Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Vendor Management
Invoice Processing
Quality Check Reconciliation
Landlord Statement Reconciliation
Payment Run
Place Of Birth
Roles And Responsibilities
Current Address
Personal Information
Disclaimer
Timeline
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Akash Govindharajan

Chennai

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Subject Matter Expert

Aosta Software and technologies
08.2021 - Current
  • Optimized vendor relationships by developing strong partnerships and fostering open communication.
  • Developed comprehensive training materials for new hires on Procure To Pay processes, procedures, tools, and systems.
  • Reduced costs for the organization through effective supplier negotiations and strategic sourcing initiatives.
  • Achieved high levels of compliance with established procurement policies, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Reviewed and approved general ledger transactions and bank reconciliation reports.
  • Streamlined bank reconciliation process, reducing manual errors and saving time on monthly closings.
  • Conducted monthly reconciliations of bank statements, promptly identifying discrepancies and resolving issues.

Business Process Specialization

Accenture software and solutions pvt ltd
05.2020 - 08.2021
  • Strengthened vendor relationships and enhanced revenue streams by applying business development opportunities.
  • Facilitated smooth onboarding processes for new vendors, providing clear guidelines on expectations and procedures for seamless integration into the supply chain network.
  • Directed initiatives to automate vendor data and maintain controls to smooth validation and acceptance processes.

Analyst

RF Managed Services
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Performed regular account reconciliations with bank statements to validate financial transactions'' accuracy in accounting records.
  • Prepared month-end accruals schedules for finance department review, ensuring proper recognition of expenses within reporting periods.
  • Maintained accurate vendor records by regularly updating contact information, banking details, and tax identification numbers as required.

Process Associate

Entrust Software & Services
05.2016 - 02.2019
  • Received, organized, and prioritized documents for scanning purposes.
  • Prepared vendor invoices and processed incoming payments.
  • Assisted in month-end closing procedures, ensuring all invoices were processed on time to reflect accurate financial statements.
  • Managed monthly reconciliation schedules for assigned accounts.

Education

MBA - Finance

Madras University
Chennai, India
04.2018

B.COM - Commerce With Accounting

S.C.P Jain College
Chennai
04.2016

High School Diploma -

Chennai Port & Dock Educational Trust Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India
04.2013

10th -

Infant Jesus Matriculation Hr Sec School
Chennai, India
04.2010

Skills

  • MS Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint And Outlook

  • Oracle, Nexus, Yardi, Core- Integrater, Co-Star

  • Training and mentoring

  • Strong analytical skills

  • Creative solutions

Languages

Tamil, English

Vendor Management

  • Contacting the vendor to get the W9 form to set up a vendor in our system
  • IBAN validating in ibancalculator portal for Europe regions
  • Verify the vendor addresses in the US postal for US suppliers
  • Handling Urgent Requests
  • Research and Setup/Update/edit vendor accounts in the System
  • Follow up with the requester/vendor on the discrepancies
  • Track all the Work-in-progress creations/modifications in the follow up tracker
  • Validate the vendor profile form before an approval

Invoice Processing

  • For PO invoice match with Purchase order & process the invoice
  • For Non-PO invoice get an approval from Requestor, then process
  • Marketing, Reimbursement, Utilities, Urgent invoice processing has been done

Quality Check Reconciliation

  • Check all the processed and exceptional invoices & rectify all the errors
  • Review all the batch reports and invoices modify the errors
  • Implement new macros and minimize the process work to done quality check

Landlord Statement Reconciliation

Reconciling the monthly statement with recurring streams. True up will be offsetted on the variance of recurring stream.

Payment Run

  • Schedule run has been done every week to avoid the past due (Four times in a month)
  • Urgent single payment process with financial controller approval for utilizes service
  • Daily process the check request and urgent payment in WELLS FARGO

Place Of Birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Work allocation to the team
  • Timelines maintaining met for all deliverable
  • Responsible for Team's adherence towards Service Lever Agreement (SLA)
  • Monitoring the Volume & Turn-Around-Time (TAT)
  • Presentation to the management/client when required
  • Maintaining the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manual is accurately updated as in when there is process change
  • Created & published management reports and adhere to the timelines
  • Track and report Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  • Perform Quality checks as per the agreed criteria
  • Explore for continuous process improvements and share best practices across teams
  • Encourage the team to participate in the trainings/quality circle
  • Data management during new scope transition for the process
  • Coordinating with external clients and internal stakeholders via email to resolve the issues
  • Ensure that the backup is created for self and to the team
  • Acting as a backup to the Lead as and when required
  • Timely Coaching and feedback to the team members
  • Active participation in Learning & Developments
  • First level escalation point for business & suppliers
  • Ensure each team member is cross trained to have 100% back up
  • Ensure the team members productivity is monitored and captured
  • Follow data privacy / business controls / external audit
  • Prepare Management review data, analyze and action based on the analysis

Current Address

295/B Selvambigai Nagar, Athipattu, Chennai, 600120

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 03/19/95
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the statements made here are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Subject Matter Expert

Aosta Software and technologies
08.2021 - Current

Business Process Specialization

Accenture software and solutions pvt ltd
05.2020 - 08.2021

Analyst

RF Managed Services
02.2019 - 03.2020

Process Associate

Entrust Software & Services
05.2016 - 02.2019

MBA - Finance

Madras University

B.COM - Commerce With Accounting

S.C.P Jain College

High School Diploma -

Chennai Port & Dock Educational Trust Higher Secondary School

10th -

Infant Jesus Matriculation Hr Sec School
Akash Govindharajan