Saranya J
Keelkatalai
Summary
Dynamic Senior Accounts Executive with a proven track record at Ford Motor Company, excelling in accounts payable and vendor management. Adept at leading result-oriented teams and ensuring compliance through meticulous invoice processing. Recognized for a customer-focused approach and strong leadership skills, driving efficiency and accuracy in financial operations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounts Executive
Ford Motor Company
Chennai
04.2024 - 11.2025
- Non-production and Production payables activity for Ariba enabled supplier.
- Coordinating with Ariba enablement team, SAP Ariba technical team for any system glitch.
- Executed audits, verified GSDB codes, set up primary and secondary currency for vendors, and conducted debit balance and code on hold verifications.
- Verification of account blocked for payment release, interacting with the disbursement team for wire and Check payment.
- Invoice processing to accounts payable transaction. Matched invoices based on 3‐way matching methodology with the help of POs, contracts and receivers and followed‐up with respective stakeholders to resolve discrepancies.
- Cleared unprocessable invoices as and when received.
- Reviewed, verified and processed non‐PO invoices (including freight invoices) and special invoices every month under appropriate GL accounts and department codes; Also ensured necessary approvals were obtained as per established firm policies and procedures.
- Resolved payment issues and accounting-related queries by effectively communicating with vendors and internal/external stakeholders.
- Posted journal entries in PeopleSoft – Oracle for account reclassifications, suspense account clearance, currency related, quantity adjustment and other manual accounting corrections.
- Managed email communications with internal/external stakeholders regarding supplier payments, purchase order queries, and payment-related issues.
- Having CCAR meetings regularly with suppliers who send more emails & resolve the queries faced by them so email inflow will get reduced.
- Connecting with suppliers to Onboard them to payable portals and help them understand the functions to check payment status.
- Placing meetings with stakeholders to clear the invoices received with defects & payment queries and taking supplier calls regularly through Jabber software & resolved payment queries.
- Systems Used: SAP S4 Hana, Alteryx, ARIBA, GAPS, CCAPS, IPROOF, OCR, Complete knowledge of Microsoft office tools, People-soft, In-for LN, Oracle, M3, Black-line, Tally 9.0 Version, Quick-books, Intuit (Pro-series), Accountant World (Payroll Relief)
Accounts Executive
Berger CPA First LLP
Chennai
04.2023 - 11.2023
- Managed monthly sales tax filings and reports, ensuring compliance with client service level agreements.
- Submitted quarterly sales tax returns, meeting all regulatory deadlines.
- Approved team payroll after thorough review, ensuring accuracy and precision.
- Oversaw filing of sales tax documentation completed by team members.
- Addressed open items in bookkeeping documents and tax forms including 1099 and W-9.
- Conducted payroll activities weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly for US client employees.
- Compiled bank reconciliations to maintain accuracy in financial records.
- Facilitated communication with clients to obtain bank statements for bookkeeping.
Senior Team Member (Acting TL)
WNS
Chennai
07.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed day-to-day reporting and delivered daily cash reports to clients and senior management, ensuring timely financial insights.
- Identifying payments and posting into Oracle with agreed SLA.
- Receiving remit from collectors and performing allocation.
- Queried clients regarding payments and resolved issues.
- Posting of cash sheet and GL clearing.
- Downloading bank statement in bank's website and allocating the receipts from customers to invoices.
- Managed suspense account by parking unidentified payments for resolution.
- Compiled un-applied and unidentified reports and delivered them to the client.
- Allowing discounts to customer for early payment, Debtors Age-wise Analysis.
- Send email to RO to confirm back the unidentified payment.
- Before netting activity like uploading Inter-company affiliate receivables invoice & Credit note and sending the ICC Payable to Payable team.
- ICC Receivables Knock off and posting ICC Payable for Home currency and foreign currency.
- Cross charge invoice and credit note raising for affiliates, VAT Transfer invoice raising for Inter-company transactions.
- Foreign Exchange Trading for other currency.
- Cash forecasting on a monthly basis, preparing planning data and uploading the same in the treasury management portal.
- Sending Statement of Accounts, Dunning Letter, LOA to customer, Customer payment creation.
- Sending Remits to the branches and confirming them to pay the commission payment to the Appraiser.
- Sent weekly unallocated receipt open invoice report to client, facilitating resolution of outstanding payments.
- Updated weekly customer aging report, providing critical visibility into receivables.
- AR Revaluation, CMG Revaluation, finally sending confirmation for AR Book Close.
- Creditors Age wise Analysis.
- Sending Report card of all entity for AP, AR, GL on weekly basis.
- Posting bank charge, misc.- charges, expense entry, Interest posting for currency.
Senior Team Member
METRIQE SOLUTION
Chennai
05.2017 - 04.2019
- Reconciled night audit report, daily revenue report, and bank statements to ensure accurate financial records.
- Executed bank reconciliations to align bank balances with recorded revenue and expenses.
- Analyzed creditors and debtors by age to identify outstanding balances.
- Posted accounts payable and recorded daily income journal entries.
Senior Team Member
Ford Business Service Centre
Chennai
12.2008 - 11.2012
- Facilitated timely reimbursements for employees through management of travel and business expense reports.
- Supported quality team during Six Sigma and SOX compliance audits to uphold high standards.
- Processed payable invoices and finalized postings, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Collaborated with learning and development team on initiatives for process improvement.
Education
M.COM -
Bharathiyar University
CoimbatoreB.COM -
Guru Nanak College
ChennaiSome College (No Degree) - Trade Finance
International Trade Finance
chennaiSkills
- Customer focused approach
- Ability to deliver assignments on time
- Good learner
- Creative thinking
- Commitment toward work
- Strong leadership skills
- Ability to build teams
- Ability to develop teams
- Ability to lead result-oriented teams
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Languages
- English
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Kannada
Personal Information
- Husband's Name: S. Vijayakumar
- Date of Birth: 06/20/87
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Accounts Executive
Ford Motor Company
04.2024 - 11.2025
Accounts Executive
Berger CPA First LLP
04.2023 - 11.2023
Senior Team Member (Acting TL)
WNS
07.2021 - 04.2023
Senior Team Member
METRIQE SOLUTION
05.2017 - 04.2019
Senior Team Member
Ford Business Service Centre
12.2008 - 11.2012
M.COM -
Bharathiyar University
B.COM -
Guru Nanak College
Some College (No Degree) - Trade Finance
International Trade Finance