Praveen Kommu
Manager Travel and Expense audit
Hyderabad,TS
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in AP(mainly T& E). Proven expertise in handling Travel and expense audit, Corporate card management , Stakeholder/Client management , transition management, ServiceNow, team management and operations management.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Associate Manager (Risk and Compliance - T & E - Operations)
Accenture
11.2023 - Current
- Rendering services in - Expense and receipt auditing, (North America , Europe, Asia and LATAM), Client/Stakeholder management & Team handling & Knowledge of Outlier analysis.
- Transition of the process and developed Standard Operating Procedures(work instructions) of the complete process.
- Analyze, audit and process travel and expense reports and transactions per Company Policies, Accounting principles and applicable regulations like Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and IRS.
- Monthly Governance and MIS reporting on periodic basis.
- Monthly SLA and KPI.
- Single point of contact for any policy related updates and changes.
- Identify, research and resolve problems that are identified on employee expense reports.
- Control disbursements and deductions so that the appropriate amounts are paid on behalf of the company and coordinate the collection of any monies that might be due.
- Resolve internal employee expense questions/issues.
- Ensure compliance with Travel policy/guidelines & all other company policies.
- Track all Observations, correspondence, approvals, log and record into database with response dates and close dates.
- Corporate Card management such as Assignment, cancellation, dues and debit balances follow - up and new card approvals.
- Age expenses analysis - and follow up.
- Final expenses of employees.
- Account maintenance such as increase and decrease of limits.
- Program Administrator for Corporate card.
- Cognos reporting for Monthly and Quarterly reporting.
- Spend analysis.
- Corporate card adoption.
- Top spenders and top spend on expense type.
- Concur support thru Email and phone - Trouble shooting.
- Support via Ticketing system - ServiceNow.
- Team handling of 11 members.
- Appraisals and performance related activities.
Manager (T & E - Operations)
Genpact Enterprise Risk & Consulting
06.2022 - 10.2023
- Rendering services in - Concur receipt auditing, FCPA & expense auditing(Global - USA , Canada Western Europe and parts of Asia), Client management & Team handling & Knowledge of Outlier analysis.
- Transition of the process from Various clients and developed Standard Operating Procedures(work instructions) of the complete process.
- Analyze, audit and process travel and expense reports and transactions per Company Policies, Accounting principles and applicable regulations like Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and IRS.
- Monthly Governance and MIS reporting on periodic basis.
- Monthly SLA and KPI.
- Single point of contact for any policy related updates and changes.
- Identify, research and resolve problems that are identified on employee expense reports.
- Control disbursements and deductions so that the appropriate amounts are paid on behalf of the company and coordinate the collection of any monies that might be due.
- Resolve internal employee expense questions/issues.
- Ensure compliance with Travel policy/guidelines & all other company policies.
- Track all Observations, correspondence, approvals, log and record into database with response dates and close dates.
- Corporate Card management such as Assignment, cancellation, dues and debit balances follow - up and new card approvals.
- Age expenses analysis - and follow up.
- Final expenses of employees.
- Account maintenance such as increase and decrease of limits.
- Program Administrator for Corporate card.
- Cognos reporting for Monthly and Quarterly reporting.
- Spend analysis.
- Corporate card adoption.
- Top spenders and top spend on expense type.
- Concur support thru Email and phone - Trouble shooting.
- Support via Ticketing system - ServiceNow.
- Team handling of 8 members.
- Appraisals and performance related activities.
A/P specialist Sr I(T & E - Supv)
Synopsys India Pvt Ltd
07.2010 - 05.2022
- Rendering services in - Concur receipt auditing, FCPA & expense auditing(Global - USA , Canada Western Europe and parts of Asia), Team handling & Knowledge of Outlier analysis.
- Transition of the process from US and developed Standard Operating Procedures of the complete process.
- Migration and UAT Testing of Concur application/tool.
- UAT Testing for S4 HANA.
- Analyze, audit and process travel and expense reports and transactions per Company Policies, Accounting principles and applicable regulations like Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and IRS.
- SR VP reporting and MIS reporting on periodic basis.
- Single point of contact for any policy related updates and changes.
- Identify, research and resolve problems that are identified on employee expense reports.
- Control disbursements and deductions so that the appropriate amounts are paid on behalf of the company and coordinate the collection of any monies that might be due.
- Manual expense reports audit for Withdrawn employees.
- Resolve internal employee expense questions/issues.
- Ensure compliance with Travel policy/guidelines & all other company policies.
- Track all Observations, correspondence, approvals, log and record into database with response dates and close dates.
- Corporate Card management such as Assignment, cancellation, dues and debit balances follow - up and new card approvals.
- Team handling of 5 members.
- Concur support thru Email and phone.
- Support via Ticketing system.
- Cognos reporting.
Senior Process Associate
ADP Pvt. Ltd (Automatic Data Processing)
11.2007 - 06.2010
- Company Overview: a Fortune 500 company
- Account Payables Invoice Processing and Travel and expense accounting.
- Review invoices and check requests.
- Sort and match invoices and check requests.
- Quality check for all the invoices scanned.
- Process check requests & check refunds.
- Prepare and process accounts payable checks, wire transfers and ACH payments.
- Reconciliation of payments.
- Duplicate analysis.
- Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
- Resolve invoice discrepancies.
- Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries.
- Produce monthly reports.
- Assist in month end closing.
- Post manual expense reports.
- Post credit memos.
- A Fortune 500 company
- Best Start up Process for the year 2008- 2009.
- Star of the month.
- Super WOW from the client.
- Quality award.
- Nominated for titan of the month.
- Nominated for Top Gun Award for top class performance in a Quarter.
- Received various appreciations from the BU.
Education
MBA - Finance
Sai Sudhir College
01.2005 - 01.2007
B.com - Regulars
Ambedkar Degree College
01.2002 - 01.2005
Intermediate - CEC
Ambedkar Junior College
01.2000 - 01.2002
X Grade - Board of Secondary School Education
Private
01.1990 - 01.2000
Skills
Operations management
Technical Efficiency
- Well versed with Concur Application, AppZen & Cognos reporting
- SAP, MS Office tools & Oracle Applications as end user
Achievements Highlights
- Best Start up Process for the year 2008-2009
- Star of the month
- Super WOW from the client
- Quality award
- Nominated for titan of the month
- Nominated for Top Gun Award for top class performance in a Quarter
- Received various appreciations from the BU
Us Visa
Need to renew
Timeline
Associate Manager (Risk and Compliance - T & E - Operations)
Accenture
11.2023 - Current
Manager (T & E - Operations)
Genpact Enterprise Risk & Consulting
06.2022 - 10.2023
A/P specialist Sr I(T & E - Supv)
Synopsys India Pvt Ltd
07.2010 - 05.2022
Senior Process Associate
ADP Pvt. Ltd (Automatic Data Processing)
11.2007 - 06.2010
MBA - Finance
Sai Sudhir College
01.2005 - 01.2007
B.com - Regulars
Ambedkar Degree College
01.2002 - 01.2005
Intermediate - CEC
Ambedkar Junior College
01.2000 - 01.2002
X Grade - Board of Secondary School Education
Private
01.1990 - 01.2000
Similar Profiles
Mitesh Rao APPADOOMitesh Rao APPADOO
Category Manager - Technology (UK, IE and Africa) at AccentureCategory Manager - Technology (UK, IE and Africa) at Accenture
John Jethro E. GanzonJohn Jethro E. Ganzon
Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead at AccentureCloud Infrastructure Team Lead at Accenture
Prerana JadhavPrerana Jadhav
Software Development Senior Analyst at AccentureSoftware Development Senior Analyst at Accenture
Ritika RaoRitika Rao
Media and Graphic Design Analyst at AccentureMedia and Graphic Design Analyst at Accenture
Amulya KoduruAmulya Koduru
SAP HCM Functional Consultant at ADP Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IndiaSAP HCM Functional Consultant at ADP Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India