Karen Craig
**** ********** #*** ?Frisco, TX ****4 ? 469-***-**** ? ******@*******.***
Objective
Real Estate Administration or Accounting position with a company where
experience and skills can be best utilized in the developing of the success
of the company
Skills Summary
?Customer Service ?Spreadsheet Report and Preparation
?Scheduling
?Administrative ?Written Correspondence ?Notary
?Accounting ?General Office Skills ?Project Management
Employment History
SRS Real Estate Partners (formerly Staubach Retail Services) 2008-Present
Lead Real Estate Administrator - Lease auditor/analyst/portfolio
manager. Key point of contact for facilitating administrative solutions
between clients' departments such as real estate/accounting/legal and
landlords/tenants/vendors; transacting simple lease renewals and lease
terminations; maintaining the real estate administration database
including, property abstracting, reconciling operating expenses,
authorizing payments and reporting. Acts as leader to other real estate
administration team members.
Rent-A-Center, Inc. Plano, TX 1999-2008
Lease Administration Coordinator - Lease Administration lead, liaison
between Lease Administration department and upper management, special
projects including monthly and yearly reporting that is compiled and
presented to company's executive offices, assists in training on Real
Estate software, maintaining and updating Real Estate software for over
3500+ leases, facilitating all Estoppel and SNDA requests, review and
abstracting of lease provisions, preparation and processing of various
reports and reporting including preparation of rent roll, assists Lease
Administration Manager in preparation of yearly capital expenditures
reporting, creation of Lease Administration's procedure manual and updating
of all new procedures.
Lease Accountant - Review and audit of all Cam, Tax and Insurance
reconciliations for 500 stores against lease provisions, initiating and
processing disputes with landlords over reconciliation discrepancies not
allowable per lease provisions, processing, review and reconciliation of
all monthly rent statements, assists in monthly financial statement
reviews, general ledger account reconciliations.
Utility Accountant - Review and processing of all utility invoices
for over 800+ stores, liaison between store personnel and utility vendor
regarding all billing issues and changes, general ledger account
reconciliations, assists in monthly financial statement reviews,
preparation and analyzing of specialized reports for month end close.
Cash Management Accountant - review of staff cash, money order, wire
transfer and other reconciliations for daily store cash activity for 300+
plus stores, investigate and follow-up with banking personnel and vendors
regarding unresolved discrepancies between the company and bank accounts,
processing of journal entries, preparation and analyzing of specialized
reports for month end close, assists in monthly financial statement
reviews.
PageMart, Dallas, TX 1998-1999
Staff Accountant/Bankruptcy Coordinator - Review and processing of
all bankruptcy notices, processing of journal entries, general ledger
account reconciliations and payment research.
Various Temp Agencies, Dallas, TX 1997-1998
Administrative Assistant- Clerical, Filing, Accounting, Inventory,
Data Entry and various projects.
Concept Insurance Agency 1995-1997
Licensed Insurance Agent - Liaison between customer and insurance
company, insurance quotes, cash receipts and accounting, preparation and
processing of insurance contracts and policies, vehicle inspection, and
assists in review of monthly financial statements.
Computer Skills
?Microsoft Word ?Microsoft Excel ?Lawson
?Microsoft Access ?Slim ?Lotus Approach
?Oracle ?Prime ?High Touch