Accounts Payable Supervisor

Douglas Wietharn

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St. Marys, KS 66536

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SUMMARY

Financial Analyst / Supervisor Accounts Receivable / Accounting Specialist

with proven success in completing accurate reports and timely processes.

Demonstrated creative proficiency and innovation in the use of accounting

programs including PeopleSoft, Query, Rockblocks, Business Objects, and

Microsoft Excel. Key strengths are: ability to review and analyze

accounting information and adhere to deadlines. Extremely detail oriented,

highly capable, and able to work successfully with little or no

supervision. Earned a solid reputation for being accurate and timely on

all projects and working well with teammates.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Collective Brands Inc, Topeka, KS 1981 - 2009

Payless ShoeSource Inc.

Accounts Receivable Analyst (2008 - 2009)

Managed company receivables for third party sales totaling $0.5 to $1M per

month. Tracked and processed payments received for those invoices.

Reconciled all entries and analyzed the details for the general ledger.

. Processed over 100 purchase order invoices and credit memos accurately

and timely monthly.

. Selected as member of project team to correct company Rockblocks system

calculation issues.

Accounts Receivable Supervisor (2006 - 2008)

Managed receivables and accounts payable control. Maintained

reconciliations for cash and payables accounts to the general ledger.

Supervised 2 people, one person maintained the vendor master file, the

other processed invoices, and payments for the receivable business.

. Monitored collections of unclaimed property recovering $200K of property

which had been turned over to the State Department of Revenues.

. Helped implement process to scan all documentation for vendor

maintenance.

. Partnered with Merchandise Payables Supervisor and Information Technology

to develop a new Rules Table which audited the merchandise payables more

consistently.

Trade Payables / Account Payable Control Supervisor (2001 - 2006)

Supervised staff of 3 which reviewed, analyzed, and approved $75 to $100M

merchandise payments. Worked with Information Technology to develop

programs when the company expanded into international markets.

. Updated Merchandise Payables flow charts and month end closing processes.

. Integrated new processes for SOX compliance.

. Developed audit process to review 10,000 purchase orders to insure

accuracy.

. Coordinated with a third party auditor in order to recover erroneous

payment errors.

. Trained associates in Taipei in order for them to use the PeopleSoft

system.

. Developed a new process to collect company claims of $500K from overseas

factories.

Accounts Payable Auditor / Control / Reporting Supervisor (1999 - 2001)

Managed staff of 3 and vendor master file for the company adding 50 - 100

new vendors monthly. Audited payables and cash accounts to assure accuracy

of invoices and journal entries into general ledger.

. Implemented a new process for reporting of over 5,000 1099MISC forms.

. Supervised team auditing accounts payable in order to recover $500K in

erroneous payments and saving company $72K in fees.

. Developed a process which to reconciled Accounts Payable detail to the

General Ledger which saved many hours at year end in order to close the

company's financial books.

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Collective Brands Inc (continued)

International Accounting Specialist (1995 - 1999)

Teamed with Brazil and Taiwan offices to process accounting entries, to

insure corporate accounting policies were followed, in order to maintain

accurate books for required tax and company reporting.

. Reengineered international reporting package.

. Developed foreign currency tracking model.

. Analysis and reviewed inter-company accounts.

. Updated backlog of required account analysis.

. Wrote procedures for associates to follow for processing of merchandise

payable invoices.

ADDITIONAL PRIOR EXPERIENCE (1981-1995)

Merchandise Payables Lead Clerk

Merchandise Payables Clerk

Accounting Clerk

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

General Business Program Certificate, The Brown Mackie College, Salina, KS

Fundamentals of Accounting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Throughout my career I routinely attended workshops, seminars and classes

related to my field

Some examples are

PeopleSoft Power User

Supervisory Training Class

Teamworks (team building program)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Delivered meals for Meals on Wheels program

Participated in Day of Caring for United Way

Help distribute food for Harvesters program

Leader and member in the Knights of Columbus

. Grand Knight of local council. While leader the council achieved all

program and membership goals.

. District Deputy for five councils for four years. In last year all

councils achieved membership and program goals.

. Recently selected as the Knight of the year for the Council, District

and Archdiocese

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