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Karen James -*-

Karen James

**** ***** ********* #** *****, NY 10452 646-***-**** *********@*****.***

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

September 2011 – Present

Accountemps, Inc. Temporary Staffing Division

Accounting Consultant

Key Assignments: Armstrong Capital Management

West Chelsea Building LLC

Lemle & Wolff Inc.

• Reviewed and analyzed prior year end tax returns for commercial properties

• Reconciled tax returns to trial balance; recorded necessary adjusting entries

• Reviewed and adjusted depreciation schedules

• Prepared work papers and schedules for current year tax returns

• Performed bank reconciliations

• Assisted with CAM recalculations

• Posted tenant rents for all properties

• Processed and reconciled accounts payables

• Calculated and processed monthly management fees

• Maintain and reconcile tenant security accounts

• Process accounts payable

• Posting monthly rent

September 2008 – September 2011

Simone Development Company

Property Accountant

• Responsible for all aspects of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting

• Prepared and analyzed accrual based financial statements as well as annual operating budgets

• Preparation of TC101/201 & 301 and RPIE filings for New York City Properties and ASIE for Long

Island Properties.

• Calculated and prepared billing of monthly management fees

• Evaluated current and future cash requirements; reviewed loan agreements related to properties

• Reviewed new leases, lease renewals and lease abstracts prior to entering in property management

system

• Calculated Real Estate Tax and CAM escalation

• Maintained fixed assets and depreciation schedules

• Performed multiple bank reconciliations for all property accounts

• Supervised accounts payable and accounts receivable associates to ensure correct processing of data

September 2007 – September 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, New York, NY

Experienced Assurance Associate

• Assisted engagement team management with the planning of audits, helping to determine scope and

approach to obtain appropriate audit evidence to meet financial statement assertions

• Performed analytics and tests of details on account balances to ensure financial statements are free of

material misstatements and prepared in accordance with GAAP or another comprehensive basis of

accounting

• Identified areas to improve the control structure and operational effectiveness of private companies

(law firms, advertising firms and retail clients.)

• Utilized the firms audit methodology to take a consultation approach to the assurance process of a

client’s operations with various departments

• Developed and maintained strong client relationships

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June 2004 – September 2007

B.R. Guest Restaurants, New York, NY

Corporate Accountant

• Performed all aspects of financial management including analyzing financial information;

detailing assets, liabilities and capital accounts; reconciled and maintained all G/L accounts

• Worked directly with the CFO and restaurant managers to prepare annual budgets and reforecast

• Participated in monthly management meetings with restaurant managers to discuss actual to budget

variances and obtain explanations

• Prepared detail audit work paper packages on a quarterly and annual basis

• Maintained schedules for prepaid and accrued expenses and fixed assets

• Prepared unaudited monthly financial statements, including profit and loss statements

• Performed multiple bank reconciliations for all restaurant bank accounts

• Prepared journal entries and analysis as needed

EDUCATION

Keller Graduate School of Management, New York, NY

Master of Accounting and Financial Management, June 2007

Herbert H. Lehman College, Bronx, NY

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, June 2004

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Accounting Software: Real World, Acc Pac Plus, Great Plains, FRx, Peachtree, QuickBooks, and ADP PayXpert,

Yardi Property Management System (Enterprise and Voyager), Sage MAS 500, Compeat Advantage Inventory

Count Software

Additional Software: MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, a variety of hotel and airline GDS systems

and Internet Explorer

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