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Richmond, BC, CA

Richmond, BC, CA

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

• Paper Excellence has its corporate office located in Richmond with its AP functions operating as shared service for all Pulp and paper mills under Paper Excellence. As an Accounts Payable Specialist, my core.
• Matched and verified vendor invoices with purchase orders and receiving documents to ensure all Information are accurate.
• Processed all invoices (PO and Non PO) related to Port Alberni Mill of Catalyst Paper corporation including employee… Show more Paper Excellence has its corporate office located in Richmond with its AP functions.
• Processed all invoices (PO and Non PO) related to Port Alberni Mill of Catalyst Paper corporation including employee expenses
• Filing and archiving of processed invoices along obtained approvals
• Maintaining positive relationships with vendors or suppliers, including resolving any billing discrepancies or issues and ensuring timely payment to avoid late fees or disruptions in services

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Customer accounting department handled the AR and fraud management functions of the organization. As an Assistant Manager I led the Customer Accounting department which had 13 staff in total. The team was separated.
• Overseeing the day to day of the teams and ensuring individual efforts are in line with required SLAs and KPIs
• Contributed to resolving challenges faced by… Show more Customer accounting department handled the AR and fraud management functions of the organization. As an Assistant Manager I led the Customer Accounting department.
• Contributed to resolving challenges faced by my team members. Provided input to address issues, offering insights and recommendations l in effectively handling the situations.
• Visiting offsite team locations to ensure all processes are being followed by the offsite staff which handled customer complaints related their payment processing failures
• Carrying out routine business analysis on business performance in term of revenue and customer usage

Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• After being promoted to Assistant Manager, my job duties changed where while managing only the AR team, project management was added to my main scope of workThe projects I was involved and my responsibilities are as.
• Facilitate hardware requirements coordinating with management and IT teams
• Facilitate developer and business user… Show more After being promoted to Assistant Manager, my job duties changed where while managing only the AR team, project management was added to my main scope of workThe.
• Facilitate developer and business user meetings
• Reviewing solution design documents with business users
• Coordinate UAT sessions and Go Live

Sri Lanka

• I managed two teams within the shared services department. One team was the Accounts Receivable team of HBSI which consisted of 12 staff members handling the AR functions for 14 Hayleys Companies across multiple.
• Overseeing the day to day of… Show more I managed two teams within the shared services department. One team was the Accounts Receivable team of HBSI which consisted of 12 staff members handling the AR functions for 14.
• Overseeing the day to day of the teams and ensuring individual efforts are in line with departmental objectives and required SLAs and KPIs
• Contributed to resolving challenges faced by my team members.
• Training of new team members
• Fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.My responsibilities specifically for the AR team-

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Promoted to a people management role, managed three teams of a total of 14 associates which handled the Accounts Payable functions for Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia agencies. Duties Included:-
• Ensuring team is motivated and performing in line with company standards and KPIs
• Providing job training and couching to new recruits of the AP teams and also provided discovery training for all new recruits to the company
• Handling any escalations or urgent queries
• Conducting and… Show more Promoted to a people management role, managed three teams of a total of 14 associates which handled the Accounts Payable functions for Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia agencies. Duties Included:-
• Conducting and chairing weekly and monthly performance review meetings with team members, senior management and agency

Sri Lanka

• Worked for the Accounts Payable Department of the Hong Kong agency. Duties included:-
• Capturing invoices onto the ERP system
• Coordinating with the Hong Kong agency staff on disputed invoices and vendor queries
• Preparation of payment schedule and coordinating with banks on payment file uploadsAchievement:-Was able to win several employee of the month awardsWon the annual award for best behavioral performance ( Change driver)

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Promoted to a people management role, managed the General Banking Operations team while supervising nine associates. Was the main point of contact for a process transition of several general banking operations such.
• Learning the processes from the business partner through both onsite and online learning sessions and drafting all… Show more Promoted to a people management role, managed the General Banking Operations team while.
• Learning the processes from the business partner through both onsite and online learning sessions and drafting all processes into manuals
• Ensuring that there are no process creeps and that processes are developed with according the compliance guidelines and regulations of HSBC
• Interviewing suitable candidates for the team
• Training of new recruits to the team and coaching team on the new process while ensuring processes go-live on stipulated dates.

Sri Lanka

• Worked in the New Credit Card application verification process of Sri Lankan customers. Duties included:-
• Calling customers to verify details on application
• Validating proof of income, bank statements and employment details by check with relevant authorities
• Enter details into system (AS 400), calculate eligible credit limit based on verification and send application for approvalAchievement:-Was able to win several employee of the month awards

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

• Financial Management • Operations Management • Project Management • Strategic Management • Accounting For Managers • Business Analytics

Diploma Of Education, Executive Development Program For Managers, Merit Pass

Bsc. In Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Second Class Upper Division

• Mathematical Modeling for Finance • Financial Risk Modeling • Regression & Time Series Analysis • Actuarial Models for Financial Markets.

High School Diploma, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, English

• Member of school Cricket Team. • Member of school Rifle cadet platoon. • Member of school Chess team. • Editor of school Astronomical.

Primary Education