Lisa S. Engler

Cheyenne Court, Aguanga, CA

adfem3@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 949-***-****

A highly motivated finance professional with broad experience in construction accounting leading to executive management over treasury, accounting, internal controls, and risk management. Positive leader and team player for continuous improvement and one who challenges the status quo to exceed expectations. Strengths include:

GAAP General Ledger full cycle Accounting, month end closings

WIP Statements & Percentage Complete – Over/Under Billing Adj.’s

Detailed Capital Budgeting & Forecasting

Treasury Cash Management, Debt Service, Taxes, & Investments

Revenue Recognition – Percentage of Completion, Lump Sum, T&M Item Detailed & Retention Billings

Prep & Analyze Financial Statements

Audit and Tax Preparation with CPA

Multi-Company Allocations & Consolidations

Risk Management & Bonding Procurement

Integration of new Software Systems

Team leader for implementation and integration of custom Design and Construction Project Cost System. Expanding capabilities and efficiency of field operations & project management reporting back to accounting and management, allowing for better business decision making.

Developed new custom Work in Progress (WIP) Management Reporting, resulting in efficient and accurate performance & percent complete on the WIP report which automated the report for owners & management to be able to review the big picture as well as detailed information used for forecasting future work.

Developed the new comprehensive multi-company consolidated financial statements including all overhead allocations & eliminations for new majority owner requirements for financial reporting.

Developed comprehensive daily cash reporting to be utilized in forecasting the funding capital projects.

CFO HUB, LLC., UTC, SAN DIEGO, CA. 3/10/2020 — 5/28/2020 -Laid off due to Corvid-19

Corporate Controller & Sr. Project Accountant Client Consulting

Assigned multiple clients to help them clean up their financials, or close past months and produce

Custom financials for Management and help to review and compare to budgets to make help with best practices vunerable climate

STEINER DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION INC., TUSTIN, CA (7/2019 - 11/2019) - Commute becoming too long – 2hrs+; it was an amicable separation.

Corporate Controller & Sr. Project Accountant:

Responsible for Full Cycle Monthly Accounting Procedures. Project Cost, 8-15 Project Consolidated WIP Schedule, Custom Financial Analysis Reporting, Client Progress Billing forms AIA G701-G703, Revenue Recognition Coding, Collections. Subcontractor and Supply Vendor Progress Payments with tracking of all California Preliminary Releases. Weekly Payroll Job Cost Allocations and General Ledger Journal Entries. Month end closing procedures, all Journal Entry postings, full accounting reconciliation and variance reporting on submitted monthly Financial Reports.

RELOCATING RESIDENCE TO AGUANGA, CA WITH EXTENDED FAMILY, (7/2018 – 7/2019)

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS,INC. TEMECULA, CA, (9/2018 – 11/2018)

Project Controller:

911 call system installation projects for States and Counties per Community Safety Plans. Tracking Vendor Contracts, change orders, labor, materials, and third Party subcontracts for over 40 projects. Reporting Budget variances and Cash Forecasts to CFO and CEO weekly and setting and responsible for month-end accounting closing schedule. Responsible for all project invoicing and revenue recognition. Daily collaboration with Project Managers and Accounting.

ROBERT HALF FINANCIAL STAFFING & ASHTON CARTER RECRUITING, IRVINE, CA (12/2016 – 9/2018)

Accounting ERP Software Integration, Corporate and Project Accounting Consulting Contracts: GKK WORKS ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, INC. IRVINE, CA, JKE CONSTRUCTION, LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA, JPHM ARCHITECTS, LAGUNA HILLS, CA, EXCEL CONSTRUCTION, BREA, CA, INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINERS, BREA, CA, LENNAR HOMES, ALISO VIEJO, CA, REGENISIS CORPORATION, SAN CLEMENTE, CA, KZ COMPANIES, INC. - Construction & Corporate Accounting – AP, AR, GL, Job Costing, Document Control, Revenue Recognition, Collections, Reconciliations, & Financial Reporting. Quickbooks, ACCPAC, & MAS90 -500 to Timberline, Sage 100 & 300 Contractor, ProCore, Concur Expenses, Advanced Excel & Hyperion & Crystal Report Writing.

ASP STAFFING CO. – TENEX HEALTH, LAKE FOREST, CA (3/2017 – 7/2017) Temporary position

Corporate Controller:

Set priority to set Customer Credit Guidelines & Limits in order to tackle Account Receivable collections of excess of $1M. Set up Global Client AR Procedures for continuing control of the growing company’s business across the United States and soon to include International Sales.

Processed daily receipts and produce cash log and cash forecast report to CFO.

Processed weekly Cash Forecast to Budget Reports and Sales Commission Reports for Management Meetings where major strategic business decisions were being discussed and implemented at a very fast past to keep up with the demand of products across the Globe.

Tracked Client Contracts, Change orders & Credit limits for Monthly Billing purposes..

Reconciled Employee expense credit cards and tracked man hours for job costing.

Accounts Receivable and General Ledger postings to MAS90 Accounting Software.

THE INNOVATION INSTITUTE- HEALTHCARE DESIGN & CONST., LA PALMA, CA (4/2014 – 11/2016)

Medical Innovations and Construction Company.

Senior Project Accountant/Corporate Senior Accountant:

Managed Job Cost and Daily Cash for over $100M annually in Construction & Capital Improvement Projects

Created, Streamlined procedure & Processed all corporate intercompany journal entries and account reconciliations for the Timberline & Deltek Vision Accounting Systems

Processed weekly CIP reports for management meetings

Processed all journal entries for GL monthly posting for prepaid insurance, ADP payroll, & prepaid taxes,

Tracking of all contract change orders for monthly billing purposes through SharePoint

Management of Sales commission reports

Prepared and managed variance analysis for the Monthly Financial Reports for Healthcare Design & Construction Inc. & Petra Construction Management Inc.

Lead Accountant for Internal and External Audit Accounts Schedules backup and Prepare backup and necessary documentation for Corporate Taxes.

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC., RIVERSIDE, CA (6/2009 – 1/2014)

National Title Insurance & Escrow Company

Sr. Financial Accountant:

Preparation and Management of Monthly Financial Reports for Chicago Title, Fidelity National Title, Stewart Title, & Ticor Title for their Western Regional Divisions.

Processed all Accounting functions for the Monthly, Quarterly, & Annual Financial Reporting to US Corporate Headquarters.

Produced Revenue Recognition Reports & Reconciliations using Trakker Accounting & QuickBooks

Responsible for the Management and Timely Collection of all associated Accounts Receivable and their large number of (75-100) daily Bank wires from 15 different Banks and the end of day reconciliation of all Revenue Accounts for the Title & Escrow Companies stated above.

Initiated and Approved all daily outgoing Treasury Banking Wire Transfers with Daily Reports to US Corporate Headquarters.

SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS, INC., SAN CLEMENTE, CA (1/1998 – 5/2009)

$800M publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in developing upscale resorts & hotels.

Treasury Cash Manager (2 years):

Management of banking structure and pooling of cash from 200+ accounts into 5 primary accounts for easier to forecast cash and capital requirements for all of the hotels’ daily needs.

Monthly, quarterly, & Annual financial closings. GAAP & Sox compliant.

Management of investments of $100M, plus Debt service of $200M+, and Cash Forecasting with Budget variance analysis of working capital needs for over 60 luxury hotels on a daily basis.

Prepare all monthly FF&E Reserve Draw Requests (my new much faster paperless way) for loan servicer’s, then followed up and quickly collected on those draws in order to have Resort and Hotel Operations run smoothly and without having cash issues with the Property Managers. Cash was “King” was the Treasury Departments’ Moto and I was in charge of its uninterrupted ebbs and flows.

Job Cost Accountant (9 years):

Job Cost Accounting including producing all Monthly Percentage of Completion Billings, Tracking approved Change Orders, & collecting and auditing the required California Lien Releases and monthly progress invoices from the Sub-Contractors each month and then presenting the Draw Package at the Project End of Month Status Meeting. Receiving approval or instructions to make additional adjustments to the Bank Lender Monthly Draw and sending it for process of payment approvals.

During my 10 years of experiencing the different issues that would arise to slow down the draw approval process, I developed new and better ways of getting information to the banks and made it easier for them to access the required backup by introducing Sunstone’s Invoice Draw packages on a computer disc with the required documentation scanned each month. This in turn streamlined the entire Draw Process for over 60 Hotel Renovation Capital Budget Reports and their respective Bank Lender Monthly Loan Draws This (my) new paperless process brought the payments in up to a week earlier each month creating more flexibility needed in forecasting our cash for the entire company’s needs.

Principal liaison to Corporate Controller for Design & Construction’s Financial Reports and Capital expenditures ($100M+).

Provided due diligence to Law Counselors and potential Investors for the NYST IPO completed on Oct. 21, 2004.

Supervised Design and Construction’s Accounts Payable Specialist and 2 Project Coordinators.

Managed capital expenditures including evaluating new capital expenditure proposals and prepared the Quarterly Board submissions.

Designed and managed a new ACH payment system for the Accounts Payable Division resulting in very lucrative annual Bank rebates.

JOHN M. FRANK CONSTRUCTION, INC., LAGUNA HILLS, CA (6/1994 – 12/1997)

$4 Million Commercial Construction Company.

Controller:

Supervision of Accounts Payable Clerk and Office Assistant.

Responsible for all Financial Reporting, Percentage of Completion Billing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Flow, in house Payroll, Human Resources, and Taxes & Insurance and Internal Auditing. Developed close Banking Officer relationships and negotiated down the standard fees and account costs, creating a savings in the operations budget.

Presenting Custom Advanced Excel spreadsheets of Monthly Financial Reports at the Owner’s Meetings. Accounting Software used was American Contractor.

TURNER CONSTRUCTION, INC., SAN DIEGO, BURBANK/LA, FONTANA, & RIVERSIDE, CA (9/1988 – 6/1994)

International Commercial Construction Company.

Project Cost Accountant:

Provided full cycle accounting procedures on site of all assigned large commercial construction projects.

Resume of Projects: Kaiser Hospital New Build– Riverside $125M, Kaiser Hospital New Build– Fontana $130M, 22-Story Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Corp. Building – San Diego $29M, Kaiser Hospital New Build– San Diego, $142M, Saint Joseph’s Providence Hospital (4 Phases)– Burbank $45M, & Jurassic Park Roller Coaster Ride, Universal City, $4M.

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, Malibu, CA –(1982 – 1986) Graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting, Banking, & Finance.

AFP Seminars for Certified Treasury Professional exam and general knowledge. 2008

Computer Skills: Advanced in Excel, Access, Word, & PowerPoint, Dropbox, OneNote, Drive One.

Software expert in new ERP Accounting systems, Sage Contractor, Sage 300, Timberline, Intacct, Pro core, Deltek, Concur, MAS, QuickBooks, American Contractor, Banking & Treasury Management CEO systems, Trakker, Wires III, Cognos, SmartView, SharePoint, Sales Force, Citrix Solutions, AvaTax, Crystal Reports, & Report Writer

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