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AKANKSHA KALIA

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Faridabad,

Summary


Finance professional with over a decade of experience overseeing end-to-end accounts payable functions in dynamic, high-volume environments. Adept in VAT compliance, general ledger management, and bank reconciliations, with a consistent track record of ensuring financial accuracy and regulatory adherence. Skilled in identifying and resolving discrepancies, streamlining payment processes, and strengthening vendor relationships through effective communication and issue resolution.

Proven leader with strong team management capabilities, focused on mentoring staff, improving operational efficiency, and driving continuous process improvement. Recognized for integrity, precision, and a commitment to maintaining robust financial controls and organizational accountability.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager Accounts Payable

Vialto Partners
11.2023 - Current
  • Successfully transitioned Accounts Payable and Travel and Expense-related activities 43 territories from PWC to Vialto Partners.
  • Managing the day-to-day operations of different AP areas, including invoice processing, vendor desk, internal client and vendor relations, payment processing and T&E audit, along with a team of 25 employees.
  • Approving invoices and payments.
  • Weekly Bank Reconciliation Statement (BRS).
  • Preparing and presenting reports for management which summarized multiple pieces of information, including expenses, vendor spend, forecasts, etc.
  • Performing month-end duties, including account reconciliation and accruals.
  • Handling the intercompany process.
  • Managing the quarterly and year-end audits.
  • Preparing a 1099 report for the tax team.
  • Weekly on-account reconciliations.
  • Review aged open items to ensure proper action and follow-up.
  • Project - Worked on the migrated vendor's payments reconciliation and Vendor master data reconciliation.

Team Lead Accounts Payable

MongoDB
05.2022 - 10.2022
  • Responsible for the AP & VAT management of EMEA & APAC entities.
  • Ensure that all the invoices and incoming AP inquiries are resolved according to the prescribed SLA's.
  • Review aged open items to ensure proper action and follow-up.
  • Ensure that the team adheres to the process and controls it according to the process.
  • Preparing Expense Analytics (EMEA, APAC & NA).
  • Processing Vendor & Employees Payments (EMEA, APAC).
  • Primary point of contact for country/regional business controllers and buyers for complex issues.
  • Invoice processing and vendor creation.
  • Reviewing VAT files prepared by the team members.
  • Reviewing the Balance sheet reconciliations and ensure all the open transactions are closed on a timely basis.

Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist

MongoDB
01.2018 - 04.2022
  • I was the part of the team that successfully transitioned the AP process to the company's India operations.
  • My responsibilities within the team are to take care of the below activities for the North America, APAC & EMEA region:
  • Vat Reconciliation
  • Balance sheet Reconciliation.
  • Miscellaneous Expense Reclassification.
  • Credit Card Accruals & Payments (NA)
  • Vendor & Employees Payments (EMEA, APAC)
  • Expense Analytics (EMEA, APAC & NA)
  • Expense Allocations
  • Covid-19 Reporting
  • Check Voids.
  • Invoice processing & Vendor creation
  • Query resolution
  • Vendor's statement
  • Cash application
  • EE Reclassification
  • Tracking of contracts
  • Travel and expense auditing (EMEA, APAC & NA)
  • Value addition to the process - Savings of approximately $40,000 by finding the process errors which were leading to the duplicate expenses while auditing the expense reports.

Accounts Payable Analyst

Ericsson India Global Services
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • I was taking care of the PAN India region for SIM and corporate credit card domains.
  • I was working as an Individual contributor, and I was responsible for the below activities.
  • Corporate credit card reconciliation
  • Reconciling the IR packs bills
  • Invoice processing
  • Preparation of weekly & monthly dashboard
  • Open liability reports
  • Handling the employee queries.

Accounts Payable Analyst

Aon Hewitt
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • I took on a broad range of responsibilities while working for this company.
  • I was working on Invoice (PO and Non-PO) processing and expense auditing for the Poland, U.K and Ireland Business division.
  • Preparation of daily reports, open exception reports and open liability reports, where the motive was to keep a check on the outstanding credits.
  • Updating the manual payment records in the tracker sheet daily and auditing the same for the other team members.
  • Month end activities: accruals, PowerPoint presentations, and dashboard preparation for the results.
  • I-Track - Resolving the queries which arise while performing the given task.
  • Ensuring that the team is meeting its deadlines as per the TAT and all the transactions are duly completed.
  • Skills developed during this tenure are teamwork, exceptional planning and Implementation capabilities.
  • Projects - Open Liability report, transition of Coupa tool.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce -

University of Delhi
01.2009 - 01.2012

Skills

    Team leadership

    Operations management

    Strategic planning

    Decision-making

    Project management

    Relationship building

    Verbal and written communication

    Teamwork and collaboration

Accomplishments

  • 2013 - 2020, Selected as Best Performer award 8 times at MongoDB in the last over 2 years.
  • 2013 - 2020, Received Employee engagement award from CEO of MongoDB.
  • 2013 - 2020, Assigned with special projects as part of the R&D team of GSM process in Aon Hewitt.
  • 2013 - 2020, Recipient of the Best Performer, Quality Award, Impromptu Award and Gold Award in Aon Hewitt.
  • 2013 - 2020, Recipient of the Power Award in Ericsson.

Timeline

Manager Accounts Payable

Vialto Partners
11.2023 - Current

Team Lead Accounts Payable

MongoDB
05.2022 - 10.2022

Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist

MongoDB
01.2018 - 04.2022

Accounts Payable Analyst

Ericsson India Global Services
01.2015 - 01.2018

Accounts Payable Analyst

Aon Hewitt
01.2013 - 01.2015

Bachelor of Commerce -

University of Delhi
01.2009 - 01.2012

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