MARIA ALEXANDRA MCCAUSLAND

***** ** **** ******, *******, FL 33027

305-***-**** Email: acp8g2@r.postjobfree.com

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORPORATE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

Corporate Controller 2011 - Present

Prepare and Analyze financial statements for all the corporate entities.

Prepare foreclosure draws and submit them to our hedge fund for funding

Meet with owner’s on a weekly basis to go over the cash needs of the company

Directly meet with Receiver to go over new associations acquired to properly gather all the documents needed to file them with the court.

Analyze the rent collected vs rent roll on a monthly basis.

Managed $1.5 M in rental income

Process Management fees for eight associations

Managed $3M in HOAs and Residential Unit Income

Review, analyze and distribute payoffs and estoppels for eight associations.

Prepare monthly courts reports for all the associations

Directly work with Paradise Bank and Popular Bank for daily transactions

Involvement in annual audit.

RECEIVERSHIP SERVICES, INC. A CASTLE GROUP COMPANY

Consultant 2010 - 2011

Prepare and analyze financial statements on a monthly basis and present findings

and recommendations to top management.

THE ADLER GROUP

CORPORATE CONTROLLER 2009 - 2010

Preparation of the Company Combined Financials.

Supervise the organization’s senior staff accountants for corporate, property management and development departments.

Responsible for the organization’s cash management, handling and analysis to ensure immediate liquidity and safeguard of cash investments.

Responsible for reconciliations of balance sheet and P&L statements, G/L and bank accounts for multiple entities to ensure timely closing of monthly financial statements for all corporate entities.

Responsible for the review of all property financial statements on a monthly basis.

Involvement in annual budget process and annual audit/review to include review to trial balances and preparation of schedules for outside auditors.

Preparation of Global cash flow for different lenders ( Mercantile Bank, City National Bank)

THE RELATED GROUP

Regional Controller 2003 - 2009

Key Achievements:

Participated in a 101 unit bulk sale of $26 Million by working closely with the Investor, Project Manager and Senior Controller. Reduced lending institution funding from 10 business days to 5 by setting up an efficient process for the gathering of documents needed to submit the draws. Saved more than $90,000 in annual expenses through identification of inaccurate and unnecessary vendor payments. Awarded as employee of the year for 2003 in recognition of outstanding performance.

Total responsibility for the development and overall accurate and timely reporting of 8 different developmental projects of $1.2 Billion.

Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.

Managed the preparation of year end audits as required by GAAP.

Cash management, budget management, review, reconcile and maintain various contracts and documents including general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and other banking documents.

Reconcile AIA documents and continually calculate project savings and interest reserve savings.

Directly work with all project managers to resolve costing discrepancies, budget changes and overruns.

Advised management on partner participation and knowledge of legal ownership structure and equity requirements.

Maintained excellent working relationships with major financial institutions; Wachovia and City National Bank

Organized, handle and was Company authorized designee for all contingencies date to date payment obligations as well as for the Condominium Association for each project.

Recruited, managed and trained a staff of 5 professionals.

Oversaw general accounting functions, including, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, account reconciliation, month end closings.

Directly worked with all contract administrators to review weekly sales, deposits, real estate commissions, review of Brokers licenses.

Directly worked with escrow agencies investing restricted cash in different investments vehicles earning better than market rates.

Worked with legal department on new contract and cancellation and settlements.

Approval of HUDD settlements and Title agencies prior to and post closings.

RYAN, INC

Assistant Controller/General Accounting Manager 1996 - 2003

Key Achievements:

Reduced monthly closing cycle by two days with identification and recommendation of enhanced closing procedures.

Consistently met deadlines while demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills to achieve corporate objectives.

Responsible for the management of all general accounting functions.

Oversaw the completion of ledger accounts and financial statements (i.e. reconcile bank statements, research unidentified checks and reconciled all balance sheet accounts, balancing month end for A/P, A/R, Payroll and company’s three subsidiaries, Maintain Cash Flow for subsidiaries and direct cash decisions on payment, Multi-State sales tax, Profit Plans, depreciations and non-utilizations for all the fixed assets)

Assisted Controller in directing the company’s accounting functions.

Prepared all financial reports and present findings and recommendations to top management and auditors.

Supervised, managed and trained staff of 10 employees

EDUCATION

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING 2003

SKILLS

Bilingual English/Spanish

MS Excel, Words, CS2000, YardiVoyager,Jenark, StarBuilder, Peachtree, MS Access, Lotus 123, FileMaker PRO, Employment laws, HR., Mas Sage

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