Talent Spotlight: January 2023

Posted: January, 24, 2023 | Categories: Company and Industry News | Interviewing and Hiring

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Makrizia F.

6+ years of Commercial Asset Management.
Managed property-level cash and recommened appropriate property-level contributions and distributions.
Worked with property management and consultants to provide direction for and oversight of budget, forecasts, leases, and analysis.
Participated in drafting and implementation of business plans governing asset operations and position in the market.
Contributed in managing real assets for multiple funds mainly in the Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco Bay Area markets.

16+ years of Financial Accounting, 8+ years of Public Accounting from Big 4.
Oversee the finance and accounting function of the Group’s operation in the North America region (including studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Montreal); act as liaison between the North America operation and the Hong Kong corporate office and between the North America operation and the Group’s operations in other regions.
Review monthly financial reporting package, variance analysis, performance review, KPI reports; prepare annual operating/capex budget and rolling monthly P&L forecast.
Spearheaded the implementation of a new set of Group's internal control policies and procedures relating to procurement and expense.
Act as the treasurer for the North America subsidiaries, including the maintenance of up-to-date detailed cash-flow forecast, negotiation with financial institutions for loan and leasing facilities using pledged fixed assets, SBLC, pledged deposits, and qualified film tax credit refunds as collaterals.

30+ years of experience in the real estate industry with 15+ years being in multifamily/residential management.
Experience with investment financial analysis, asset management, forecasting, budget development, capital expenditure, and managing daily operations.
Oversaw a commercial portfolio of Class A office, industrial, and retail space totaling around 1 million sq. ft.
Knowledgeable commercial real estate advisor with excellence in multifamily investment and consulting services.
7+ years investment financial analysis, individual and institutional investor representation, and regular production of market update and forecast content.

10+ years of financial experience in the homebuilding industry with one of the nation’s leading builders.
Increased land acquisition capacity from 400 annual lot purchases to 750+ annual lot purchases by redirecting focus and priorities of land acquisition management.
Executed strategic product enhancements, utilizing market data locally and nationally to determine best actions to increase value to customers, simultaneously decreasing annual costs to specific divisions by 4%
Chaired electronic payment implementation throughout Division and Company; reduced administrative costs by $750K annually in addition to increased buyer capture rate.
Streamlined customer home buying process, increasing efficiency by 88% while maintaining all federal requirements; reduced required signing time increasing daily close of escrow capacity.

Bachelor's degree, Master of Science (MS), International Business.
10+ years of experience, APR, PMP Certifications.
Designed and deployed service procedures, policies, and standards, and analyzed statistics, compiled accurate reports, and disseminated information to key stakeholders.
Fortified partnerships and improved customer experience by executing, overseeing, and renegotiating 500+ legislative and B2B service agreements across multi-functional and diversified industries, organizations, and business sectors.
Provided the direction and appropriate support structure using effective resources to enable the team to deliver high performance.
Devised key performance indicators that measured and tracked program performance and delivery ROI on identified transformation opportunities for customer experience.

6+ years of experience as an executive assistant.
Manages day to day operations for the C-suite executives, planned onsite and offsite evens, travel arrangements (domestic and international), multitasker.
Strong team building skills, manages multiple calendars, expense reports, budgeting, event planning and coordination for office and clients.
Creative, innovative, streamlined systems to increase efficiency and improve workflow.
Researched and hired all contractors, sub-contractors on investment property.
Managed team calendar and implemented new team procedures, communicated with clients through sales process and designed marketing materials.