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Pranjal Kulkarni

Assistant Manager
Pune

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Versatile professional with rich experience of 7 and half years in P2P

Worked with Infosys BPM Ltd as Accountant-F&A on SME role for 3 years

Joined JCI in Nov'19 and started transition for NA- IP team and handled multi level activities for Chillers business

Promoted to senior role with an upcoming project - PS2 and completed transition for PTP Reporting area, worked vigilantly to understand dynamics of reporting

Qualities developed during corporate work experience - Effective interpersonal communication skills ; good client management ; Time Management Abilities ; Quick learning and implementation ; Strong Work Ethics and Problem-Solving Skills

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Assistant Manager - Finance & Reporting

JCI
07.2022 - Current
  • Promoted to supervisory role and introduced to preparation of operational and cost related KPI's
  • Built bridge between team (invoice processors) and business by daily tracking and addressing challenges to help deliver better results and improve KPI's
  • Took Initiative to centralize Business Queue reporting to business for resolution in LATAM Region and same was replicated in NA region as well
  • Assisting management to build controls with solution based approach to reduce further escalations. Also, Spontaneous adapting new activities of reporting with Dynamic changes to be delivered to management
  • Learning new tools like Alteryx and Power BI to deliver CMO reports to higher management

Senior Executive, Finance

JCI
11.2019 - 07.2022
  • Joined in JCI while transition in progress, Established connect while transitioning activities from BBC and gained management confidence by providing solution based approach to reduce further escalations
  • Performed and lead MEC activities to support management
  • Communicating with business to work on business queue to increase on time payment and stakeholders satisfaction

Senior Executive - Finance & PTP Reporting

Infosys
06.2016 - 11.2019
  • Responsible for 45% volume Accounts Payables function which include managing payables queue, email queries, calls from suppliers
  • Working on Quality and Volume Trend Analysis reports for clients and Internal stake holders
  • Handling all Escalated Queries from Client; performed MEC activities and established client confidence post transition

Education

M.Com - Accounting And Business Management

Savitribai Phule, Pune University
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2016 - 06.2018

B.Com - Banking And Financial Support Services

Savitribai Phule, Pune University
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2013 - 05.2016

Skills

Excellent Communicationundefined

Accomplishments

  • Fast track promotion from Junior Accountant to Accountant in a record time of 30 months
  • Awarded Star of the year (2017-2018) for significant contribution to business and client value creation
  • Recognized with various awards 'Spot', 'Extra-Miler' for 100% Quality, SLA Management & Month end closing activites
  • Appreciations from Client CFO and Finance Controller
  • Received an award in JCI in 4 months (Mar 20) of joining for setting the process and training a backup at the same time
  • Received an award in JCI for PTP Reporting for my performance and Business/ client satisfaction

People Management

  • Infosys, Team Management in absence of Team Lead, Training and Skill enhancement of the Team Members, Taking Daily Team Huddle and monthly one on one meeting with team members, New Hire and on Process Training
  • JCI - Invoice processing (Nov 19-June 21), Process training provided to team members for smooth operations in Lawson, Providing refreshers to team whenever required, Helping other teams such as payments, help desk etc. in resolving client and ERP related queries and doubts, Taking calls with team to explain client updates and changes in process (if any)
  • JCI - Reporting (July 21-Till date), Process training provided to team members in new reports for smooth operations, Providing refreshers and allowing them to record sessions to help under complexities of reports, Helping Management of various teams like IP Team, payments team with various Adhoc requirements to help better decision making, Helping team and providing solutions in CMO Paid items and Open items, Working hand in hand with CI Team for Daily Power BI project like providing required data in time, UAT, parallel run and data validation for better presentation reports and reduction in manual efforts, Working with Business and EMEA Team to streamline process requirements of business and standardization of reports, KPI preparation followed by KPI review with managers, changes and suggestions. Connecting with all stakeholders for RCA and vigilantly working on preparation decks for KPI

Training Projects

  • Accounting Fundamentals trainings completed to enhance knowledge and working experience
  • Behavioural trainings along with managerial skills upscaling on yearly basis
  • Software enhancements & advanced Excel trainings
  • Project - Business Value Delivered to client on "Avoiding Late Payment Charges"
  • Enhancement in workflows and reporting by using Power BI

Operations Management

  • Infosys, Responsible for a high volume Accounts Payables function which include managing payables queue, email queries, calls from suppliers, Manage SLA for Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivable, Working on Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports for clients and Internal stake holders, Handling all Escalated Queries from Client, Allocation of work to the team, Manage general mailbox for Payables and collection team
  • JCI - Invoice processing (Nov 19-June 21), Joined in JCI while transition in progress, took handover from BBC for Lawson ERP, Handles Lawson & cross trained on Mapics ERP to support simultaneously, Handles escalations and emails from business as the 1st point of contact for Lawson, Assisting management with solution based approach to reduce further escalations, Helping lead with MEC (month end closing activities) for Lawson & Mapics, Working on business queue to help to get invoices paid on time and improve supplier business relations, Prepared SOPs for Lawson ERP
  • JCI - Reporting (July 21-Till date), Promoted and started with new role in Reporting along with transition from MBC Team for activities like KPI, CMO's, Handle Daily, Weekly and Monthly MIS to help smooth functioning of IP activities, Took Initiative to centralize the Business Queue reporting to business for resolution in LATAM Region and same was replicated in NA region as well, Assisting management to build controls with solution based approach to reduce further escalations, Spontaneous adapting new activities of reporting with Dynamic changes to be delivered to management, Learning new tools like Altreyx to deliver CMO reports to higher management

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 11/27/95
  • Nationality: Indian

Timeline

Assistant Manager - Finance & Reporting

JCI
07.2022 - Current

Senior Executive, Finance

JCI
11.2019 - 07.2022

Senior Executive - Finance & PTP Reporting

Infosys
06.2016 - 11.2019

M.Com - Accounting And Business Management

Savitribai Phule, Pune University
06.2016 - 06.2018

B.Com - Banking And Financial Support Services

Savitribai Phule, Pune University
06.2013 - 05.2016
Pranjal KulkarniAssistant Manager