Aruna Kumar Gauda
Pune
Summary
Results-driven AP Associate with extensive experience at Nielsen IQ, adept in SAP and invoice processing. Proven track record in resolving vendor queries and ensuring timely payments. Skilled in vendor reconciliation and P2P processes, combining analytical expertise with strong communication skills to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
AP Associate
Nielsen IQ
Pune
09.2024 - 03.2025
- Daily Invoice Processing in SAP, Ariba, and Relish, TAP.
- Posting reclassifications, reversals, and cleared entries in SAP.
- Prepared proposal and forecasting for payments also perform manual payments through the local bank.
- Daily Emails Ad-Hoc Reporting Activities
- Weekly meetings with Operational Controllers and discuss the issues or resolve it
- Review the vendor open debit balance, and reconcile it by posting the necessary adjustment entries in SAP to maintain an up-to-date vendor account in the organization's books.
- Adjustment entries posting in SAP to clean up Open GR/IR & TRADE AP Balance
- Perform month-end closing activities including expense accruals
- Resolving all the AP related ticket or request raised by vendor and offshore team through Service Now portal
- Weekly Audit and Quality Checks of Accounting entries in SAP
- Ensures day-to-day account payables transactions are timely recorded, documented, reviewed and supported in accordance with Nielsen´s policies
- Identify invoices errors or discrepancies and resolve before processing
- Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements
- Tested invoices after implementing the new indexing tool and reported any errors encountered to ensure accurate data processing
- Processed all types of invoices, including PO, non-PO, expense bills, and T&E (Travel & Expense), ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies
- I'm working in West Europe countries: Denmark, Spain, Finland, Portugal, Norway, Italy etc
Associate
WNS Global Service
05.2020 - 11.2022
- Process a high volume of vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and other accounts payable documents in an accurate and timely manner, in accordance with company policy and guidelines.
- Handling internal and external queried invoices, and following up on queried items to ensure that resolutions are implemented effectively.
- Take appropriate actions to address queried items, including corrections, adjustments, or clarifications as needed, and escalate unresolved or complex queries to higher authorities or relevant departments for further review and resolution.
- Respond to vendor and employee queries, resolve issues in a timely manner, and communicate any unresolved issues to supervisory personnel on a timely basis.
- Prepare the vendor invoice reconciliation at the end of the day to make sure that there is no missed TAT.
- Making an exceptional early payment, called a rush payment, with proper approval from the client.
Education
MBA - Accounting And Finance
Biju Patnaik University
Odisha07-2022
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Berhampur University
Berhampur07-2019
Skills
- Accounts Payable
- SAP, Oracle, Maximo
- SAP Ariba
- Invoice processing
- Payment processing
- Help desk
- Vendor query
- P2P
- Vendor Management
- Vendor reconciliation
Languages
- English, Fluent
- Odiya, Expert
- Hindi, Expert
Languages
Odiya
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
AP Associate
Nielsen IQ
09.2024 - 03.2025
Associate
WNS Global Service
05.2020 - 11.2022
MBA - Accounting And Finance
Biju Patnaik University
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Berhampur University
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