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Work History

Education

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Certification

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MEENA SHARMA

Pune,MH

Summary

Finance & Accounts professional with 15 years of P2P experience managing end-to-end Accounts Payable, Vendor Management, and Travel & Expense operations across multi-country shared services. Proven track record in process transformation, digital automation (SAP, Coupa, RPA, Power BI), and multi-country AP transitions (Vietnam, Poland). Skilled in stakeholder management, team leadership, and driving efficiency improvements, delivering measurable cost savings, FTE optimization, and compliance excellence.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certifications

Work History

Expert team member

AkzoNobel

12.2022 - Current

Led global Procure-to-Pay (P2P) operations across India Sri Lanka countries and France managing multi-million transactions annually and ensuring adherence to SLAs (>99%) and SOX controls.
Owned end-to-end P2P governance including Invoice Processing, Payments, GR/IR, Suspense, Vendor Queries, and Duplicate Payment prevention for large-scale global entities.
Defined and executed a global P2P transformation roadmap, improving process standardization by ~40% and reducing exception handling by 30%.
Managed workforce planning, productivity, and career development for 20 FTEs, improving team productivity by 20%+.
Drove stakeholder engagement with Finance Controllers, Procurement, Internal Controls, and IT, achieving measurable improvements in service performance scores (COPC Table F).
Led ServiceNow deployment for vendor query management, reducing query turnaround time (TAT) by 45–50%.
Designed and deployed Duplicate Payment Check framework (Design to Deploy), reducing duplicate payment risk by >90%.
Implemented No PO – No Pay (NPNP) policy across regions, improving PO compliance from ~70% to >95%.
Conducted E2E process reviews for Invoice Processing and Payments, reducing manual interventions by 35%.
Authored and implemented global policies and internal control frameworks for GR/IR, Suspense, and Duplicate Payments, aligned with Big 4 audit expectations.
Owned internal and statutory audits, leading walkthroughs, managing evidence repositories, and closing audit points with zero major observations.
Chaired monthly governance and operational review calls, addressing escalations and driving resolution of chronic P2P issues.
Coordinated with I2C and R2R towers to ensure 100% reconciliation coverage for AP-related GLs.
Ensured 100% on-time month-end close for I2P tower with validated existence and valuation of open balances.
Key Accomplishments (Value & Risk Reduction Driven)
Deployed SAP S/4HANA GR/IR & Suspense Account dashboards covering 100% of entities, enabling real-time visibility and reducing aged balances by 60%+.
Implemented daily GR/IR & Suspense clearing controls, resulting in:
~2.3B cleared GR/IR balances
~1.8B cleared Suspense balances
Long-pending items (2+ years) reduced by >70%
Designed preventive policy and control frameworks, reducing future GR/IR accumulation by >50%.
Executed Accounts Payable recovery audit (APEX), recovering USD 3.2M in historical overpayments.

Deputy Manager in Finance & Accounts Domain

WNS Global services

03.2022 - 12.2022

Led end-to-end P2P operations with strong risk, SOX, and SOD controls, ensuring compliance and business continuity.
Drove process excellence and automation, delivering cycle-time reduction (21–84 days), vendor rationalization, and paid-on-time improvements using tools like Ariba and ABBYY.
Managed large-scale transitions and stakeholder engagements for 30+ FTEs, improving productivity through cross-training and performance governance.
Partnered on GDPR data masking contributed to CSR & WIN initiatives, and supported strategic, technology-driven decisions.

General Accounting Ops Senior Analyst in Finance & Acc Domain

Accenture India

01.2020 - 03.2022

Validated and processed vendor invoices, including Travel & Expense reimbursements, and managed vendor account reconciliations.
Handled business and supplier queries via calls and emails; supported reporting activities.
Managed end-to-end Accounts Payable and Payment Disbursement, including invoices with Early Payment Discount terms.
Monitored KPIs such as invoice aging, on-hold items, duplicate payments/vendors, aligned with Hackett benchmarks.
Led team operations, including one-on-one reviews, workflow discussions, RCA preparation, and productivity tracking.
Calculated and monitored shrinkage and attrition; supported team performance evaluation.
Ensured compliance with quality controls (Self-Assessment, Transaction Monitoring, Daily Issue Log, EWI).
Completed a Value Stream Mapping project to identify and eliminate non-value-added activities.

leading Finance & Accounts Domain (Accounts Payable)

IBM India

09.2015 - 01.2020

Managed end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) operations in compliance with payable policies and procedures.
Developed As-Is and To-Be process maps and supported FTE planning with risk analysis and mitigation.
Processed PO and Non-PO invoices, including foreign currency (JPY, EUR), and performed vendor reconciliations.
Ensured SLA/KPI reporting, accruals, and smooth month-end close through coordination with RTR and Payments teams.
Maintained SOPs, quality compliance (COPC, Self-Assessments), and daily P2P dashboard tracking.
Supported automation initiatives by working with the IBM RPA team to reduce manual invoice processing.

Process associate in Finance and Accounting

GENPACT

06.2011 - 09.2015

Lead the transition of payments and cash management process.
Making payroll payments, Employee Travel and Expense payments
Preparing Flash Report and Supporting Schedules
Imparted the training for the process, to the newcomers

Education

01.2011

Skills

Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows

Databases: IBM Relational Database Management System (DB2), Microsoft Access

Applications: Citrix , Microsoft Visio, Oracle, SAP, Concur, Ariba

Team building

Training and mentoring

Leadership qualities

Adaptability and flexibility

Goal setting and achievement

Flexible schedule

Clear communication

Problem-solving

Account management

Decision-making capacity

Time management

Multitasking

Professionalism

Goal setting

Flexible and adaptable