational, customer service and communication skills at all levels. Responsibilities also include financial reporting and consultation according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP)

Financial Analysis

Payroll

Project Management

Financial Reporting

Asset Management

Forecasting & Budgeting

Tax Preparation

Job Costing

Review Lease Agreements

Property Management

Fair Housing Laws

Accounts Reconciliation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CF LANE PROPERTY MNGT – Atlanta, GA Dec 2015 to Present

Property Cash Accountant

Maintain multiple property accounts for multiple clients

Accurately record income, expenses and changes in assets and liabilities on a monthly basis

Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and applicable schedules to ensure accurate reporting

Calculate depreciation and amortization

Monitor cash balances and prepare monthly bank statement reconciliations

Prepare cash funding requests

Track capital expenditures

Prepare reserve requests from Lenders and Seller escrows

Ensure accurate timing and payment of all payables

Authorize payment of principal interest and property tax payments

Research county property tax bills on properties under management

ING/VOYA – Atlanta, GA

Corporate Staff Accountant Dec 2014 to Oct 2015

Perform monthly, quarterly and year-end closing process responsibilities

Assist with the implementation of new accounting policies and procedures

Prepare journal entries to clear reconciliation / suspense items.

Review strategic transactions and make recommendations for accounting treatment

Work with external auditors, providing needed analysis and documentation

Ad hoc analysis as needed;

Perform Monthly balance sheet reconciliations for multiple business unit accounts

Communicate critical issues to management for resolution

Record over 200 monthly journal entries for multiple business units

Preparing schedules supporting General Ledger balances of over $1 billion monthly

Perform Account reconciliation and analysis through the use of Oracle People Soft

Administering treasury functions and preparing daily treasury reports

Follow-up on researched items; maintain statistical information on accounts

Run query functions to ensure efficient mass journal entry postings to corporate general ledger.

Assist the corporate accounting team with internal audits for quality and cost control, accounting statements in annual reports provided to shareholders, and tax declarations

THE INTERSECT GROUP

BLT Homes – Kennesaw, GA

Property Accountant / Reconciliations Specialist Nov 2014 – Dec 2014

Reconciliations Specialist that researched and cleaned up past bank reconciliations

Reconciled accounts back to zero balances and re- reconcile, research and explain all past incorrect bank recs

Responsible for reconciling, explain outstanding transactions, and researching receivables and allocations.

10 years of experience including 4 years in property accounting (multifamily, residential)

Strong reconciliations experience including manual and automated bank recs and transfers and clean up

Experience following up with properties to audit AR and AP records and make sure cash is applied.

Preparing corporate variance analysis; performing monthly corporate consolidation

Assist with preparing annual corporate budgets

Administering treasury functions and preparing daily treasury reports

Preparing and filing sales tax reports

Preparing financial reporting packages for our board of directors and lenders

Assist with other projects as needed

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL

HBH Properties – Atlanta, GA

Property Accountant June 2014 October

Responsible for month-end close, financial statement preparation

Account reconciliation, posting journal entries and accruals

Variance analysis, between actual vs. budget with explanation of differences, researching and resolving open issues

Prepared and posted transfers for management fees

Prepared and request for Replacement reserves

Prepared monthly management fee calculations and reviewed monthly-rent ups prior to data management posts to tenant accounts.

Monitored daily cash positions, created monthly bank reconciliations and maintained continuous communication with accounts payable department and property managers to ensure proper process and timely payment of service invoices.

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL Oct 2013 – June 2014

Family Dermatology – Sandy Springs, GA

Staff Accountant

Prepared spreadsheet to report Variance analysis, between actual vs. budget with explanation of differences, researching and resolving open issues; performed financial statement analysis.

Managed accounts reconciliation; posted journal entries and accruals

Posted monthly rent and security deposits to cash receipt journals.

Present Maintain Quick-Books, prepare financial reports and provide overall support to accounting department. Performed financial statement analysis.

Maintain complete and up-to-date detailed accounts receivable; maintained accounts payable and cash account ledgers and provided daily or weekly reports on these and other critical areas of business management

LCJ International – Hyattsville, MD Apr 2010 – Aug 2013

Property Accountant

Responsible for month-end close, financial statement preparation; Prepared and posted journal entries for request of Replacement reserves for 25 multi-family properties. Improved efficiency by 15%.

Prepared and posted journal entries for transfers of management fees for 25 multi-family apartment complexes

Prepared and posted journal entries for request of Replacement reserves for 25 multi-family properties.

Support lease processing operations, including booking new contracts, posting payments, contract maintenance and revisions, and payoff quoting.

Implement procedures to streamline the reporting of lease information into clients' databases to increase accuracy.

Prepared financial statements for internal departments and property owners for multi-family, residential and retail properties for 25 multi-family properties.

RJE Telecom – Little Rock, AR Nov 2011 – Mar 2012

Project Auditor / Inspector

Maintained control of project scope and budget to achieve conceptual design while sustaining adherence to quality production standards.

Provided efficient utilization of all project resources to include equipment, vehicles and manpower.

Maintained files, charts, spreadsheets on central office database.

Evaluated and monitored billing invoices from contractors and subcontractor for construction services

Performed internal audit of contractor billing to project management office (pmo) before processing and payment. Cut expenses by 25%.

Obtain W-9/ certificate of insurance for all sub-contractors and vendors. Issue year-end 1099

Review monthly financials for construction and development entities for GAAP and Tax basis, monthly draws for funding, monthly construction checks and weekly accounts payable checks

Verizon Communications – Silver Spring, MD Jan 2005 –Apr 2010

Compliance Auditor / Inspector

Utilize project management skills to deliver multiple completions; reconciling, identifying, and resolving problems throughout the mid-Atlantic region; cut expenses by 25%

Work directly with management to update internal audit procedures and improve audit efficiency;

utilized knowledge change management, process management and problem management to meet project deadlines. Improved efficiency by 15%

Evaluate and monitored project billing invoices from contractors and subcontractors for work completed

Performed internal audit of contractor billing to project management office (pmo) before processing and payment.

Obtain W-9/ certificate of insurance for all sub-contractors and vendors. Issue year-end 1099

Review monthly financials for construction and development entities for GAAP and Tax basis, monthly draws for funding, monthly construction checks and weekly accounts payable checks

America One Finance – Bowie, MD Oct 2000 – Jan 2005

Branch Manager

Job Description

Sold and settled $14.4 million in government loan products to qualified applicants over a 24 month period span

Developed ongoing relationships with realtors, builders, contractors, real estate appraisers and title attorneys; increased revenue by 30%.

Evaluated and implemented commercial loan programs for retail, industrial, rural and office sectors of real estate particularly in the area of acquisition and disposition of real property assets; reduced costs by 20%

Liaison with bank and equity partners for compliance with funding procedures

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Keller Graduate School of Management

Masters in Accounting and Information Systems – 2017

University of Phoenix

BS Accounting – 2014

SKILLS /TRAINING

Training

Liberty Tax Course, Commercial Real Estate Investment Courses (CCIM), Computer Learning Center (basic, intermediate and advanced Excel)

Verizon Net Learn Center: (Introduction to Project Management, Elements of Project Management, Elements of Human Resource Management, Project Management for – Information Technology I and Project Management for Information – Technology II).

Computer Proficiencies

Software

MS Office (Ms. word, Ms. Excel, Ms. Access, Ms. Outlook, Ms. Project) Accounting (Peach tree, Quick Books) Tenant-Pro, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Loan Application (Calyx Point, Genesis, Contour and Byte) MS Project

Special Computer Skills

QuickBooks ~ Peachtree ~ Quicken ~Solomon ~SAP~ADP Payroll ~Microsoft Office Applications to

To include access, Excel: pivot tables, V-look-up, Macros, Conditional Formatting, Sum Product, Absolute Cell Reference, Count IF and Array formulas; Rent Manager Pro-Series, Tax Wise, Great Plains (Micro Soft Dynamics), and Yardi (Voyager and Classic) One Site Accounting, Comet Construction Software.

Memberships / Organizations

Member AICPA

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