Real Estate Management
Resume:
WENDY LI
**** *. ** ***** ***** Phone: (***) ***-
2331
San Gabriel, CA 91775 Email:
****@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MAGUIRE PROPERTIES, INC. Downtown Los Angeles, CA
July 2007 - February 2010
A publicly-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) engaging in
the ownership, management, acquisition, and development of
first-class office and real estate properties primarily in Southern
California.
Corporate Accountant
l Increase the daily volume of outgoing wire transactions by
accurately initiating the wires before the bank's deadline.
l Monitor daily cash transactions and overnight investment of bank
accounts to maximize the interest earned by 40%.
l Process monthly cash flow distributions to ensure timely funding to
the properties.
l Accurately prepare bank reconciliations to streamline month-end
close by the 2nd business day of each month.
l Prepare and post monthly journal entries and accruals for both
Corporate and Taxable REIT Subsidiary (TRS) books.
l Decrease the intercompany AP/AR discrepancies and errors by 30%
through reviewing the GL and trial balance.
l Assist the Controller to identify the components of the GL balances
by preparing tie-outs schedules for various GL accounts such as
prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and leasing commission
capitalization.
l Prepare quarterly Joint Venture AR report for SOX compliance.
l Increase the efficiency to fulfill management reporting and audit
requests from Deloitte and KPMG by accurately providing supporting
documents upon auditor's request.
l FLEXIBLE with work schedule and willing to work overtime to
accommodate busy workload during month-ends.
JH SNYDER COMPANY Los Angeles, CA
January 2007 - June 2007
A large real estate development company specializing in mixed-use
retail/entertainment and residential projects.
Staff Accountant
l Increase cash receipts transactions by actively collecting and
coding rent and development fees.
l Reduce late fees by 90% by processing AP invoices for the corporate
on a timely basis.
l Analyze GL accounts for the corporate entity and prepare journal
entries for cash disbursement.
l Keep track of W-9 and 1099 to meet IRS requirements.
HOWARD BUILDING CORPORATION Downtown Los Angeles, CA
April 2002 - January 2007
A general contractor company providing tenant improvement services for
upscale commercial offices.
Project Accountant
l Minimize errors by accurately setting up subcontractors trade codes
and keeping track of various change orders.
l Increase revenue by billing projects based on percentage completed
on a regular basis.
l Reduce outstanding A/R by applying daily cash deposits. Prepare AR
Aging Report for management meetings.
l Import payroll journal entries and prepare reclass journal entries.
l Assist in month-end close by preparing bank reconciliation and
analyzing the variance report for close projects.
l Meet tax deadlines by accurately calculating annual property tax,
city business tax and business license renewal.
TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY Los Angeles, CA
March 2000 - December 2001
A large commercial real estate company providing property management,
leasing services, construction and development services to clients
nationwide.
Corporate Accounts Receivable Accountant
l Increase revenue by invoicing management fee, construction,
development, tenant improvement, and environmental fees to the
properties and interacting with Property Managers/Assistants to
ensure timely payments.
l Reduce outstanding receivables by 50% by applying cash receipts on
a daily basis.
l Prepare month-end closing journal entries for accruals and reclass.
l Review G/L accounts to reduce errors and mis-coding.
l Conduct a comprehensive Revenue Analysis to show the detail
breakdown of the company's profitability.
l Assist the Regional CFO in budgeting by compiling the monthly
actual expenses versus the budgeted expenses report.
T V B (USA) INC. Norwalk, CA
July 1998 - March 2000
A television station providing cable TV services in Los Angeles & San
Francisco, and satellite TV services nationwide.
Billing/Payment Analyst
l Process all cash receipts of monthly cable fee and refund qualified
customers in a rebate program.
l Decrease errors by 80% by maintaining an accurate ledger of
customers payment history in MS Access database.
EDUCATION
B.A. Economics, University of California, Irvine.
June 1998
Minor in Management, University of California, Irvine.
GPA: 3.8
COMPUTER SKILLS
Accounting Softwares: Yardi, Avid, CTI, Timberline, New Star.
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Powerpoint, MS Access.
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