Sales Construction

Alice Quist 714-***-****

*** *. ***** ****** #***, Orange, CA 92868 *******@*****.***

Professional Profile

Construction accounting professional with over twenty year experience with a proven track

record of managing an accounting/budget department. Developing and maintaining multiple

job budgets. Extensive experience in problem solving and reconciliations practices.

• Setup, Estimates, Billing Proficient in following software’s:

• AS400

• Subcontractor and vendors relations

• ASPEC

• Lien releases & Preliminary notices

• Lotus

• Analyses of project expenses versus budget

• Excel

• Conducted budget meeting

• Microsoft Products

• Preparing month, quarter and annual

reports

Accounting

1. Worked closely with team members in a Supervisory role to ensure that construction

budget and actual expenditures information is accurate and up to date.

2. Monitor actual expenditures in system and progress billings reconciliations.

3. Responsible for supervising the Budget Coordinators in the maintenance of the individual

house budgets from initial set up through to the closing of escrow.

4. Knowledgeable in the review of the closing homes sales files for completed and executed

documentation, correct implantation of all sales incentives and option orders prior to the

final HUD1 issuance.

5. Monitor and maintain all insurance documentation for construction and sub-contractors.

6. Responsible for the invoice-less payment system's edit reports for payment accuracy and

subcontractor payment status.

7. Responsible for month end; journal entries, inter-company and reconciliations.

8. Preparation of special reports as required by management or third parties.

9. Assist and coordinate with outside auditors.

10. Conducted routine budget meetings with other departments to review expenditures and any

variances of their budgets against forecasts.

11. Handled subcontractor and vendor customer complaint calls and resolved any issues.

Project Management/Training

12. Organized and held training sessions for new and current employees.

13. Created and maintained training guides and manuals for various functions within the

Accounting/Budget Department.

• Conducted training sessions for Vendors on company policies, payment procedures and

changes in payment methods.

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Budget Manager

• Reconcile all budgets and expenditures to actual.

• Review of all closing home sales files for completed and executed documentation.

• Reconciliation of sales incentives, closing options prior to final HUDI issuance.

• Review and reconcile all closing data in system.

• Monitor all subcontractor invoicing and payments for accuracy.

• Resolve all customer services issues with subcontractors.

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Budget Supervisor

• Responsible for supervising the budget coordinators in the maintenance of lots and

individual house budgets from initial setup through closing of escrow.

• Responsible for updating and maintaining the per lot gross profit reports.

• Conducted budget meetings with other departments to review expenditures and variances

of actual costs to budgeted costs.

Accounting Supervisor/Budget Coordinator

• Responsible for supervising accounts payable clerks and overseeing the payment

processing.

• Tracking all lien releases from notification to final unconditional release.

• Implementation of new “A/P Invoice less” system and training for staff and vendors.

• Receipt and tracking of all earnest money deposits collected by sales.

• Monitoring and tracking of all insurance certificates for construction

vendors/subcontractors.

• Managed accounts payables.

Purchasing Assistant/Construction Coordinator

• Review and prequalify all subcontractors and obtain all necessary documents for all

bidders.

• Create and maintain contracts and addendums.

• Trained vendor/subcontractors on company required procedures and payment processes.

Work History

Irvine California

Richmond American 4/1996 to 8/2008

Homes

References

References are available upon request.

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