Michael Calandra
West Milford, NJ 07480
Home/Cell 973-***-**** / *********@*****.***
Experience: Vornado Realty Trust, Paramus, NJ March 2004 - Present Real Estate Analyst – Lease Administration Lease analysis of Office/Retail space, Abstracting leases into A/R Billing Program, Annual Expense Participation Analysis., Security Deposit Reconciliation’s. Monthly A/R reconciliation’s, future billings/vacancy accruals & analysis. Monitoring/Registering Lock Box Receipts to Tenant Accounts. Tenant set-ups, i.e. Create tenant accounts for new leases, Update for lease amendments or changes, Update stacking (in CAD system), Communicate with Leasing and Property Management about tenant changes (delivery of space, expiring tenants, etc). Prepare detailed abstracts of new leases, or updating for amendments. Perform monthly routines: rollovers, holdover, update status from preliminary, Interpret & resolve complex lease issues, Setting up billingsCB Richard Ellis, Fairfield, NJ January 2003 – March 2004 Real Estate Manager Day to Day Operations Management of one 200,000 Square Foot Building, and Two off-premise office building locations located in Northern NJ Duties include: Lease Administration, Operations Management, Accounting Administration, Annual Budget Preparation, Monthly and Quarterly Reporting of Financial and Operational Status, , Vendor and Contract Management, Cash Applications Analysis, Tenant Improvement Management. First Industrial Realty Trust, Montville, New Jersey January 2001 - January 2003 Regional Financial Analyst Lease administration of 3,000,000 Square Feet of Industrial Flex space, Abstracting 275 leases into A/R Billing Program, and Annual Billing Reconciliation Analysis, Security Deposit Reconciliation’s. Periodic Analysis/Reporting of Actual vs. Budget Variance Analysis of NJ Regional Portfolio to Corporate Officers. Management of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Processing of Collection Accounts Receivable, Cash Applications, Annual Budget in Argus. Credit Analysis of new tenants using D& B Reports. Operations Management – Real Estate Tax Analysis/Processing, Management of Work Order/Direct Billing, Management of 1099’s and related W-9’s for NJ Regional Office. Reporting of Payroll Hours to Corporate Office. Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., New York, NY at AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ October 1999 - January 2001 Lease Audit and Contract Analyst On-site Building Services Contracts Auditing/Review/Recommendations. Project Management Analysis/Processing of Capital Expenditure(s) and Tenant Improvements. Manage the processing of all vendor utility payments, by region, in order to facilitate the payment for utility services through an outsourcing bill payment partner alliance. Complete monthly and periodic special financial reports. Monthly Actual vs. Budget Variance Analysis, Compilation/Processing of Annual Budgets in Crystal Reports System. Advanced Horizons Enterprises, Inc., West Caldwell, NJ January 1988 – October 1999 Financial/Budget Analyst / Asset & Risk Manager Calculate Implement & Analyze the Operating Budget to Actual of 14 Companies. Manage and report on periodic Cash Flow Status. Upload monthly on-site A/R activity and process month-end close for Sales/Multi-Family Property Division(s). Process Sales and Use Tax Report (NJ & FL). Manage Property Casualty Insurance Policies of Holding Company and all Subsidiaries. Manage/Analyze all Property/Casualty Insurance Claims and Loss Trend Analysis, Complete Annual Business Interruption Operations Budgeting related to Insurance Policies. Oversee Multi-Division Real Estate Holdings, Multi-Family Apartments, Mobile Home Parks, and Industrial Flex Buildings. Analyze/Manage Commercial Building Projects from planning to completion stages and work with local professionals in completing all related building projects. Supervise and direct A/P and A/R staff for each property. Process all multi-family water/sewer sub-metering, and post to each tenant account. Review/Approve or decline all new tenant applications for credit worthiness using Equifax Reports. Participate in annual tenant, and or rent leveling/rent control board meetings related to all multi-family rental increases. Defined Contribution Plan Administrator/Analyst – Processed all related plan administration transactions to Trustee, Quarterly Reporting Analysis, Assisted Auditors w/ Annual Top Heavy Testing Analysis., Prepared 5500 Tax Return. Work with the independent accountants to complete year end audits and tax returns. Accredited Community Manager / BOMA under Manufactured Housing Institute.Education: May 1985 Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey Bachelor of Science Business Finance Computer Software: Excel, Lotus, MS Office 97, Windows NT/ME/98 Operating Systems, MRI & JD Edwards Accounting Package, Quickbooks Pro, Oracle, Crystal Reports, Argus Budgeting, Amortization Software, Database Software.