Prasad Bongale
Sr. Analyst
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic finance operations professional with over 10 years of expertise in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Accounts Payable, demonstrating strong process ownership and exceptional problem-solving abilities. Proven track record in high-volume invoice processing, ensuring precise two-way and three-way matching while maintaining compliance with internal controls and company policies. Proficient in SAP, managing vendor queries, performing reconciliations, and supporting month-end close activities. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams, auditors, and vendors to resolve discrepancies and enhance process efficiency.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Operations Analyst
Accenture Solutions Limited
04.2025 - Current
- Managed and processed payments related to group claims, commissions, individual policyholder payments, group refunds, and direct debit collections through the PTX/BACS payment platforms.
- Processed and validated incoming invoices, performed vendor account reconciliations, monitored invoice payment status, resolved invoice queries, managed outstanding invoices, and reviewed aging reports, including invoice approvals and rejections.
- Allocation of incoming customer payments in the ERP system, cleared suspense accounts, processed refunds, downloaded and reviewed bank statements, and analyzed failed or returned payments through Barclays and HSBC portals while updating unallocated payment trackers and modifying customer/vendor accounts.
- Executed manual payment requests, including ad-hoc, urgent, and same-day/three-day payments across Barclays and HSBC banking platforms.
- Managed finance mailboxes handling customer, vendor, and client queries, along with onshore team escalations, ensuring timely resolution within defined Turnaround Time (TAT) using strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Performed reconciliations for claim payments, commission payments, bank statements, advisor remuneration statements, and daily/weekly batch payments. Conducted error analysis, duplicate payment reviews, and bank account verification.
- Monitored bank account balances, supported cash forecasting, and ensured timely funding of main accounts to prioritize and execute payments efficiently.
- Collaborated with onshore teams through weekly and monthly governance calls, coordinating with internal client service teams to resolve operational issues and improve process efficiency & SLA's.
- Provided timely support during internal and external audits by addressing auditor queries and ensuring documentation compliance.
Senior Executive, Role-Team Lead – Account Payable
Wipro Ltd.
08.2019 - 04.2025
- Handling the Accounts Payable team.
- Identify any discrepancy, review ageing, miss applied payments related to AP.
- Analyzing daily workflows in SAP, daily allocations, ensuring timely approvals and accurate postings.
- Auditing posted invoices (up to 5%) to identify and prevent duplicate or incorrect bookings and payments reporting to internal team for the prevention, reporting RCAs.
- Responsible for vendor debit balance report preparation, down payment clearing activity, review & reconcilliation in SAP.
- Preparing and analyzing month-end reconciliations, uploading them for audit purposes in Blackline portal for onshore review
- Communicating with GL team for reclassification of vendor accounts, JE review and postings, correction of misallocation of any vendor payments, refunds.
- Mailbox management, email categorization, escalation handling, affiliate queries, TAT miss review if any.
- Preparing monthly deck, SOP's, productivity tracker, appraisal, internal audit compliance.
Accountant, Role – Sr. Process Specialist – Account Payable
Infosys Ltd.
02.2014 - 09.2017
- Review all invoices for appropriate processing in SAP and approval prior to payment.
- Process 3-way P.O. matching invoices, (PO, Non-PO, Credit memo, EDI, T&E, Consignment, Intercompany invoices).
- Uploading of incoming mail invoices, scanning in SAP.
- Reconciling, analyzing with VIM analytics and allocating invoices within the team daily and reporting the status to AP managers.
- Reconcile vendor statements, research, data analysis and correct discrepancies, closing of ticket ID's
- Prioritize invoices according to overdue, urgent SLA documents.
- Resolving discrepancies and payment issues promptly.
- Ensure that all SLA's are achieved
Cashier Cum Accountant
Reliance MediaWorks Ltd.
01.2010 - 11.2013
- Control of daily sales summary and responsible for main cash handling of up to 10 lakhs and bank deposits, petty cash vouchers
- Preparation of PO's, LOI's, Contract, Vendor agreements, Cheques.
- Posting GRN receipt entries and creation of vendor keys in ERP.
- Co-ordinating with vendors for timely payments and supplies inquiries if any, keeping track for inventory records
- Carry out spot audits at branch level as per SOP & internal audit compliance during CA visit at branch.
- VAT, service tax, TDS, Rent, PT details & entertainment tax retrun
Education
M.Com - Banking
Karnatak University Of Dharwad
Dharwad2017
B. Com -
Gogte College of Commerce
Belgaum, India2008
Skills
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Reconciliation
Payments
SAP
Team management
Advance excel, power point
Quality
Power BI
Month end reporting
Process improvement
Problem solving
Certification
Payment mastery from Accenture Ltd
Timeline
Senior Operations Analyst
Accenture Solutions Limited
04.2025 - Current
Senior Executive, Role-Team Lead – Account Payable
Wipro Ltd.
08.2019 - 04.2025
Accountant, Role – Sr. Process Specialist – Account Payable
Infosys Ltd.
02.2014 - 09.2017
Cashier Cum Accountant
Reliance MediaWorks Ltd.
01.2010 - 11.2013
M.Com - Banking
Karnatak University Of Dharwad
B. Com -
Gogte College of Commerce
ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS
Earned promotion JL2 to JL3 at Infosys Ltd, Received I-star award, Extra miller, Team of the quarter, Successfully managed offshore transition project – Non-PO based invoice process migration for Netherland company code, Implemented trend analysis report in excel for Debit balance activity
PERSONAL DETAILS
- DOB – 27th Dec 1987
- Current Location – Bangalore
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above information given is correct & true to the best of my knowledge.