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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Led a team of 70 direct reports, ensuring efficient workload distribution and priority management.• Managed daily AP activities, optimizing resource allocation for peak efficiency.• Streamlined invoice processing, ensuring accuracy while maintaining positive vendor relations.• Collaborated with upper management, providing financial insights and departmental recommendations. • Developed and implemented training modules for process knowledge transfer (KT). Achieved and maintained adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs).• Analyzed and resolved complex issues, escalating when necessary.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Oversaw Accounts Payable operations utilizing T&T systems, including Invoice Inventory and BT-Procurement Share Drive.• Guaranteed precise and punctual recording of payments through various channels such as wires, ACH’s and checks.• Conducted thorough verification of invoices, ensuring accuracy in pricing, quantity, and services provided. • Facilitated the onboarding of new vendor, managed purchase orders (Pos), and processed invoices efficiently.• Generated and maintained weekly aging reports, proactively notifying management of critical account matters.• Managed reconciliation of outstanding invoices and maintained effective communication with suppliers to ensure timely payments.• Played a key role in the setup of vendors and customers within the Grant Thorton T&T system.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, overseeing a team of 14members, ensuring efficient workload distribution and adherence to priorities.• Mentored team members to achieve process objectives and monitored performance, facilitating knowledge transfer during transition phases.• Implemented quality improvements initiatives, identifying and rectifying duplicate payments, and presenting performance trends to management.• Met stringent deadlines and SLAs, handling diverse responsibilities including purchase order processing, payment processing, and vendor query resolution. • Orchestrated monthly reporting activities including accrual journal preparation, creditor aging analysis, and reconciliation of vendor balances.• Led intercompany processes including AR reconciliation, accrual calculations, and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial reporting.• Facilitated month-end activities such as finalizing AR statements, accrual statements, accrual calculations, period end closing tasks, and BCS report investigations.Intercompany Process / Monthly End Activities:Sent final Accounts Receivable (AR) Statements of Accounts (SOA) to customers, ensuring accuracy and timelines.• Calculated and submitted accruals for approval and posting, maintaining precise financial records.• Oversaw the closing of books, confirming the completion of Period End Closing (PEC) tasks efficiently.• Conducted Accounts Payable (AP) and AR revaluation, booking exchange rate differences accurately.• Reclassified non-operative expenses, transferring them from operative to non-operative General Ledger (GL) accounts. • Assisted in Balance Sheet reconciliation by posting accruals for intercompany transactions during month-end processes.• Investigated Business Consolidation System (BCS) reports at month-end, identifying and resolving discrepancies.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed Accounts Payable processes including invoice scanning, posting, and approval for both PO and Non-PO invoices.• Monitored daily volumes, assigned tasks to team members, and resolved payment block issues in collaboration with procurement and logistics teams.• Ensured timely vendor payments, reconciled outstanding invoices, and facilitated payment processing through automatic and manual proposals. • Handled queries and correspondence with stakeholders including vendors, accounts payable helpdesk, and functional mailboxes.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Executed Accounts Payable functions for EMEA regions, ensuring adherence to processing guidelines.• Co Ordinated with suppliers and business units to rectify invoice discrepancies and conducted audits to ensure data accuracy.• Released approved invoices for payment in the ERP system, maintaining meticulous attention to detailed throughout the process.