Barbara A. Schaefer
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- School: Pennsylvania State University
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University Park, PA - 16802 - Dates at Pennsylvania State University: April 2014 - April 2014
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Biography
Pennsylvania State University - Psychology
Full Cycle Accounts Payable Specialist at St. John Knits
Retail
Barbara
Schafer
Orange County, California Area
Highly competent and reliable, skilled at full cycle accounts payable processes, ensuring accuracy to vendor payments, and compliance with company policies and procedures. Proven ability to provide key corporate accounting and financial support, with high attention to detail, in deadline-driven, fast-paced settings. Demonstrated success in setting priorities and organizing multiple tasks in changing environments. Strong working knowledge of debits, credits and accruals. Proactive problem solver, identifies and resolves complex issues while maintaining the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. Exercises judgment and works independently to achieve goals. Excellent communication skills, interfaces effectively with all levels of personnel, managers, and vendors. Consistently meets and exceeds performance objectives. Recognized for maintaining high level of integrity, confidentiality and performance excellence. Commended by national managers for relationship building and performance excellence. Masters technical systems and proprietary software quickly.
Full Cycle Accounts Payable | Vendor & Expense Management | Account Reconciliation | Debits, Credits, Accruals | 3-Way Match | Database & Spreadsheet Analysis | Month End Close | Movex Accounting Software | MS Office, Excel | Expense Reports / Uploads
Experience
St. John Knits
Corporate Accounts Payable
Responsible for processing all invoices for all core corporate departments for payment. Possess full understanding of the chart of accounts and ensure proper coding of invoices to the appropriate chart of account line item. Handle all emergency manual checks. Process and ensure expense reports are in compliance with corporate guidelines. Maintain relationships with department leaders to resolve invoice discrepancies/issues and ensure budget compliance. Develop and maintain good relationships with all corporate vendors as it relates to payables, including handling all vendor inquiry phone calls. Prepare reconciliations and accounts payable detail to vendor receivable information. Process Purchase Order Invoices via 3-Way Match. Ensure expense reports are in compliance with corporate guidelines. Cross training of Corporate A/P functions and training of new employee for Corporate Accounts Payable position.
St. John Knits
Retail Accounts Payable
Process all invoices for the Western U.S. St. John Knits Boutiques and Outlets stores accounting for up to $3,000.00 + per month/per store. Re-establish, grow and maintain excellent relationships with Boutique and Outlet store managers, area managers, regional and district managers. Ensure prompt on time payments and resolve invoice discrepancies/issues in a service driven department supporting managers and salespeople to perform their job of selling the product. Process employee expense reports via customized Share Point portal. Manage and process domestic freight invoices. Process, reconcile and confirm accurate coding with tax accrued for the monthly Bank of America Purchase Card statement for all corporate credit cards totaling $30,000.00 +.
Education
Penn State University
Bachelor’s Degree
Bachelor of Science: Health, Physical Education & Recreation, Spanish Minor
"THON" is a completely student-run organization and raised more than $13.3 million in 2014 For The Kids Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
