Stefan M, CPA
Vice President, Property Finance @ BGO
About
Motivated, results-driven accounting professional with over 13 years of sustained, progressive development. Passionate for business growth, integrating process enhancements with value creation for clients. Highly versatile with direct commercial real estate experience in global corporations, ranging from stabilized industrial assets to complex retail shopping centres with redevelopment potential. Pairing curiosity for industry evolution with a passion for fostering high team performance, well adept at driving portfolio profitability & optimizing client results.
Canada
Greater Toronto Area
Commercial Real Estate
Working with Tenants, Team Leadership, Property Tax, Internal Controls, Commercial Real Estate, Financial Statement Analysis, Month-End Close Process, Property Accounting, Financial Accounting, Recovery Models, Lease Interpretation, Microsoft Office, Accruals, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, IFRS, Adobe Acrobat, Property Management, Budgets, Forecasting
Experience

Controller, Property Finance
BGO

Assistant Controller
BGO

Senior Property Accountant
In addition to the typical Property Accountant responsibilities, working primarily with Yardi and Excel: - Participated in biweekly mentoring sessions to help me become familiar with managerial responsibilities and career development - Helped train new hires become familiar with company policies and procedures - Performed full lease reviews, and set up Excel recoveries and working papers for newly-acquired properties, including retail, office, and industrial - Performed ad hoc duties as required such as coordinating with the Accounting team to clear outstanding reconciling items on the consolidated bank reconciliation and fill in for additional portfolios when other Accountants are unavailable - Reviewed rents (including but not limited to base, free, gross, additional, straight-line) before monthly posting - Became familiar with the French terminology of the industry for properties located in Quebec

Property Accountant
- Prepared tenant recoveries and calculations for base rent, operating expenses, property taxes and other recurring billings while maintaining working paper files for a diverse retail portfolio, working primarily with JDE and Excel - Adhered to accrual accounting principles by calculating and recording monthly contract accruals and matching expenses to period incurred - Calculated and recorded amortization of capital assets, landlord work, tenant inducements, and leasing commissions as per client's accounting policies - Prepared monthly financial reports with variance analysis for property managers and clients - Prepared yearly property budgets and analyzed forecast to budget - Was responsible for lease interpretation and lease type reviews for year-end billings and newly-acquired properties
Education

Management Accounting
- Successfully completed the Strategic Leadership Program (SLP), achieving grades of 83% on the Case Examination and 82% on the Board Report - Exempt from the Entrance Examination due to my graduation from a CPA-accredited Honours BBA program
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