Samudrala Sai Srikar
Summary
Proven leader with extensive experience in vendor management and payment processing, vendor negotiations. At PepsiCo, lead a team of 7, streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency. Recognized for exceptional accounts payable management skills and a focus on achieving results, demonstrated through multiple awards for performance and quality.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
PepsiCo Global Business Services India LLP
05.2023 - Current
- Creating a new vendor or modifying the existing vendor in the SAP system.
- Submitting a PO/PR request in the MyBuy and SAP systems.
- Updating the PO number in the respective PO/Budget Tracker, and tracking the approvals.
- When the invoice is received, seek confirmation on the completion of the service, perform the GR entry in the SAP, and MyBuy System.
- Amendments to the existing POS to match the invoice/change request received.
- Resolving the VIM notification received via workflow, and addressing AP issues to release the invoice for the payment, approve UDC, etc.
- Handling invoice and payment-related queries with the vendors or requestor.
- Responsible for year-end activities: GR accruals, PO closure, and budget status follow-up.
- Attending periodic budget check-in calls and budget review meetings.
- Collaborate with the Finance, Budgeting and Control, and Procurement departments, and vendors to gather requirements.
- Communicate and coordinate action among all internal and external stakeholders to effectively ensure the supply of goods and services.
- Handling my contracts in terms of negotiations, the contract with the vendor and PepsiCo business.
- Preparing monthly KPIs and handling a team of seven members.
Analyst
ADP
03.2021 - 05.2023
- I work in the Financial Shared Services, Incentive Compensation Administrative Department.
- Our department provides commission analyst support for over 6,000 sales associates, from the trainees up to DVP level, throughout the United States, Canada, APAC, and EMEA regions.
- Currently, I am managing the pay runs for the Major Business Unit for different countries in the APAC and EMEA regions, and delivering them on time.
- Handling sales inquiries through Salesforce.
- Coordination with the extended U.S. team and order entry.
- Processing the payments of district sales managers based on the services taken by the clients on a monthly basis in Oracle (E-Business Suite), and checking if the sales associates' bonus, guarantee, 50/50 deficit, and big deal are based upon their compensation plan, and doing the calculations before sending the information to the HR department.
- Load monthly data, received from various finance and ops teams, to Oracle for system calculations.
- Also, providing guidelines to new sales associates by using the ADAPT system.
- Setting up new associate details in Oracle, uploading quota and TI as per the report sent by their respective countries' managers.
- Participate in and perform the annual communication plan UAT for the new fiscal year.
- Calculating and auditing the sales value based on the sales, and providing incentives to the salesperson.
- Preparing the Sox audit files for the team, and sending them for approval to management.
Senior Process Executive
Cognizant Technologies
12.2017 - 03.2021
- Transaction process (New Client).
- Worked on different types of payments (regular, ACH, EFT payments, and manual payments).
- Performing carrier payments as per schedule for the company, apart from regular payments.
- Performing manual payments for urgent requests, transport payment, MVA (tax payment and supporting indexing), and instream automation.
- Worked on vendor management, such as vendor creation, modification based on vendor requests.
- Prepared SOP for the payment process.
- Working on OTRS tickets raised by suppliers regarding queries related to payments, such as bank receipts or any issues related to delayed payments, and resolving these issues, replying back to them, and closing tickets within TAT.
- Responsible for downloading confirmed files from the bank on the next day of payments.
- Handling aging reports (discuss with different vendors regarding aging refunds, and report to the client).
Education
MBA - Finance
JNTU
HyderabadB. Com -
Andhra University
VisakhapatnamIntermediate -
Board of Secondary Education
VisakhapatnamSkills
- Microsoft Power BI
- MS Office
- Vendor negotiation
- Accounts payable management
- Payment posting
- Management
- ERP systems proficiency
- Vendor engagement
- Budget monitoring
- Supplier relationships
- Contract Management
- Vendor Relations
- Purchasing Processes
- Purchase order processing
- Invoice Verification
- Financial Reporting
- Problem-solving aptitude
ERP Systems
- SAP ECC
- SAP S4 HANA
- Service Now
- MyBuy
- Salesforce
- Oracle E Suite
- Navision
- Basware
Languages
- English
- German - Conservational
Careerstrengths
- Quick Learner.
- Good working knowledge in accounting.
- Good Communication Skills.
- Smart working with confidence.
- Motivation and Determination towards work.
- Team Building and Knowledge sharing with Team Members.
Accomplishments
- I have put exceptional efforts in transitioning the buyer role. Received Focus & Get Thing Done Fast award for my dedication and despite of being relatively new to this role. All my leaders and stake holders were very much impressed with my hard-working and exploration of new things which helps to streamline the buyer role even further!
- Received Unicorn award for quality.
Passport expiry
R 7873278 – HAVING UPTO 17.12.2027 & DATE OF BIRTH – 22 – SEPTEMBER – 1994.
Timeline
Assistant Manager
PepsiCo Global Business Services India LLP
05.2023 - Current
Analyst
ADP
03.2021 - 05.2023
Senior Process Executive
Cognizant Technologies
12.2017 - 03.2021
MBA - Finance
JNTU
B. Com -
Andhra University
Intermediate -
Board of Secondary Education
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