housing compliance and operations
Resume:
Barbara Baer
Solomon, Kansas *7480
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Turn Key Solutions – Salina, KS – Owner/Consultant
consulting for Public Housing, Section 8, Tax Credit and FSS segments. Management and business process HUD Compliance 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 OneSite.
Bookkeeping services including bank reconciliations, payroll, 941, Sales and Use Tax, Liquor Tax submissions. Quarterly and end of year reconciliations as well as tax submissions. MOR preparations and responses for LIHTC properties as well as auditing for compliance for “layered” subsidy. File audit for compliance for PBV and LIHTC and HOME. Bookkeeping using QuickBooks online for several clients simultaneously. LIHTC/HOME new construction site manager.
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.
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.”
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.
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
HIPAA, ONC and OIG Compliance Specialist
Certified Special PHM, Certified Management Executive
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 salesperson for the state of Kansas.
Personal References –
Brent Rupert, Retired Police Officer – City of Salina, Ks
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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