JOSHUA CHOI

Oakland, CA. *****

510-***-**** actr53@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

• Demonstrated achiever with exceptional knowledge of management and business practices

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with efficiency and accuracy

• Exceptional negotiation skills

• Ability to work with all levels of management and staff

• Skilled at learning new concepts quickly and efficiently, working well under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively

• Strong background and proven work experience in finance and accounting, including development and management of a budget of at least $10,000,000.

• Proven leader who has the ability to construe projects from conceptual to operational status Education / Certificates

B.A. Degree in Political Science 2008

University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA.

Concentration in International Relations emphasis on Asia Concentration in Comparative Politics emphasis on Nonprofit Organizations GPA: 3.03

Construction Management 2015

University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

GPA: 3.75

Career History

Job Cost Analyst, Catellus Development 2013-Current

• Assist with the administration of the Authorized Funding Expenditure (AFE) process

• Assist with the administration of executed contracts, change orders, and insurance documents

• Assist with the monthly Job Cost transfers

• Review AFE budgets

• Assist with the preparation of the monthly funding/reimbursement packages

• Track funding/reimbursement payment and resolve issues for any unfunded cost

• Track and construction bond log and requirements for release in timely manner

• Prepare contract reconciliation and close-out for review by Project Administrator

• Prepare report package for internal project management and monthly job cost meeting; identify and advise on potential issues

• Monitor budgets, forecast and cash spent for numerous projects, find discrepancies and advise corrections

• Prepare Job Cost variance reports for PMs

• Prepare Job Cost variance reconciliation package, including contingency and month to month comparison for PM/Controller meetings

• Draft monthly Job Cost reconciliation and Cash Analysis reports

• Draft Anticipated Cost Reports (ACRs) on a monthly and quarterly basis for all projects

• Review cash report and provide reports to help with Board of Directors reporting

• Create and update Board of Directors reporting

• Transfer assets from development to operations

• Liaison between Property Management and Development Team to establish and recover required tenant billings during construction

• Attend TI pre-construction meetings to ensure criteria and methods are followed and follow up with tenants and contractors

• Review design and specs

• Attend meeting minutes

• Monitor construction phase with TI coordinator

• Review lease contracts and identify items that needs to be addressed

• Ad hoc projects as directed by PM

Project Manager Consultant, Private 2011-Current

• Supervise superintendents and contractor

• Monitor projects and budgets

• Communicate with investors

• Pull city permits and oversee inspections

• Review plans, RFIs, RFPs, review bids and go through selection process with owners

• Deliver timely and accurate reports and financials

• Authorize vendors and sub-contractors

• Manage residential projects between $10k - $800,000

• Represent owners and their interest

• Work with architect and contractor to determine most cost-effective method of construction for a particular project

Operations Manager / Project Accountant, WS Development and Construction 2011-2013

• Responsible for day to day operations of office and field

• Weekly meetings with project managers to review budget and project status

• Assign PMs to specific jobs based on skill and duties

• Act as interim PM when needed, managing projects from start to finish

• Visiting job sites and PMs

• Estimating and bidding out rehab and new construction projects

• Obtain city permits for TIs and shell construction

• Responsible for financial decisions pertaining to company

• Oversee 35 employees

• Responsible for project job cost

• Oversee external audits

• Maintain company insurance; workers comp, general liability, bond, and auto

• Meet with investors and negotiate proposals

• Successfully maintained books for multiple entities

• Maintain and track P/L

• Quarterly financial reporting

• Forecast financial trends and budget accordingly

• Analyze employee cost benefit analysis

• Maintaining and overseeing projects and coordinating WIP billing for bank draws

• Creating strategies to cut cost

• Review legal documents and meet with legal department

• Implementing policies to streamline productivity

• Review payroll and financial statements submitted by staff accountant

• Determine staff requirements; interview, hire and train new employees

• Report to CEO and President of company

Directors of Operations, American Sports University 2009-2011

• Responsible for office personnel of 20 employees

• Financial management of the organization including review of financial statements, oversight of financial risk management, maintenance of financial accounts and management of annual audit process; development of annual operating budget

• Operational management including oversight of system and related third party services (IT)

• Develop IT department budget including equipment inventory and replacement schedule

• Forecasting financial trends

• Collecting data to implement strategic planning

• Worked with marketing team to develop target demographic and ways to execute strategy

• Developed, maintained, and implemented ways to decrease costs of operations

• Negotiated and decreased debt by 30%

• Manage day to day operations to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual goals defined by planning process and consistent with strategic goals

• Planning, directing, and coordinating operations of performing arts theater and fitness gym Project Manager, YNK Interactive 2008-2009

• Worked directly with Director of Operations, Director of Marketing, Director of Strategic Planning, and Marketing Coordinator as Team Liaison

• Created and maintained localization budgets, cost analysis, and project release schedules

• Communicated all budgets, schedules, and quality parameters with internal and external service teams and manage accordingly

• Work with localization Manager to implement process improvements and optimizations for our products released worldwide.

• Manage day-today relations with our vendors and clients for deliveries and cost resource allocations

• Analyze project risk and define mitigation efforts to resolve

• Coordinate with various departments for finance and legal requirements

• Facilitate effective communications with translators, engineers, and linguistic support staff within project team.

Skills

• Office Word – Advanced; 97% on Word test administered by Volt

• Office Excel – Advanced; 91% on Excel test administered by Roberts & Half

• Office PowerPoint – Intermediate / Advanced

• Yardi Voyager / PayScan / Sharepoint

• Quickbooks Enterprise 12.0

• CBS Accounting System

• 10 key by touch

• 85+ WPM

References Upon Request

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