Pooja Mahant
Mumbai
Summary
Results-driven Accounts & Finance Manager with over 10 years of experience in nurturing client relationships and exceeding revenue targets. Directed operations by implementing effective employee motivational strategies and enforcing strong policies, leading to enhanced operational efficiency. Committed to leveraging analytical skills for business planning and delivering value in Accounts Payable role.
Overview
4
4
Languages
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager-Accounts Payable
Piramal Pharama Limited
Mumbai
02.2026 - Current
- Led a team of 9 Accounts Payable professionals, providing guidance, performance management, and process improvement support.
- Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable operations for domestic, import, and international vendor payments, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, banking regulations, tax requirements, and internal controls for global payment transactions.
- Coordinate and execute high-value domestic and cross-border payments through various banking platforms and payment channels.
- Collaborate with Procurement, Treasury, Taxation, Supply Chain, and Business teams to resolve payment-related issues and improve operational efficiency.
- Drove process standardisation and automation initiatives while leading continuous improvement projects to enhance AP controls and overall productivity.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including accruals, vendor reconciliations, GR/IR analysis, and ledger reviews.
- Played a key role in the organisation's SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transition, supporting process mapping, UAT testing, master data validation, training, and stabilisation activities.
Manager-Accounts Payable
Aeries Technology Pvt Ltd
08.2025 - 10.2026
- Led AP process automation initiatives by optimizing workflows and integrating system enhancements, resulting in improved accuracy and faster invoice-to-payment cycles.
- Oversee accurate invoice processing through rigorous three-way matching, ensuring correct coding, validation, and approvals. Support month-end closing by preparing AP accruals, aging analysis, and reconciling key accounts to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Managed and executed scheduled and ad-hoc payment runs for Indian and international sites, ensuring timely processing and compliance with financial policies.
- Prepare short-term and long-term payment forecasts and collaborate closely with Treasury and Site Finance teams to support effective fund planning and cash-flow management.
- Strengthened payment controls by proactively identifying and preventing duplicate payments, missed advance knockoffs, and debit balance cases, while reviewing all open credit balances.
- Coordinate with banking partners to resolve payment-related issues, including DAN requirements, Letters of Credit (LC), and import payment processing. Educate the team in managing statutory and regulatory documentation for international vendors, including 15CA, 15CB, and W-9 forms.
- Mentored and supervised AP team, ensuring adherence to best practices and fostering continuous improvement.
- Review of payments to MSME vendors & perform MSME payments working half yearly.
Assistant Manager
Hafele India Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Managed end-to-end AP functions including invoice verification, matching (3-way/2-way), approvals, and payment execution.
- Led Accounts Payable (AP) team in processing 1,500 invoices monthly, ensuring timely vendor payments while managing a team of three full-time staff.
- Ensured compliance with tax regulations (TDS, GST, WHT) and internal policies. Supervised month-end and year-end closing activities related to AP, ensuring accurate accruals and reporting. Reviewed of Open PO report.
- Oversaw vendor master data maintenance and onboarding, ensuring compliance with internal controls and SOX regulations. Collaborated with procurement and finance teams to resolve invoice and payment discrepancies.
- Processed payments for MSME vendors and prepared quarterly E-form filings.
Team Leader
Tata Motors Finance
06.2017 - 12.2022
- Managed end-to-end AP functions, including invoice verification, matching (3-way/2-way), approvals, and payment execution, while reviewing sourcing and collection incentive calculations performed by team members.
- Led the Accounts Payable (AP) team in processing invoices (volume:1500/mth) and ensuring timely vendor, dealer & executives payments. Managed a team of 6 FTs.
- Reconciled GST reimbursement payments and input credits received from government against GST payments, scrutinising GL and vendor ledger while ensuring TDS and tax compliance.
- Prepared and distributed MIS and movement reports on debit balances and MSME dealers to zonal business heads.
- Prepared amortisation schedules for financial reporting.
Senior Accounts Executive
Intelenet Global Services
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Attended client meetings and supported manager in preparing presentations and reports.
- Processed PO and non-PO invoices in accordance with service level agreements.
- Completed vendor reconciliation and inter-company reconciliation based on the SOA received.
- Assisted team members in resolving queries to improve collaboration and ensure effective training.
Education
BCom -
Mumbai University
06-2012
Skills
- Accounts payable management
- Compliance & Control
- Payment forecasting
- Vendor Management
- Data Analysis
- ERP systems
- Attention to Detail
- Team Management
- Adaptability
- Ethics
- Integrity
LANGUAGE
English Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Hindi Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Marathi Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Kannada Elementary Proficiency
Accomplishments
- Most Consistent Performer Of The Year (2015-01 - 2016-01) Serco Global Services
- Performer Of The Year (2020-04 - 2021-03 & 2021-04/2022) Tata Motors Finance
- Going Extra Mile (2024-01/2025-03) Aeries Technology
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above furnished information true to the best of my knowledge. Date- 26th Nov/25 Place- Dombivli (Pooja Mahant)
INITIAL EXPERIENCE
- Back Office Executive (2013-06 - 2014-06)
- Hinduja Global Services
Technical Skills
Microsoft Office-
office 365, Powerpoint, Advanced Excel, Word
ERP Systems-
SAP, Oracle & Netsuite
Websites, Portfolios, Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-mahant-382106892
INTERESTS
Watching Movies, Reading, Exploring new places
Automation Projects
- Initiated valuable project of “Automation of Sales Executive’s incentive” in Tata Motors Finance Ltd which leads to growth in sales of the organization., Worked on project on “Automation of Amortization” tool which helped in amortizing the commission expenses on large number of contracts on monthly basis & removes manual intervention.
- Developed a tool whereas invoices tracking can be done easily & can store & process easily named as “One warehouse tool” in Hafele India Pvt Ltd.
- Supports in transition from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA by helping in UAT & cutover data preparation.
- Created automated triggered payment file with the help of business analytical team.
Timeline
Manager-Accounts Payable
Piramal Pharama Limited
02.2026 - Current
Manager-Accounts Payable
Aeries Technology Pvt Ltd
08.2025 - 10.2026
Assistant Manager
Hafele India Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - 08.2024
Team Leader
Tata Motors Finance
06.2017 - 12.2022
Senior Accounts Executive
Intelenet Global Services
06.2015 - 03.2016
BCom -
Mumbai University