Chris
- Role
- Accountant Financial Administrator at Engel & Völkers Chicago-North Shore-Michigan Shoreline
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris
I am thrilled to announce that I am a the new Financial Administrator at Ames Group…
Experience
Accountant Financial Administrator
Engel & Völkers Chicago-North Shore-Michigan Shoreline
Jan 2018 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Payroll, Earnest Money/Commissions Payments, AP and AR • Oversee payroll of employees including salary, healthcare and retirement for employees, commissions for Real Estate Advisors and billable work for contractors • Process commissions and earnest money for real estate transactions • Process payments for all vendors and business partners • Manage invoicing of customers and Real Estate Advisors Financial Reporting • Oversee the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to ensure all transactions are accurate, categorized correctly and meet the organizational data entry standards • Maintain standards for transaction entry by bookkeeper(s) Budgeting, Cashflow, Insurance and Investment Management • Run the annual budgeting process • Each quarter, work with management to develop growth, neutral and reduction budgets • Develop performance triggers for switching to a different budget based on actual performance • Run quarterly performance meeting presenting actual performance versus budget • Create a twice monthly cashflow projection report, maintaining cash and investment reserves • Manage capital projects financing requests • Manage E&O, commercial, healthcare, life, disability insurance for company and managers • Manage shareholder equity, distributions and reporting • Manage investment portfolio Taxes • Prepare annual and quarterly taxes and distribute to equity holders • Keep up to date on tax regulations and modify organizational systems to streamline tax processing Organization, Compliance/Audit and Efficiency • Maintain final versions contracts, offer letters, confidentiality/employment agreements and Real Estate Advisor agreements • Maintain accounting policies, procedures and accounting organization systems • Recommend and update processes based to improve accounting efficiency • Regularly audit payroll salary and contacts for compliance with procedures. Manage exception reporting processes to address compliance issues
Education
Oregon State University
Postbaccalaureate, Computer Science
2020 — 2022
DePaul University - Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
Master of Science (MS), Accounting, Accumulated GPA 3.7/4.0
2016 — 2018
University Of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, 3.4
2009 — 2013
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