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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Software
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Recognition And Achievement
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Abhishek Gharge M

Abhishek Gharge M

Senior Specialist – Travel & Expense (T&E) And Accounts Payable
Bengaluru

Summary

Accounting professional with 6+ years of experience in invoice processing & travel and expenses process and controls. Skilled at fixing issues using various software and bring improvement in process. Looking for a challenging role to learn and grow in the organization by enhancing skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Specialist - Travel & Expenses

Alcon
Bengaluru
08.2022 - Current

T&E

  • Review/audit T&E expense claims from Global employees in Concur & App Zen within TAT.
  • Assist end-users in submitting expense report.
  • Managed 40-50 queries through emails, pure cloud calls, teams chat and FNOW tickets.
  • Manage Global corporate card Program (Applications, Delinquency, Relocation/Termination & Reconciliation)
  • Refund management & employee payment validation.
  • Finance exit clearance for employees.
  • Assist in yearly global policy and local addendum review and changes.
  • Monitoring corporate limit and credit card applications.
  • Prepare month end reports i.e. accrual, employee account reconciliation and follow ups.
  • Supports for internal and External Audit requests.
  • Monitor various metrics for healthy card and expense program such as Delinquencies, Relocations, Approval and Posting failure in Concur system.
  • Alcon financial controls metric closure as part of month ends close.
  • Attend quarterly review calls with Head of finance and department heads to discuss challenges & improvement areas.
  • Proved experience in sound judgement based on issues received.
  • Educate employees on travel & expense reimbursement process and Provide onboarding training to the new joiners.
  • Supports T&E projects/Enhancement and Process improvements.
  • Work with IT team on system related issues and access.
  • Prepare MIS reports based on management request and suggest for improvements.
  • Monthly KPI validation and improvement.

Accounts payable and Paymants

  • Posting PO & NPO invoices in SAP VIM workplace.
  • Preparing SOP for all the activities.
  • Handling vendor’s, business stakeholders and employee tickets in SNOW.
  • Preparing accrual reports and distributing across BPA & R2R for accrual entries.
  • Preparing balance sheet reconciliation, vendor debit balance and GR/IR reports at month.
  • Validating the payment proposal weekly basis and confirming for payment.
  • Upload various reports into blackline tool.
  • Create payment proposal and send for approval.
  • Duplicate audit check for payments.
  • Payment proposal reconsilation.
  • Validate payment rejection in dashboard and take necessary action.

Senior Associate

Timken
Bengaluru
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Processed PO, NPO and down payment invoices
  • Managed generic email box
  • Supported team on month end reporting
  • Processed exceptional requests related to invoice and payment

Senior Associate

Accenture
Bengaluru
03.2018 - 01.2021
  • Processed PO & NPO invoices within TAT and 100% accuracy
  • Calculation of GST, TDS, TCS and RCM
  • Vendor account reconciliation
  • Supported for month end closure
  • Validation and follow up on pending approval, GR/IR block and un-posted invoices
  • Allocated work to colleagues and monitored generic email box

Education

MBA - Finance

AIMS Institute of Higher Education
Bengaluru, India
11.2017

Skills

Expense claim auditing

Concur system management

Corporate card program management

Query Management

Team leadership

Adaptability to change

Accomplishments

  • AGS Brilliant team award - Alcon
  • Worked with global team for implementation of new corporate bank - Alcon
  • Transition completion - Alcon
  • Start of Business award - Accenture

Software

SAP

Concur

AppZen

MS-Office

VIM Analytics

Cognos

Timeline

Senior Specialist - Travel & Expenses

Alcon
08.2022 - Current

Senior Associate

Timken
05.2022 - 08.2022

Senior Associate

Accenture
03.2018 - 01.2021

MBA - Finance

AIMS Institute of Higher Education

Recognition And Achievement

  • AGS Brilliance - Ownership & Accountability Champion - Alcon
  • AGS - Brilliant Team Award - Alcon
  • Star of Business Award - Accenture
Abhishek Gharge MSenior Specialist – Travel & Expense (T&E) And Accounts Payable