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M. YUVARAJ

Senior Manager
CHENNAI

Summary

Seeking a leadership role where I can leverage my expertise in Finance & Accounting to drive sustainable business growth, enhance scalability, and create long-term value.

Commerce graduate with 19+ years of experience across various F&A service lines, including PTP, OTC, General Ledger, VAT, and Fixed Assets. Experienced in transitions, with exposure to new tool implementations, pre-work planning, and managing UAT.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Manager

MAERSK GSC INDIA (PVT) LTD
04.2018 - 04.2025
  • Lead the Latin American PTP team, comprising 30+ members and team leads.
  • Progressed from managing a single country cluster to taking on the role of Area Manager, overseeing multiple country clusters across the LAM region.
  • Accountable for driving improvements in Area PTP performance by optimizing key metrics, including Payment on Time (POT), reducing aged invoice backlog, minimizing debit balances, and resolving aged prior-period Statement of Account (SOA) open items. Ensure timely clearing of open items in Sub-ledger to General Ledger (GL) reconciliations and provide analysis and feedback on outstanding intercompany items to enhance financial accuracy and efficiency.
  • As an Area Manager, I served as the primary focal point for handling diverse service-related queries, ensuring seamless resolution and stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Highlighting challenges and support needs during regional performance review calls while keeping stakeholders informed on key metric progress, including updates on the clearance of open items in Subledger to GL reconciliations.
  • Driving structured weekly reviews to accelerate the resolution of aged backlogs at the cluster level.
  • Responsible for the team who did the data collection and training a new OCR capable tool to automate the Invoice Header validation process through Machine Learning.
  • Addressed duplicate invoice receipts through an extensive project covering 200+ vendors and successfully reduced waste in the duplicate scanning process.
  • Successfully migrated ERP with a record-low number of pending documents, minimizing processing delays and invoice backlog risks.
  • Handled advance payment approvals and high-value invoice block clearances with complete validation, prioritizing accuracy and timely execution.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and provide recommendations for revisions as needed.

Senior Service Manager

STERIA INDIA LIMITED
06.2005 - 03.2018
  • Started as an Analyst and progressed to a Senior Service Manager role before transitioning to a new position at Maersk.
  • Started as Invoice processor with PTP and performed Email Query resolution and Vendor statement reconciliations.
  • Played a key role in the onshore transition team for a UK-based hotel and restaurant chain, migrating General Ledger, VAT, and Fixed Assets processes.
  • Prepared SOPs and process maps, ensuring timely client approval-a key factor in successful transition sign-off.
  • Carried out UAT and facilitated knowledge transfer to the offshore team, achieving seamless BAU within the set timelines.
  • Responsible for the prepayment annual schedule, monthly journal postings, and relevant balance sheet GL account reconciliations.
  • Generated and published area-level P&Ls with monthly commentary.
  • Handled monthly fixed assets book closure and depreciation run, addressing queries within the stipulated timeline to ensure successful book closure and completion of month-end activities.
  • Managed key reconciliations for Balance Sheet GL accounts, including Fixed Assets and Project accounts. Ensured timely clearance of aged open items, including pre-transition items, within a short timeframe.
  • Responsible for posting month-end cleardown journals and preparing monthly VAT figures.
  • Reviewed and provided feedback on VAT AP & AR exception reports, along with an action plan for corrective entries.
  • Designed and deployed Excel master templates for Fixed Assets projects creation process, enhancing accuracy and efficiency.
  • Received an opportunity to lead the Accounts Receivable process for the same client.
  • Oversaw the clearing of unidentified and unapplied cash, maintaining a zero-backlog approach.
  • Analyse and publish the monthly Aged Debt report with proper commentary outstanding items, enabling proactive debt chasing and efficient collection efforts.
  • Strengthened cross-training initiatives within the service line to ensure business continuity and mitigate attrition risks.
  • Led a two-member team in the implementation of a Scanning Solution for PTP.
  • Participated in the workshop at client's location to bridge the gaps between AS-IS and TO-BE process.
  • Managed UAT simultaneously both at on and off-shore, that includes Access and Load test etc.
  • Addressed challenges and resolved aging open items in AP Subledger to GL reconciliations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Commerce

University of Madras
Chennai
04.2001 -

Skills

Strategic planning

Talent development

Operations management

Resource allocation

Operations planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation and reporting

Troubleshooting and problem resolution

Organizational improvement

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/24/80
  • Marital Status: Married

Professional Overview - Summary

Commerce graduate with 19+ years of experience across various F&A service lines, including PTP, OTC, General Ledger, VAT, and Fixed Assets. Experienced in transitions, with exposure to new tool implementations, pre-work planning, and managing UAT.

Timeline

Senior Manager

MAERSK GSC INDIA (PVT) LTD
04.2018 - 04.2025

Senior Service Manager

STERIA INDIA LIMITED
06.2005 - 03.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Commerce

University of Madras
04.2001 -

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