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Kirkland, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Processing, auditing and approving Truck Load, LTL, Drayage and Ocean invoices in a timely manner
• Maintaining good customer relations with Carriers and helping solve issues in invoicing
• Prepare the monthly accrual report for all modes of transport
• Identifying and analyzing issues in EDI transactions, and reaching out to carriers to modify transactions if needed
• Assisting Sr TMS analyst in activities related to being an OTM Super UserThis is all in addition to the below.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Utilizing Oracle Transportation Management for domestic 3PL shipment payments
• Verifying accuracy of charges and delivery status then approving for payment
• Brought down exception invoices from $1.2M to $300K by dealing with carriers to identify valid invoices and Trans Ops for fixing additional charges
• Manage a weekly database with details regarding outstanding invoices, auto approval rate of carriers
• Providing inputs on reasons for invoicing discrepancies, rising invoice costs and existing issues on TMS

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for full cycle of Accounts Payable
• Reviewing and reconciling invoices of corporate credit cards, employee reimbursements and other state wide agency vendors and ensuring payments are made within 7 days of invoice or receiving date with appropriate coding
• Paying rent leases worth $300,000 on a monthly basis
• Monitoring telecom and utilities to ensure timely payments to vendors
• Processing invoices and batches with minimal errors using 3 way matching system
• Analyzing the trend of expenditures made by offices in King County and generating savings worth $25000, by opting for cost effective products

Greater Seattle Area

• Managing accurate and timely payments of invoices to vendors within 10 days of invoice date.
• Processing invoices for purchases, and lease payments worth $300,000 on a monthly basis.
• Reconciling the credit cards for purchases worth $8,000 on a weekly basis.
• Training new employees in purchasing and Accounts payable processes.
• Providing strong customer service in resolving inquiries from both vendors and internal staff related to purchasing and payables

Greater Seattle Area

- Improving the procurement cost for the DSHS field office by driving cost efficient purchase requests of goods and services, and travel reservations. - Managing the accounts payable process for up 50 invoices a month in two divisions- Matching, coding and batching invoices on a weekly basis

Greater Seattle Area

- Leading the purchasing and procurement process in the Children’s Administration division to ensure availability of office supplies and furniture for the Child support offices in the Washington area. - Optimized the procurement cost and expense on products by constantly seeking efficient alternatives while meeting the constraints of Government procurement.

United Arab Emirates

• Collaborated with the Purchasing / Procurement Department in selecting the suppliers for the various products dealt with at a hotel level. Effectively negotiated the price of hotel supplies with the sellers resulting.
• Streamlined and supported the purchase order creation process for hotel supplies, and collaborated with the Director of Finance on the payment approval to procure purchases on time.
• Co-managed the launch of the IC Dubai Marina project by creating a project plan containing action items, owners, ETA that led to the timely opening of the hotel. Cooperated with multiple stakeholders including.
• Managed the project risk log to keep track and resolve open issues and challenges associated with multiple departments (safety, recruitment of hotel staff, marketing) and drove resolution of 50 issues
• Assisted the Director of Finance and Business Support in preparing the expense claims and accordingly the payroll for the colleagues.

United Arab Emirates

• Compared and contrasted the brand standards* specific to the AMEA region for Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and InterContinental hotels. The project was instrumental in developing a new and refreshed set of standards for.
• Actively involved as a scribe in two workshops held at Singapore with the Brand Directors, giving me a firsthand experience on the creation of brand standards for each tier of hotels.
• Developed a matrix to itemize the offerings in various food and beverage facilities within the hotel, while also helping the Finance team and brand directors in analyzing additional expenses or savings that the company.
• Audited the quality of operations at one of the properties to assess hotels compliance with the brand standards, understood where the hotel has deviated from the existing standards, reported the findings and requested.

United Arab Emirates

• Assisted senior staff in formulating budget for 2013
• Prepared Pricing Model for the different bands of call center agents, to forecast the expenses the company needs to bear in order to recruit the same.
• Created expense schedules for the various divisions, helping comprehend major expenses in the organization for the year

United Arab Emirates

Conducted a survey involving one on one interviews with over 1000 employees at the organization in the various branches across UAE. Survey was designed to evaluate the satisfaction level of the employees, and provide recommendations on how to motivate and retain the employees

Dubai

• Worked in rotation in the following departments:
• Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare: Assisted in the Auditing of companies.Test of Controls – Journal Vouchers, Purchases and PaymentsFollowed the procurement process in the healthcare sector
• ForensicAnalyzed 80 cases pertaining to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and created a summary on Excel.
• Corporate FinanceAssisted in gathering the details of prospective clients in the Food & Beverages as well as the Financial Houses sectors.

• Audited books of Textile, telecommunications companies and nonprofit organizations.
• Prepared tax schedules for companies and individuals
• Supported chief auditor in preparing inventory report of a machinery company
• Maintained daily cash reports, and conducted inventory counts of a leading telecom firm

Mba, International Banking And Finance

Activities and Societies: Office Bearer in The Extra Curricular Activity Committee Graduated with 91% overall.

Cfa

Passed Level I of the CFA Program

B. Com, Finance, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Won the UOWD Chess Tournament Won the UOWD Mathalon Competition, Participated in the BITS - PILANI Quiz.