Elizabeth SantosAccounting Background/Qualifications

Managed comprehensive financial statements and administered all phases of accounting, financial preparation and analysis of information in accordance with GAAP.

Account Reconciliation: Effective in managing monthly general ledger account reconciliations which identify items requiring follow-up & solutions. Including extensive review of bank account reconciliation. The reconciliations are used for quarterly & annual external audit.

Accounts Payable: Executed payables for over 150 million sq. ft. of office & industrial properties. Implementation of thorough internal control and policies & procedures in setting up vendors. Maintained timely data entry of payables that eliminated variance explanations of expenditure when reviewing the budget vs. actual analysis.

Accounts Receivable: Administered receivables of $70 million in monthly gross rental income. Comprehensive review of the accounts receivable report to tightly monitor receivable aging.

Acquisitions & Dispositions of Assets : Successfully designed & restructured the chart of accounts to monitor prospective & active A&D of real estate using job costing.

Auditing: Accountable in coordinating the quarterly & annual external audit. Designed the simplified process of quarterly and annual audit preparation of all internal and external reporting. Budget/Forecasting: Designed and implemented the annual budget for department managers to review and analyze for profit maximization. Implementation of monthly budget/actual comparison and trend analysis to identify items requiring follow-up.

Cash Management: Effective control of profit utilization of the daily multi-million dollar cash investments and overall corporate cash management. Intensive cash flow management.

CAM Reconciliation: Co-designed the 1st automated common area reconciliation utilizing CTI-property management system.

Construction Accounting : Working knowledge of construction processes and tenant improvements. Conducted the Work-in-Process and analysis. Responsible in reviewing and monitoring the Construction Period Interest for 2-million sq. ft. of properties under development. Designed spreadsheet to monitor building under construction and tenant improvement.

Fixed Assets : Monitored the detailed recording and maintenance of all asset valuations in compliance with the fixed asset guidelines & regulations.

Financial Reporting: Managed the complex financial report writing that allowed us to simplify the reporting process and financial consolidation. Accountable for the final review of the monthly operation reports for all properties.

Payroll Management : Comprehensive knowledge in payroll processing and reporting.