Shashikala D
Senior Associate
Bangalore
Summary
Professional with proven track record in managing diverse projects and delivering high-impact results. Known for exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams. Reliable and adaptable, consistently aligning with evolving business needs while maintaining strong focus on achieving results.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages
Work History
Accounts Payable Clerk (Invoice Processing)
- Processing invoices with 2way/3way matching PO with Invoice & other supporting documents according to department guidelines.
- Processed high volumes of vendor invoices, matching them with purchase orders & ensuring accuracy into the accounting system with necessary approval & Verification in SAP.
- Resolved vendor inquiries and discrepancies through effective communication and problem-solving.
- Managed the vendor database, ensuring accurate & up-to-date information.
- Achieved 100% target per month continuously
Senior Associate
Siemens Technology Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 07.2024
- Allocation of invoice, E-mails & BPO’s based on SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- Preparing Daily Payment tracker, Productivity Report, Auditing activities and preparation of consolidated open item G/L reports on monthly basis with detailed action plan.
- Organizing and conducting the daily team meetings, Monitoring the performance of team members are prioritizing their work duties & accuracy in audit results & maintaining work allocation tracker for individuals & sharing feedback on time to fill up their gaps.
- Handled Accounts payable in 8 divisions of Siemens.
- Ensuring compliance with all financial closure activities such as provisional expenditure booking of Custom Duty, DD Cancellation, JVE clearing, overheads analysis and other month/quarter end closure activities.
- Processed PO and Non-PO invoices, Payroll payments, Real Estate transactions, and non-recurring legal payments.
- Rectified escalated AP issues internally as well as from vendors
- Handled the process, accuracy verification, conducting review & engaging with internal and statutory auditors to support various audits and internal control requirements.
- Ensuring that all accounting records (books of accounts) and other financial reports are accurate and duly comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Playing a key role in contributing to the automation initiatives by identifying repetitive and time-consuming tasks and working with the automation team to streamline and automate them, improving overall efficiency.
- Successfully prepared the Desktop Procedures (SOP’s) and driven the project without any escalations from client.
- Collaborated among cross-functional teams and cross-organizational clients & Supervised Vendor, Customer & GL A/c’s.
- Participated in process improvement initiatives, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced errors.
- Handled Accounts Payable duties in high volume, fast-paced environment
- Building and maintaining healthy business relations with clients, ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving delivery and service quality norms
- Involved in month-end activities
- Worked on multi-cost reports weekly and month-end
- Knowing tools SAP(FI & MM), Nexus, Mendix, EXIM portal, Alteryx
- Provide the KT to the new joiners
Education
SSLC -
Southern convent High school
01.2006
II PUC - undefined
Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College
01.2008
SSLC - undefined
Southern convent High school
01.2006
Skills
Invoice processing
Invoice Verification & Processing
SAP (FI & MM invoices)
Client Relationship Management
Internal/External Audit coordination
Having good leadership qualities
Training and mentoring
Performance monitoring
Accomplishments
- Achieved Bingo Award for being a quick learner, highly productive (110%) & Accuracy (99.6%)
- Got Special award (Treasury thrice) for continuous support
- Received appreciation from clients for stabilizing the process efficiently.
- Initiated an idea in the 3I portal, reducing complexities in Month-end closing & saving time (Approx 4 hrs)
DISCLAIMER
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Senior Associate
Siemens Technology Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 07.2024
Accounts Payable Clerk (Invoice Processing)
II PUC - undefined
Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College
SSLC - undefined
Southern convent High school
SSLC -
Southern convent High school