Oracle R12
RIJO VARGHESE
Manager - FAO
Pune
Summary
Results-driven Account Payable Manager with 13+ years of experience managing daily accounts payable operations. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, strengthen vendor relationships, and maintain robust financial controls. Recognized for improving on-time payment performance and implementing automation and process standardization. Expertise in overseeing invoices, vendor relations, payment processing, employee claims and employee relations. Proficient in managing departmental operations, including recruiting, training, employee relations, performance reviews, and monthly statistical reporting.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certificates
4
4
Languages
Work History
Manager - FAO
EXL Service
12.2022 - Current
- Lead and manage the end-to-end Accounts Payable operations for a U.S.-based manufacturing client, overseeing invoice processing, vendor payments, helpdesk support, travel & expense (T&E), and master data management
- Supervise a team of 7 associates, including 2 Assistant Managers, ensuring smooth workflow, accuracy, and timely delivery of financial transactions
- Oversee the invoice-to-payment process, ensuring adherence to SLA and compliance with client and corporate policies.
- Monitor and manage AP Aging, Days Payable Outstanding (DPO), and on-time payment metrics to optimize working capital and vendor relationships
- Drive process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce manual errors
- Collaborate with client stakeholders and internal teams for issue resolution, reporting, and governance meetings
- Prepare monthly dashboards and KPI reports highlighting performance trends, exceptions, and improvement opportunities
Assistant Manager
LafargeHolcim Global Hub Services Private Limited
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Managing a team of 31 accounts payable process executives.
- Worked for the Europe region and directly managing 5 countries/clients.
- Performance Evaluations: Driving team performance and conducting 1-2-1s, quarterly reviews, mid-year appraisals, and final year appraisals.
- Ops Management: Managing daily volumes, allocation, quality, and various operational and client reports.
Assistant Manager
Sopra Steria India Private Ltd
11.2016 - 12.2021
- Team Management : Managing a team of 30 accounts payable process executives
- Reporting and Dashboards : Weekly and monthly dashboard prepared and presented to higher management
- MIS : Prepare various MIS activities such as productivity, quality , floor login hours reports, MI logs etc.
- Documentations : Prepared process documents, training plans, SOP's, update tracker and team performance report/stack report
- Client Management : Investigating and preparing RCA on escalations and SIR's shared by client and create a mitigation plan. Updating UK COE's on daily calls with stats, process updates, issues and AOB
- Supporting RPA team in process automation
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members
- Identified improvement changes regarding key processes for internal controls and accounting procedures
- Developed strategic plans for day-to-day financial operations
Senior Financial Analyst
Mphasis Ltd
03.2012 - 10.2016
- Capturing critical invoice details in kofax like invoice number, invoice date, currency, PO number etc.
- Validation of invoices in Workflow tool and selecting vendor name by matching details like bank account number, site id, currency and vendor number
- Vendor Query management and working on rework items
- Reconciliation of invoices that are uploaded in system
- Preparing production report, error trending & quality report
- Preparing Daily & Monthly Operational reports for external and internal stake holders
- Verification of invoices sent by vendors against purchase order/GRN to identify variations
- Deduction of Tax at Source & Maintenance of record for payment of tax
- Verification and Processing of Raw Material Invoices • Verification and Processing of Non Po Invoices (As per GL)
- Book intercompany invoices and Inter-company reconciliation • Working Knowledge of VAT, TDS, & Service tax under reverse charge mechanism
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking And Finance
Dr Ambedkar College of Arts And Commerce
Pune 06.2012 - 07.2015
Skills
Business and Operations Management
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified from Cardiff University
Software
OCR Tools Kofax, WFR and Hypatos
Vendor Portal and Omniflow
SAP S4 Hana and ECC6
Microsoft Excel, Word and PPT
Power BI
Ariba
SAP Concur
Timeline
Manager - FAO
EXL Service
12.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager
LafargeHolcim Global Hub Services Private Limited
01.2022 - 12.2022
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified from Cardiff University
03-2021
Lean Six Sigma Champion
02-2021
RPA level 1 certified in UI Path
05-2020
Lean Foundation
09-2018
Assistant Manager
Sopra Steria India Private Ltd
11.2016 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking And Finance
Dr Ambedkar College of Arts And Commerce
06.2012 - 07.2015
Senior Financial Analyst
Mphasis Ltd
03.2012 - 10.2016
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Malayalam
Accomplishments
- Recognized as Best Manager for two consecutive years for the Kochi location
- Transition to UK for getting trained on new off shoring work. Successfully completed the transition, post which streamlined the business swiftly in Pune. Total off shoring work was of 7 FTE
- Appreciation letter for leading the Go-Live of Invoice Processing and successfully going 100% live
- The Summit Individual award for informing senior management about a system glitch which was leading to duplication of invoices
- Pinnacle Award for high efficiency, 100% accuracy along with handling the team, planning operations, timely sending of report to internal and external stake holders
- Differentiator certificate for assisting in new UAT requirement received from client for existing functionalities