Ashish Gupta
ASSISTANT MANAGER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Ghaziabad,India
Summary
A Procure to Pay 'Specialist' with proven expertise (functional and technical) in transforming, automating and managing complex P2P processes. 13 plus years of experience with third party service providers, startup's and captive shared service center, generating value for the clients across industry verticals globally.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
Nagpur, India
2022.01 - Current
- Managing entire Procure to Pay (P2P) operations function of Nordics (Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark) region for a multinational client by leading a team of 25 team members.
Accounts Payable Manager
Delhivery Freight Services Pvt. Ltd.
Goa, India
2021.05 - 2021.09
- Working with India's largest Logistics and Supply Chain start up looking after the entire Account Payable and Billing process on a Pan India basis involving 30 team members.
Team Leader
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Hyderabad, India
2020.07 - 2021.04
- Managing the Accounts Payable function for a Pharmaceutical giant for Europe and US region involving 60 team member in the process.
Associate Process Lead
Clifford Chance Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Gurgaon, India
2007.07 - 2018.05
- Managing end to end process of accounts payable for Clifford Chance across the globe including invoice processing, travel and expense claims (T&E), payments and vendor set ups.
- Defining KPI for the team and ensuring that the SLA's are met.
- Ensuring accurate & timely disbursement of vendor, employee & statutory dues.
- Two onsite transition for London and Germany including 18 offsite transitions.
- Liaisoning with treasury for forecasting of cash requirements for the quarter.
- Managing Account Payable closing by running control reports during month ends.
- Approving payments through Checks, Bacs and Chaps. SEPA payments though IBAN.
- Ensuring Vat Compliance, Internal Audit Compliance, Governance Compliance, SOX Compliance and Statutory Compliance.
- Managing Bank Reconciliation, Vendor Reconciliation, AP Reconciliation and Intercompany Reconciliation.
- Preparing and updating process modules, SOP's and tip sheets for global offices.
- Publishing weekly and Monthly Dashboard, SLA/KPI with commentary.
- Leading a team of 12 FTEs in Shared Service Centre.
Customer Support Executive
Ienergizer
Noida, India
2006.05 - 2007.07
- Purchase and sale of stocks and securities including transfer of shares on the basis of business threshold and legal documents.
Education
PGDBM - Finance
Institute of Management Studies
Ghaziabad 2004.05 - 2006.04
Masters of Commerce - Commerce
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Meerut 2002.04 - 2004.03
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Meerut 1999.04 - 2002.03
Skills
- Vendor Management
- Accounts Payable/P2P
- Travel & Expense Claims (T&E)
- Team Handling/Team Building
- Audits/Controls/Compliance
- Account Reconciliations
- AP Metrics/MIS/Dashboards
- Month End Reports/Accruals
- Vat Regulations/GST/TDS/WHT
- Transformation/Automation
- Process Improvement Projects
- Oracle/SAP/PeopleSoft
Certification
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Accomplishments
- Initiated the "Productivity Project" that aims at determining the actual FTE headcount.
- Completed the "Quality Improvement project" taking quality SLA's from 98% to 99%.
- Reduction in query rate from 12% to 4%.
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
2022.01 - Current
Accounts Payable Manager
Delhivery Freight Services Pvt. Ltd.
2021.05 - 2021.09
Team Leader
Cognizant Technology Solutions
2020.07 - 2021.04
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2011-07
Associate Process Lead
Clifford Chance Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
2007.07 - 2018.05
Customer Support Executive
Ienergizer
2006.05 - 2007.07
PGDBM - Finance
Institute of Management Studies
2004.05 - 2006.04
Masters of Commerce - Commerce
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
2002.04 - 2004.03
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
1999.04 - 2002.03