By: Thomas Friestad
Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/10/09/2020-women-who-mean-business-kimberly-mann.html
To become Block Real Estate Services LLC's highest-ranking female executive, Kimberly Mann adopted the attitude of an entrepreneur.
Mann joined Block Real Estate Services in 2009 as a property manager and within two years was promoted to a controller. In her early years at the company, Mann said she improved neglected aspects of the accounting system, implemented new software and helped train other employees how to use both.
"I was able to take on a variety of different projects and open up a variety of different doors that led me into the position that I'm in now," she said.
In 2012, Mann set a goal to become a Certified Public Accountant over a six-month period. She spent about 12 hours a day balancing work, studying for her CPA tests and caring for her son, Zarek, then 8 years old, as a single mother.
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