K Yuvaraj

Goal-oriented Team Manager dedicated to meeting team performance objectives and achieving set targets. Offering 18 years of extensive leadership experience in Finance and Accounts. Committed individual well-versed in providing thorough training, setting team goals and developing innovative strategies. Superb oral and written communication skills paired with excellent time management and leadership abilities.

• R2R Reconciliation Automation: Built Excel macros to auto-fill standard reconciliation fields, reducing manual work and saving 2.5 FTEs monthly.
• T&E Report Automation: Streamlined Travel & Expense reporting using macros, saving 0.5 FTE and improving reporting accuracy.
• Invoice Processing Optimization in SAP: Increased auto-posting and First-Time-Right rates for invoices, vendor reconciliations, and payments—resulting in a significant 15 FTE efficiency gain.
• Invoice Query Handling: Automated invoice forwarding in SAP for quicker resolution of exceptions and approvals.
• OCR Implementation: Enabled automatic invoice indexing using OCR technology, cutting down manual data entry time.
• Power BI Dashboard: Created a live reporting dashboard to track invoice posting status and performance for better process monitoring.
• Invoice Scanning Automation: Used 7ZIP and mail merge to automate invoice collection and distribution, improving workflow speed.
• LSMW Utilization: Reduced 3 FTEs by implementing LSMW for high-volume journal and invoice posting.
• Daily Task Allocation Tool: Developed macro-based workload allocation tracker to streamline task assignment across the team.

• SAP FICO - SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP S/4HANA
• Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt
• PM - Project Management

• Agile - Process improvement
• STAR award (Best Lead)
• Pragati process improvement (18)
• Quarterly Best Lead award
• Vice-President award
• Quality award
• Key contributor award
• Kaizens (25)

• Managed full R2R and P2P processes, including month-end closing, journal entries, vendor payments, and account reconciliations.
• I handled Team size of 75 in R2R
• Handled daily operations like invoice processing, payment runs, GRIR clearing, and supplier account reviews.
• Reviewed journal postings, accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions, and fixed asset activities (depreciation, disposal, capitalization).
• Ensured general ledger balances were accurate by checking reconciliations and resolving open items on time.
• Worked closely with procurement, finance, and tax teams to solve invoice, PO, and payment-related issues.
• Led a team of finance professionals, assigning tasks, tracking performance, and giving regular guidance and support.
• Attended regular calls with clients and internal teams to discuss process updates, open issues, and improvement areas.
• Maintained and updated SOPs and DTPs to reflect the current process and system changes.
• Supported internal and external audits by preparing all required reports and documentation.
• Identified manual work areas and helped improve them through simple process changes or automation.
• Ensured team met SLA, accuracy, and turnaround time targets, while keeping vendor and internal relationships strong.
• Maintaining Error and Issue logs and finding the Root cause for the Errors and update the status to the client.
• Validate and approve DTP/SOP's to ensure that it is up to date to reflect the current process updates.
• Have daily/weekly Client calls and update the status.
• Reduce non-value added activities by closely watching the day-to-day activities of the team.
• Has been a part of Talent acquisition and involved in Interview process.
• Conducting Daily and monthly meeting with process leads.
• Attending client calls and updating the call status to the team ensure that the team is following the meeting agenda.
• Reward and Recognition of employees.
• Yearly and Quarterly appraisal meeting.
• Planning and execution of cost cutting efforts by incorporating process improvement ideas and reduce the manual activities.

• Date of Birth: 03/13/85
• Marital Status: Married
• Residence: Chennai