Bathula Chandrasekhar
Bengaluru
Summary
Highly experienced Accounts Payable Specialist with over 12 years of expertise in managing and processing invoices, reconciling accounts, and ensuring timely payments. Proven track record of maintaining accurate financial records, improving payment processes, and fostering strong vendor relationships. Adept at using accounting software and tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales Expert Account Management
Software One India Pvt Ltd
05.2024 - Current
- The Business Development Representative (BDR) works together with the Business Development Manager (BDM) to develop and maintain favorable relationships with new and existing clients in order to increase revenue and ensure that SoftwareOne products and services consistently meet client needs. This role is responsible for providing sales quotations, sustaining and renewing client contracts, as well as systematically pursuing customer opportunities. Sharing tracking & delivery status to client.
- Ability to establish and expand relationships within each customer.
- Grows and maintains existing customer and partner relationships through proactive activity.
- Day-to-day customer and partner requests which include licensing knowledge and proposal/quote creation, along with opportunity management
- Opportunity creation and management with aligned BDMs and set up customers in SoftwareONE internal systems
- Works within agreed customer SLAs
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends and develop recommendations for improvement; research and solve complex, multi-faceted problems; work independently and show initiative; maintain a positive attitude; handle large volumes of work and meet tight deadlines; adapt to and embrace change in a rapidly changing environment; lead and mentor by example; maintain and promote good client relations, maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
- Collaborated with customers to ensure timely collections and address any payment issues.
- Implemented process improvements that reduced collection time by 20%.
- Assisted in processing invoices and ensuring proper documentation.
- Reconciled accounts and prepared financial reports for management review.
- Communicated with customers to resolve payment discrepancies and inquiries.
- Supported month-end closing activities and prepared necessary reports
- Maintained organized and up-to-date records of all transactions.
- Managed and processed cloud billing for Azure services, ensuring accuracy
- Created and managed dashboards for financial analysis and reporting using Azure Cost Management and other tools like Power BI.
Senior Procurement Operations Analyst/Team Lead (P2P)
Accenture Solutions Pvt.Ltd
06.2015 - 04.2024
- Key Skills
- 1. Accounts Payable Management
- 2. Invoice Processing
- 3. Account Reconciliation
- 4. Vendor Relations
- 5. Financial Reporting
- 6. ERO Systems (SAP,NAV,Ariba)
- 7. Time Management
- 8. Problem solving
- Processed and verified invoices for accuracy and compliance with company policies.
- Handled team size of 8 – 20 members related to invoice processing for 2+ year
- Handling client emails quires, shared mailbox, deactivation mailbox and return payment email quires.
- Adhere to client SLA's (Service Level Agreements) and timelines.
- Handling requests like legal change of supplier, partner link and merger and acquisition of supplier.
- Responsible to check for supplier payment term and payment method.
- Responsible to check for supplier provided supporting evidence like bank details, address details and reconciliation account.
- Training new team members about processing and applications (SAP, VIM)
- Project: Adhitya Birla
- Process: Invoice Processing/Accounts Payable/ Good knowledge in GST taxation /TDS and Extensive expertise in SAP Accounts Payable Division
- Professional Experience:9 years
Senior Accountant
DSR Infra structure Private limited
03.2014 - 03.2015
- Processing all types of PO invoices, non-PO invoices and Credit Memos for US, Canadian vendors.
- Execute process knowledge in the production rings by meeting TAT and deliverables as per the SLA.
- Create, modify, Purchase order in the system and sending for an approval authority.
- Verification of vendor invoices by matching with agreed terms in PO & contract ensuring that invoices are processed with two-way match or three -way match as applicable.
- Urgent Invoice review and postings for payment.
- Obtaining approvals from appropriate authorities when required.
- Responsible to Investigate and Co-ordinating with procurement team for PO queries and to get resolution on vendor disputes.
- Identify, analyze, and resolve all problems as they may occur while processing purchase order and non-Purchase order related invoices.
- Ensure that invoices are processed within the guidelines.
- Where the invoice details are incomplete contact the vendor / Line of business and request for resubmit the invoice for payment via email
- Responding to all queries relating to vendor invoices and discrepancies are communicated appropriately.
- Follow up with vendor that are not responding to invoice queries i.e., Pending requests and aged invoices.
- Perform validation in ERP to ensure invoices not already paid if duplicate invoices.
- Ensure that appropriate signature authority, dollar amount, remittance address, invoice number, date, tax, and PO number are obtained on each invoice before processing.
- Department: Accounts Payable Invoice processing (In SAP End user)
- Duration: From March 2014 to 2015 March
Education
MBA -
JNTU University
Anantapur01.2013
B.Com -
Gnananmbica degree college
01.2013
CEC -
Nagarjuna junior college
01.2008
SSLC -
GRT High School
01.2006
Skills
- 12 plus years of experience in Finance and Accounts domain and Sales Expert Account Management
- Extended expertise on SAP platform, Ariba, and NAV
- Worked for Accounts Payable End to End Procure to Pay activity (Invoice Processing and Master Data Management, PO creation, GR/IR, Invoice Exception, P2P,)
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to take ownership of tasks
- Good knowledge on MS Office (Microsoft word, Excel,SAP, Outlook, MS-PowerPoint)
- Client oriented, Committed, Dedicated & Keen on learning new things
- Flexible to work on any application and ready to work in challenging environment
- Ability to work well in a team environment and develop relationships with internal departments to resolve disputes and issues quickly
Languages
Telugu, English, Hindi, Kannada
Awards
Got awarded for Extra Mile award in the month of June 2023 and awarded for best quality and productivity award 2024., Received monthly summit award for delivering 100% accuracy and meeting client expectations within SLA.
Additional Information
- I am an individual who values discipline and commitment. I have been successful in adopting the varying demands under different situations. My inquisitive nature towards work has always helped me to become a thorough professional and my commitment to tasks has always benefited me in delivering my best.
- Date:
- Place: Bangalore
- Signature: ( B.Chandrasekhar )
Timeline
Sales Expert Account Management
Software One India Pvt Ltd
05.2024 - Current
Senior Procurement Operations Analyst/Team Lead (P2P)
Accenture Solutions Pvt.Ltd
06.2015 - 04.2024
Senior Accountant
DSR Infra structure Private limited
03.2014 - 03.2015
MBA -
JNTU University
B.Com -
Gnananmbica degree college
CEC -
Nagarjuna junior college
SSLC -
GRT High School
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