Raghunath G

Finance Professional with 26 + years of rich experience in Financial Process Management, Operations. Spearheading Procure to Pay; Accounts Receivables. Results-driven financial professional prepared for this leadership role. Brings valuable experience in managing financial operations and leading strategic initiatives while fostering collaborative team environment. Known for achieving impactful results and demonstrating adaptability in dynamic settings. Skilled in risk management and financial analysis, with strong focus on achieving organizational goals.

• Collaborated with team of 3 in the development of Automation Projects.
• Achieved Efficiency by introducing COE Module for P2P Process.
• Supervised team of 150+ staff members.

• Act as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders (procurement, business units, and finance controllers).
• Proven ability to manage internal and external stakeholders effectively while driving process excellence and automation
• Led / participated in governance meetings with business stakeholders and global finance teams.

• Led, mentored, and develop a large team of AP & AR professionals, including Sr Managers, Team leads, Sr. Executives and Executives for career development including performance management, feedback, and training.
• Ensure adequate mentorship & training of team members to ensure process objectives & Customer requirements are met by cultivating strong ownership and continuous learning.

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderbad, Pune / Mumbai

• Designed & assessed the movement of Invoice Processing and payment work from Germany, Poland, UK to home country – 45 FTE
• Lead the team from Inception like Planning & designing of the work, assess the road block / dependency, Implementation & monitoring for successful hypercare period.

Accounts Payable

• Dash board for KPI & SLA Reporting, Daily Invoice Allocation, BRS, GRIR Recon, Sending Auto Email for Vendor Reconciliation, RTN to vendor Invoices follow-up, GR/ IR Follow up emails, AP Ageing, Vendor expenses Patterns.

Accounts Receivable

• Auto cash allocation, Auto Invoice sending, Auto Collection Follow up, Billing Gap Analysis

RTR

• Automated Jet Templates uploading
• Accrual GAP Analysis

Tools Used are 

• Macros, BOT, Blue Prism, Platform, cloud trade

• Implemented COE Module for AP and payment process, achieved Efficiency, back up creation and No Loss of Knowledge
• Built in 4 eye Principal for Invoice processing and Payment
• Introduced ACL Payment check for identifying Duplicate checks in payment process
• Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
• Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
• Initiated Time and Motion study yearly once to ensure right set of HC available

• Led the end-to-end Accounts Payable operations with high volume & team size spanning up to ~150 people.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Align AP operations with company goals and global finance strategy.
• Authored SOP/ DTP for End to end Accounts Payable process
• Establish and monitor process KPIs and SLAs against agreed targets via Dashboard for internal and external reporting
• Entrusted giving operation delivery beyond SLA & KPI by driving initiatives for cost efficiency, productivity and service excellence.
• Development and maintenance of internal controls where accounting tasks are of high complexity such as trend analysis, financial reporting, root cause issue identification and resolution, payment validations and authorizations, and system support and development.
• Led the team on Month End Closing like Accruals, Various Reconciliations like Vendor, Bank, GL, etc. and deliver on all agreed SLAs.
• Actively involved with SCM team for negotiating purchase like raw material, Spares and consumables.
• Worked closely with Costing and Planning team for tracking Inventory for Raw material purchases

• Led AR operations (Month End Closing, Various Reconciliations like Billing, Customer, Bank, GL, etc.) and deliver on all agreed SLAs.
• Developed & sustain customer relationship
• Lead process improvement initiatives & create control environment effective Goal setting and Performance Management
• Led the team for timely accomplishment of tasks like customer invoicing, application of Payment process through various methods like ACH, Lockbox, Direct Debit, Credit Card, etc. Recon of Clearing of control accounts, write offs & various other AR ad-hoc activities.
• Review of Accrual / unbilled on monthly basis and ensuring that the Invoice on sent month on month
• Designed and implemented the escalation matrix on collection and Invoice processing
• Monitoring of billing Gap Analysis on month on month and highlighting the issues to bridge the gap in invoicing
• Identified and discussed issues attributing to account delinquency with management.
• Responsible for reviewing & publishing AR Dashboard for internal and external leadership team

• Review of B/s accounts Reconciliation and Schedule Reviews
• Led the Intercompany Reconciliations and Submission of Recon with remarks
• Review and authorizing month end accruals and JE Postings
• Review of Month end Pre-close activities like admin Statutory
• Ensuring subledger matches and closed month on month for accurate GL close
• Review & coordinating with Tax team for GST and Statutory filing on month ends
• Lead the team for Internal and External Audit quires