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Sahana N
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Senior Finance Operations Professional with over 10 years of cross-functional experience steering Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Accounts Payable (AP), Travel & Expense (T&E), and Clinical/Grant Payments across global MNCs in Pharma, Technology, and Manufacturing sectors. Proven expertise in functional team leadership, mentoring cross-functional analysts, and optimizing delivery workflows across US, UK, APAC, LATAM, and EU regions. Demonstrated success leading system migrations (SAP, Concur, Coupa), governing SOX compliance, optimizing month-end accruals. Adept at driving critical SLA/KPI frameworks (FPY, POT), optimizing working capital, and translating complex financial data into actionable leadership insights to deliver significant cost savings.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Services Analyst - SME & Functional Lead (T&E & P-Card)
Solstice Advanced Materials (Advinnov India Pvt Ltd)
01.2025 - Current
- Allocated workloads and monitored team performance, maintaining zero SLA breaches across four global regions.
- Managed month-end accrual tracking for unsubmitted expenses; supervised corporate card payment releases.
- Served as the escalation point for senior leadership and banking partners in US, UK, LATAM, and APAC regions.
- Designed global T&E and P-card policies enhancing compliance metrics while ensuring zero major audit findings.
- Led operational rollout of Bank of America Concur and ServiceNow platforms; created UAT scripts for validation.
- Produced compliance dashboards and ECI matrices for tracking high-risk transactions during executive reviews.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including HR, banking, treasury, and controllership for T&E process improvements.
- Oversaw card issuance audits for over 6000 T&E and P-card holders, managing credit limit increases and account blocks.
Financial Services Analyst - P2P & T&E Operations
Honeywell Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Oversaw end-to-end P2P lifecycle and compliance for 10+ regions, supporting over 1,000 employees and managing 5,000+ complex monthly invoices.
- Managed payment proposal runs for foreign and domestic disbursements, ensuring accurate allocation of cross-border wire transfers while mitigating FX settlement risks.
- Led month-end financial close activities, including AP accrual calculations, GR/IR clearing, and balancing open-item liabilities.
- Mentored delivery desk on KPI metrics, achieving a 30% reduction in invoice backlogs through enhanced first pass yield processes.
- Formulated complex vendor reconciliations, enforcing strict 3-way matching and no-po-no-pay workflows for improved financial control.
- Orchestrated dispute management and cross-functional query resolution using SAP, Coupa, ServiceNow, Celonis, and Citi/Concur.
Centralized Study & Grant Payment Specialist
Labcorp Drug Development
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Functioned as the operational nexus between CTAs, CRAs, Project Managers, and global study teams to guarantee seamless clinical disbursements.
- Specialized Finance: Controlled investigator grant and clinical trial payments aligned with study budgets, GCP principles, and IRB regulations.
- Data Integrity: Audited occurrence-based patient payments against EDC databases; secured compliance via Oracle financial systems and maintained master archives in Veeva Vault.
Senior Accounts Payable Professional (LATAM Region)
Novo Nordisk India Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Regional Ownership: Managed the end-to-end P2P lifecycle for the LATAM geography, driving tax compliance, duplicate-payment risk mitigation, and Argentina WHT coding.
- Executive Presentation: Spearheaded quarter-end close reviews for top-25 global vendor accounts and represented operational metrics during Monthly Operations Reviews (MOS).
Process Associate - P2P / Accounts Payable
Capgemini Business Services Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Processed PO/Non-PO transactions, credit/debit memos, and audited vendor files within Basware and SCALA ERP frameworks to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Standardized Desktop Procedures (DTPs) for localized, country-specific AP exceptions to streamline workflows and enhance consistency.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
Bangalore University
01-2015
Pre-University Certificate (PUC) -
Bangalore University
01-2012
Skills
Finance Ops & P2P
End-to-End P2P Lifecycle, Month-End Accruals Tracking, T&E & PCard Corporate Card Admin, Complex GR/IR Clearing & Reconciliation, High-Value Vendor Reconciliations, WHT Coding Validation
Controls & Leadership:
Functional Team Leadership, Workload Distribution, Capacity Planning, SLA & KPI Governance (FPY / POT), SOX Compliance, Audit Readiness, Fraud & Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Escalation Resolution
Systems & Automation:
SAP FI/MM, Oracle Financials, SCALA ERP, Concur Expense, Coupa, Basware, ServiceNow, Celonis (Process Mining), Power BI Dashboards, Advanced Excel & Macros, Veeva Vault, SAMS, Salesforce CRM
Banking Platforms
Bank of America (BOA), Citi, AMEX, ICBC, HSBC Corporate Platforms
Accomplishments
- Functional Leadership: Acted as interim Team Lead and Escalation Matrix, mentoring and organizing daily workloads for a decentralized team of delivery analysts.
- Financial Optimization: Delivered EUR 153K+ in cost savings via vendor discount optimization and advanced payment gap analysis.
- Backlog Resolution: Spearheaded a 30% reduction in invoice backlog by re-engineering AP KPIs and balancing team utilization at Honeywell.
- Operational Excellence: Governed the accurate processing of 5,000+ high-value, complex invoices monthly across 10+ global entities, with a greater than 99% quality SLA.
- Process Automation: Saved 1 FTE capacity through workflow standardization and Excel macro automation initiatives.
- Audit & Compliance: Achieved a flawless record of zero major audit findings across multiple global internal and SOX audits.
- Developed ECI matrix for identifying card breaches against policy, along with risk categories for educating.
Timeline
Senior Financial Services Analyst - SME & Functional Lead (T&E & P-Card)
Solstice Advanced Materials (Advinnov India Pvt Ltd)
01.2025 - Current
Financial Services Analyst - P2P & T&E Operations
Honeywell Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
01.2023 - 01.2025
Centralized Study & Grant Payment Specialist
Labcorp Drug Development
01.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Accounts Payable Professional (LATAM Region)
Novo Nordisk India Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2022
Process Associate - P2P / Accounts Payable
Capgemini Business Services Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
Bangalore University
Pre-University Certificate (PUC) -
Bangalore University