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HEMANTH KUMAR P V

Bangalore

Summary

Finance Specialist with sound aptitude and background in accounts payable and receivable, financial management and inventory management. Develops financial best practices and process improvements to drive efficiency. Inputs data into accounting spreadsheets, word processing and database software while maintaining integrity and accuracy.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

RMA Desk Manager

Ceragon Networks
Bangalore
11.2023 - Current
  • Invoicing customer orders according to the policy and sharing the invoices to customers.
  • Processing returns request (RMA) received from customers ensuring they are processed in a timely manner, that data integrity is maintained and that orders entered into the system can be repaired.
  • Generating Licenses in the customer account.
  • Maintaining and monitor the orders in Oracle system throughout their complete lifecycle, making sure they are shipped and delivered to customer.
  • Working on the process documentations.
  • Working on the ERP tool implementations and part of a UAT.
  • Reduced maximum of the additional cost to the companies by fixing the issues in the process.
  • Primary point of contact for RMA issues between customers, operations, repair centers, warehouse, Global Logistics, Finance, Sales Team, Quality team
  • Strong focus on meeting SLA’s, compliance standards, delivery metrics and process improvement.
  • Streamlined administrative tasks such as inventory management, ordering supplies, and maintaining stock in the centers.
  • Implemented staff training programs focused on customer service excellence, enhancing team performance in handling diverse situations professionally.
  • Prepared weekly employee work schedules to meet operational needs.
  • Improved team morale by creating a positive work environment through open communication and regular feedback sessions.
  • Maintained accurate documentation of all project-related information for easy reference during future initiatives or audits.
  • Optimized workflow processes by identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to increase efficiency.
  • Assisted in budget management, ensuring projects remained within allocated financial parameters.
  • Prepare status reports and customized reports in order to provide customers with updates on their each account throughout the process.
  • Managed daily pricing process to validate data integrity, pricing calculations and pricing distribution to systems and counterparties.
  • Approved volume discounts and pricing adjustments, resolving
  • Monitoring and manage all open RMAs to ensure we are proactively following up to ensure no delays are experienced in the reverse logistics supply chain
  • Double-checked product pricing and displays.

Order Management Specialist

Nuance + Microsoft Corporation
09.2021 - 06.2023
  • Create the Sales orders with the details received from Sales team (like Customer PO, Signed Quote and PO Waiver).
  • Book the order using ERP Oracle in the system.
  • Make any changes on the existing Service contracts.
  • Make sure tickets are allocated to the team.
  • Handling customer calls and resolving the queries.
  • Generating Credit Memo's (QRMA) and reversing the revenue if the customer has any issues with products and services and booking the replacement order and planning for re-shipping for the same.
  • Co-ordinate with the collections team to make sure that the invoices are paid and any customer disputes are resolved.
  • Arrange weekly calls with the clients to discuss the business requirements.
  • Raise invoices against the customers after the products are delivered
  • Setting up customer in system and resolving the queries
  • Cash collections and Debt management.
  • Working on the multiple reports and generating metrics.
  • Onboarding projects from the onshore and arranging training to the team members.

Senior Fin & Admin

IBM India Pvt Ltd
09.2020 - 09.2021

Invoice Processing, Billing Process,Credit Note Processing,Accounts Receivable Cash Collection, Cash application, Accounts Receivable Dispute Management ( Finance and Accounting )

  • Roles and Responsibility:
  • Invoicing as per the client requirements
  • Cash Allocation – Investigation of unapplied payments and ensure proper allocation.
  • Uploading Bank Statement.
  • Working on the Accruals on monthly basis.
  • Posting incoming payments received through Bank Statements, Cheques payment and allocating payments to open invoices provided by the customers.
  • Analysis of customer accounts and handling Queries.
  • Interacting with Clients and Counterpart.
  • Reconciliation of Bank statements payments.
  • Creation of Debit as well as Credit memos in customer account.
  • Clearing of Collaborative Dispute Resolution requests
  • Quality Checking done on a regular basis and Adhere to Month End Closer activities
  • Run Direct Debit proposal, Perform Direct Debit and Direct Debit reversal.
  • Participated in UAT testing.
  • Entering the data, tracking issues and making changes in the process as
  • required.
  • Maintain pricing and work with the business to create pricing models in SAP.
  • Involved in training to new joiners on the Tools and complete knowledge of O2C process.
  • Generating reports on daily basis and submitting to management.
  • Implemented process improvement ideas
  • Working on the Account reconciliations .
  • Worked on the SAP S/4 HANA migration process and implemented successfully.

Senior Analyst- Global Customer Data

Oracle India Pvt Limited
04.2021 - 08.2021
  • Onboarding client and setting up account and details in Oracle data base.
  • Entering the data and tracking issues in the Oracle.
  • Generating metrics report and submitting them to higher Management.
  • Worked on the project automation related to the customer account set-up.
  • resolving the customer queries.
  • Co-ordinations with Sales team and supporting them in terms of the set-up pricing in the quote builder tool.
  • Maintaining all the documentation and worked on continues process Improvement.
  • Implemented process improvement Ideas and reduced manually work.
  • Working with multiple teams such a Finance, IT, Global Accounting team.



Senior Process Associate

Accenture Services India Limited
09.2016 - 02.2020

Quoting Pricing, Billing Process,Client Invoicing Process, Credit Note Processing, Accounts Receivable, Cash Collection, Dispute Management,

(FInance and Accounting End to End O2C AR )


  • Create the quote with the details received from Sales team (like Customer PO, Master agreements).
  • Analyze the documents received from sales, if it meets all the required criteria of an executable order.
  • Book the order using Web tools and ERP in the system.
  • Co-ordinate with the other department for order status, Shipping dates, Price Product availability and backlog, etc.
  • Billing the order as per the customer requirements.
  • Raise invoices against the customers after the products are delivered.
  • Validating and Submitting Invoices to the customer.
  • Auditing complete Invoicing process of the team and approving to process.
  • Co-ordinate with the collection team to make sure that the invoices are paid and customer disputes are resolved.
  • Working on the Accruals every month.
  • Supporting the collection team in forecasting the revenue.
  • Involved in regular calls with the clients to discuss the business requirements.
  • Involved in AUDIT and explain the process and clarify any issues on the documents to the auditors.
  • Auditing the team transactions to make sure that to maintain 100% quality by team in the daily deliverables.
  • Strong focus on meeting SLA’s, compliance standards, delivery metrics and process improvement.
  • To support Supervisor on day-to-day activities like monitoring reports and in the smooth process operations,
  • Documentation of the all the process and measurements reporting.
  • Updating Huddle board, Dash board, and trackers relating to the Process like OE tracker, invoice tracker and IDTR reports.
  • Regularly involved in OPEX overview and discussing with the team.
  • Key knowledge on Artificial Intelligence and how it works.
  • Supporting contract management and doing internal audits, co-originating with external audit
  • Submitting Global Metrics, 3X3, preparing daily reports such as billing and invoices processes, order reports and monthly reports to know the revenue.
  • Analyzing Client account and reporting the portfolio to management.
  • Setting up customer in system and resolving the queries
  • Perform customer account reconciliation on timely manner,
  • Experience in Dunning and Direct debits.
  • Prepare the offset requests to AR and follow-up with the Finance for the same.
  • Forecasting and Debt Managemen
  • Checking customer's credit situation.
  • Deciding whether or not to offer the credit.
  • Setting up the terms and conditions of the receivable and payable balances.
  • Dealing with internal queries about payments, ensuring customers pay on time and negotiating re-payment plans.
  • Assist in the setting up of the credit control system.
  • Ensure that debts are paid in a timely manner.
  • Meet cash & debtor day targets set by the Firm.
  • Chase overdue invoices by telephone, email & letter within agreed timescales.
  • Maintain accurate records of all chasing activity.
  • Regularly making contact with customers to ensure all relevant debts are managed as necessary.
  • Identify changes in payment patterns and propose action to avert indebtedness.
  • Ensure that all transactions are compliant with Company's policies.
  • Handle disputed bills and negotiate to bring payment within the agreed terms.
  • Provide accurate advice on billing queries.
  • Respond promptly and completely to both client and internal enquiries.
  • Propose write off of irrecoverable receivables.
  • Providing ad-hoc reporting as and when requested by management.
  • Undertake account reconciliations as required.
  • Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required.
  • Send out monthly client statements/letters as may be agreed from time to time.
  • Auditing all the requests that have been close.
  • Involved in training to new joiners on the Tools and complete knowledge of O2C process.
  • Having Knowledge of End-to-End AR .
  • Generation financial metric reports from the tools.
  • Co-originating with multiple multiple teams such as IT, HRs, Corporate Departments.


Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

First Grade College K R Puram
K R Puram
04.2013 - 06.2016

Skills

Forecasting

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Software

Oracle Financials ERP R12

SAP S4 HANA Applications, EDW, Ariba and Coupa

Blackline

EOJ-Electronic Order Jackets

SFDC (Sales Force)

BCAT tool

Strong in MS-Office (Excel, Word and Power Point)

C-CAD-Deduction and Dispute management tool

Timeline

RMA Desk Manager

Ceragon Networks
11.2023 - Current

Order Management Specialist

Nuance + Microsoft Corporation
09.2021 - 06.2023

Senior Analyst- Global Customer Data

Oracle India Pvt Limited
04.2021 - 08.2021

Senior Fin & Admin

IBM India Pvt Ltd
09.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Process Associate

Accenture Services India Limited
09.2016 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

First Grade College K R Puram
04.2013 - 06.2016
HEMANTH KUMAR P V