Trudy Barton Email & Phone Number

Imperial, Pa, Us

Miami, Fl, Us

*Responsible for the Month End close process to include journal entries, preparation of financial statements, and related financial reporting*Prepared and updated Joint Venture pro-forma to include takedowns of homesites, related revenues and escalations, and land development spending*Responsible for the Budget Review process to include quarterly meetings with all Land Development personnel and management *Created and updated Relative Sales Value model for proper costing of homesites when transferred*Calculated sales commissions for New Home Consultants, bonuses for Division personnel, and review of Corporate generated payroll*Gathered all external and internal audit requests for submission of selection testing*Final approver for ALTAs before customers go to settlement verifying pricing, incentives, taxes, etc*Chosen as part of a small focus group of Associates to discuss, shape, and implement a new ERP Accounting software across the company*Led the Division in implementing BuildPro for Land software conversion*Prepared quarterly SOX documentation and ensure proper compliance*Identified IT budget issues with the accounting database and worked with IT director to stabilize and ensure accurate numbers *Performed analysis on communities and determined that there was a $1.5M budget credit previously costed which management decided to reduce the basis of future lots transferred/sold, $1.4M deferred credit transaction and a $400k overcosted community, both of which were taken to income *Approved detailed job costing accounts payable *Supervised and mentored Senior Accountant and Accounts Payable Clerk*Considered a Human Resource Ambassador, and conducted new hire orientations for all associates

Dallas, Tx, Us

* Prepared and analyzed financial proformas for multiple joint ventures for executive management business decisions concerning the projects* Conducted quarterly financial/executive committee meetings updating executive management on projects overall progress and spending* Reviewed Operating Agreements, Loan documents, Purchase and Sale Agreements, and Development Agreements relating to the properties * Prepared Investment Committee presentations for corporate office management approvals and reviews* Responsible for calculating cost of sales allocations pertaining to sales of landbays and finished lots* Prepared, reviewed and submitted loan draws to lenders for partial financing of the joint ventures* Corporate point of contact for debt and knowledge of the securitization, review of the appraisals, and any remargining payments* Responsible for reviews of budgets prepared by land development managers* Accountable for month end and quarter end closing of the general ledger for the joint ventures* Coordinated with external accountants regarding year-end audits and tax return preparations* Supervised Staff Accountant, Contracts Administrator and Administrative Assistant* Serviced the needs of executive management, land development teams, outside lenders, outside attorneys, land acquisition teams, bonding agents, the City of Alexandria

Fishers, Indiana, Us

* Prepared monthly Income Statements for individual regions and on a Consolidated level, Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows* Responsible for the Budget Model and the analysis and budgeting of SG&A expense* Prepared Monthly Management Financial Package which included numerous analyses for executive management review* Calculated sales commissions expense and accruals for salespeople at all field locations* Created and distributed weekly reports to middle and executive management detailing each regions revenue forecasts and inbound business for the month and the quarter* Assisted with the integration of a newly acquired business into Company policies and procedures* Reviewed accounts payable including detailed job costing transactions, expense reports, and payroll* Point of contact for external accountants regarding year end audits and responsible for delegating duties for performance of the audit* On-going liaison to service the needs of regional sales managers, regional field operations managers, project managers and office managers