Accounts Payable Senior Accountant

BREON LAMAR JOHNSON

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lexington Market, Inc. – Baltimore, MD

Controller August 2023 – April 2025

Managed $20M in capital grant funding from federal, state, and local agencies to support concurrent construction at three of five market sites.

Coordinated with financial institutions and community development entities on New Market Tax Credit financing.

Maintained tenant ledgers generating $600K in monthly revenue from rents, CAM fees, and utilities.

Led migrations to Yardi, Sage Intaact, Bill.com, and Asana to oversee all operations and the full-cycle accounting activities: bank reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, payroll, and financial policy development.

Distributed temporarily restricted net asset ensuring that the programmatic departments understood available funds.

Led day-to-day accounting functions, including journal entries, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, and maintenance of the general ledger while supervising Accounts Payable Specialist and Senior Accountant.

Engaged and managed external accounting firm for outsourced functions.

Liaised with external auditors for preparation and review of annual audits and tax filings.

Management & Training Corporation – Baltimore, MD

Finance & Administration Director June 2022 – April 2023

Monitored and executed upon a capital improvements budget of $15M and an operating budget of $8M.

Supplied timely monthly deliverables to the Department of Labor and engineering firm to communicate status of capital improvements and operating budgets.

Directed daily operations and strategic planning for Finance, Logistics, Purchasing, Food Services, Facilities, and Records & Registration departments.

Collaborated with programmatic staff to ensure accurate reporting of expenses and compliance with budgetary mandates

Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

Sponsored Projects Accountant January 2020 – November 2021

Reviewed Notice of Grant Awards and monitored grant master file in SAP according to allowability under CFR Part 200, Uniform Administration Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (“Uniform Guidance”)

Ensured accurate cost allocation and compliance for grant-funded projects totaling $750K per month.

Submitted timely reports in compliance with federal, state, local and private funding requirements.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Evolve Community Foundation – Baltimore, MD

Chief Financial Officer December 2017 – June 2024

The Law Office of Breon L. Johnson – Baltimore, MD

Owner / Principal Attorney June 2014 – September 2019

Community College of Baltimore County – Baltimore, MD

Adjunct Faculty August 2009 – June 2015

Gorman & Williams – Baltimore, MD

Law Clerk / Summer Associate October 2010 – August 2012

Episcopal Diocese of Maryland – Baltimore, MD

Staff Accountant August 2008 – August 2009

Municipal Employees Credit Union – Baltimore, MD

Internal Auditor October 2006 – July 2008

Family Health Centers of Baltimore – Baltimore, MD

Staff Accountant December 2005 – October 2006

EDUCATION

University of Baltimore School of Law – Juris Doctor, May 2013

University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business – MBA, May 2013

Morgan State University – B.S. in Accounting, magna cum laude, May 2009

University of Maryland, Baltimore County – B.A. in Economics, August 2006

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