Maitri Kulkarni
Bangalore
Summary
- An effective multi-tasker with strong business acumen and excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Hands-on experience in preparing, reconciling and analyzing the monthly management reports; profit & loss and balance sheet including reconciliations, accruals, pre-payments.
- Opportunity to go Onshore within a month of joining to meet the Business Units in United Kingdom.
- Provided financial training to UK BUs, visited 10 BUs across the UK to train them on financial tools and processes, and conducted meetings with all BUs to understand their needs and challenges.
- Expertise in using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SAP, Ariba, Oracle, Hyperion and Service Now.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Business Operations - Ivalua Finance
AMETEK Instruments India private ltd
Bangalore
04.2023 - Current
- Managing accounts payable operations for all 14 UK Business Units, overseeing end-to-end processes including invoice processing, payment disbursement and vendor management.
- Conducting cash requirement analysis to optimize working capital management and ensure sufficient funds for timely payments, reducing reliance on short-term borrowing.
- Leading bank reconciliation processes, identifying and resolving discrepancies to maintain accurate financial records and compliance with internal controls.
- Collaborating with business units to understand their needs and requirements, ensuring alignment of Accounts Payable processes with organizational objectives.
- Managing month-end close activities for the accounts payable function, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. Responsible for month-end close activities.
- Created reports outlining performance metrics.
- Responsible for controllership activity of performing analysis on the Aging Report and outstanding invoices.
- Acted as liaison between multiple departments to support operational productivity and represent corporation.
- Performing Critical Supplier Reconciliation.
Accenture
Finance Process and Ops Analyst
Bangalore
03.2020 - 04.2023
- Part of project transition team for Baker Hughes, General Electric.
- Transitioned new wave through virtual training for BHGE with activities preprocessing, payments, helpdesk, and accruals.
- Performed payment activity by submitting the Payment Request Form to BH Requester and getting timely approval and payment to particular Vendors.
- Responsible for controllership activity of performing accruals to record expenses during month end using software such as SAP and Ariba for 2 regions.
- Reconcile vendor statements with invoices processed by pulling the report from SAP.
- Manage estimate accruals in coordination with the onshore team.
- Analysis of aged reports and SLA reports.
- Work with the Financial Planning and Analysis team for ad hoc accruals.
- Part of a Helpdesk team to manage vendor query emails and to coordinate with buyers for GR issues using SAP, Oracle, and Ariba.
- Working on ServiceNow tool in Helpdesk COE, where all the queries, such as payment queries, invoice queries, Ariba Corrections, Short payment corrections, and Duplicate corrections, are created.
- Processing of Overdue and Urgent Invoices in Ariba, SAP, and Oracle.
- Expertise in tools: Ariba, SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, and Service Now.
Process Associate
Textron India Private Limited
Bangalore
08.2018 - 10.2019
- Posting invoice in SAP application with appropriate tax code.
- Handling Mailbox (Generic Mailbox).
- Meeting SLA with zero errors.
- Coordinating for the approval process.
- Undertook the training process for new employees on the invoice processing in SAP.
- Working with multiple business units.
- Taking up the audit process of invoices posted on a monthly basis.
Education
Master of Commerce -
Dayanand Sagar Institutions
BAngalore08-2018
Bachelor of Commerce -
PES University
Bangalore06-2016
Class X -
Ideal Jawa Rotary High School, KSEEB
Mysore04-2011
Skills
- General accounting
- Financial Research and Analysis
- Bank Reconciliation
- Supplier Management
- Process Enhancement
- Professional rapport
- Strong analytical thinking
- Effective Communication
- Strong interpersonal communication
Accomplishments
• Awarded with Wow Award for quick learning and accurate processing of invoices in short span of time.
• Recognition Award for performing the activities without any error and within SLA.
Languages
Kannada
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Affiliations
• Volunteer work at “Bosco Mane”, an Orphanage for kids.
• Other interests include Sketching, Reading Novels and Music.
Timeline
Lead Business Operations - Ivalua Finance
AMETEK Instruments India private ltd
04.2023 - Current
Accenture
Finance Process and Ops Analyst
03.2020 - 04.2023
Process Associate
Textron India Private Limited
08.2018 - 10.2019
Master of Commerce -
Dayanand Sagar Institutions
Bachelor of Commerce -
PES University
Class X -
Ideal Jawa Rotary High School, KSEEB
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