Wesleyan University Housing Specialist
Resume:
Barbara Baer
Salina, Ks *****
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Dr. Milo Wilcox DC – Salina, Ks. – Executive Assistance/Compliance Officer
My primary duties include the creation of policies including OIG compliance, HIPAA, as well as a Personnel policy in order stay and remain in compliance for the Dr’s practice. My other responsibilities are all HR tasks including payroll, tax submissions as well as liaison for Dr. and the staff.
K-Four Trailer Sales – Salina, Ks. – Bookkeeper/General Manager
Provided weekly sales, overall AP and AR as well as percentages of assets and liabilities effecting company’s financial standing using excel workbooks for Owner and Treasurer. Balanced all credit card transactions, daily sales receipts. Was responsible for clean up of account mapping post conversion between Quickbooks and Point of Sale software. Oversaw all HR responsibilities including personnel policies.
Bohm Farm and Ranch – Salina, Ks. – Accounting Manager/HR
Did all the accounting for an entity that had several businesses including a trucking company. Was responsible for all HR duties, accounting, payroll, Title Registration, Fuel Tax Submissions, Heavy Highway Use Tax, Employer payroll Tax, taught staff how to use Quickbooks. Managed 5 funds. This was a contract position.
Housing Authority City of Ft. Lauderdale, - Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Director – Section 8 HCV Program. Oversaw a staff of 27, an $8 million-dollar annual budget, ensured all regulations regarding the program were adhered to with the issuance and monitoring of in excess of 3000 HCV, Family Unification Vouchers, Rebuilt the department after an upper management change.
Will Electric -Salina, Ks. – Office Manager
Payroll, sales tax submissions, invoicing, collections, scheduling Electricians according to demand. Assisted with determination of job scope by reading and interpreting blueprints provided for larger jobs. Submitted all Employer tax submission and reporting. Quickbooks.
Housing Authority of the City of Hot Springs - Hot Springs, AR - Executive Director
Restructuring an agency deemed “troubled” to achieve “standard performer” status for the Public Housing segment and obtain “high performance” status for the Housing Choice Voucher segment within 18 months. Effectively oversee authority’s operations including administration, human resource development, and budgets for seven funding sources. Initiate internal and financial controls to ensure optimal operations, cease any co-mingling of funds, and received an unqualified audited opinion that our financial statements are fairly stated. Initiate progressive business processes to achieve and maintain optimal resident occupancy (97%) and satisfaction while tripling the agency’s overall reserves. Successful in being awarded FSS grants for Section 8 and Public Housing, most recently a three-year PH-ROSS grant and FSS Public Housing Grant. Create comprehensive reporting methods for the Board of Commissioners, enabling board members unfamiliar with HUD and CFR restrictions to enact policies to increase the agency’s compliance while protecting the agency from outside threats. Enact an enterprise-wide software conversion to reduce HUD reporting time and increase compliance for agency with 375 public housing units, including an elderly and disabled high-rise, 700 Housing Choice Vouchers, and 9 Agency Owned properties. Establish strong community partnerships including initiating an on-site day care and providing the use of an agency-owned building to a non-profit with the sole mission of providing immediate housing and services to battered women and children. 2011 nominee for “Outstanding Non-profit Organization of the Year.”
Turn Key Solutions Consulting – Salina, KS – Owner
HUD Compliance consulting for Public Housing, Section 8, Tax Credit and FSS segments. Management and business process monitoring as requested by executive staff. SEMAP and PHAS audit management and review including assisting on-site HUD auditors with clarification and report requirements. Assist with software selection through discovery of key management and operational needs. Provide software conversion assistance from preparation, through installation and resolving any resulting issues. Industry Software knowledge includes: ECS, Lindsey, Visual Homes, Yardi, Tenmast, WinTen and WinTen2.
Tenmast Software – Lexington, KY – Training & Support II
Public Housing Team Lead and training of new clients in the use of Low Income, Property Management and Accounting Software. Responsible for all aspects of software conversion from discovery, planning, implementation, training and conversion schedules to balancing at point where software is in use. Assist clients in retrieving and archiving data from current software system for initial data integrity and reference. Training on the following software modules: Wait List, Section 8, Rent Reasonableness, Low Rent Public Housing, Tax Credit Management and dual subsidy programs, Work Orders, Inspections, Consumable Inventory, Fixed Assets, Custom Report Writer, General Ledger, Payroll, Purchase Orders, Grants, Budgets, Accounts Payable, and Bank Statement Reconciliation. Client size ranging from 150 units to over 10,000 units. Identify areas for product enhancement and development due to changing report requirements or specific industry needs, assisting with specification origination through final product testing. Identify internal training needs, implementing new training standards, presenting trainings and designing certification testing to ensure product knowledge.
Visual Homes - ISSI – Silver Spring, MS – Training and Support
Responsible for discovery to identify client needs and expectations for use in developing conversion necessities and proposal budgeting. Act as liaison between Authority, PHA consultants and software company to ensure compliance for all industry regulations and guidelines. Develop training materials and literature to enhance the training process and increase the trainees’ ability to grasp the software formatting to increase confidence in daily use by both Key and end users. Present trainings to class sizes ranging from 25 to 75 trainees, incorporating various learning methodology to accommodate most learning styles. Design and conduct on-line training for the continuing education needs of Housing Authority staff and management.
Education
ASTD Training Institute – Certified professional training certificate
Housing Specialist – Occupancy and Rent Calculation Certification
Public Housing and Section 8, LIHTC Specialist Certification
Capital Fund Specialist Certification
Certified Special PHM
Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina KS – Psychology – Business Administration
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – Fine Arts/Computer Science
(Full scholarship awarded while in 8th grade per national competition placement)
Interests and Activities
Participant in the “Building Blitz in a Day” projects for Habitat for Humanity.
Previous member of the Austin Home Builders Association, NAHRO and PHADA member. Previously licensed real estate sales person for the state of Kansas.
Personal References
Al Carney, Previous Chairman for the Hot Springs Housing Authority State– Hot Springs, Arkansas 501-***-****
Mike Tadros, Deputy Executive Director – Ft. Lauderdale Housing Authority, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 954-***-****
Larry Fief, President – Bank of Tescott – Salina, Ks 785-***-****
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