Srinivas Lingala

- Global Disbursements & AP Trade

• Performing peer reviews for daily payment runs across various countries.
• Monitoring global payments email boxes with a 48-hour TAT.
• Review of bank open items, daily reconciliation, payment rejections, offline payments, and ad-hoc requests.
• Handling team appraisals, one-on-one meetings.
• Supervising 14 associates of disbursements and AP Trade.
• Preparing various monthly reports, including ad-hoc batches reports, monthly payments files, offline payment tracker reports, and payment rejection trackers to know the efficiency.
• Performaning ERP-related new Implementations and managing UAT calls.
• Root Cause Analysis on errors, planning, and Implementing CAPA for those Issues.
• Collaborating with internal teams in war zone for resolving the high impacted Issues.
• Conducting Monthly reviews with stakeholders on priorities.
• Monthly reporting the debit balances recovery and open items with respective aging buckets and reporting the root causes and path forward for the items.

- Contract Management, Supply Chain Management

• PO creation, GR posting, invoice discrepancies, payment follow-ups on vendor invoices and statements to ensure timely payments.
• Including creation, updating, and daily maintenance of contracts.
• Vendor management-coordinating with supply chain management and procurement. Work closely with the Vendor Master Data team to manage the vendor database using process tools.
• Stakeholder management -working closely with global buyers to ensure the smooth running of production plants.
• Project management - managed two critical buyers and two juice products with regular and consistent monitoring of changing prices, vendor details, and requests.
• Involved in the annual operating plan (AOP), which includes forecasting material pricing and quantities required for the upcoming year based on last year's sales and production of products.
• Weekly collaboration with the accounts payable team and tracking disputed bills.
• Supervising four associates by providing training and reviewing daily work assignments.
• Conducting weekly reviews with stakeholders on priorities.
• Holding weekly meetings with the accounts payable team to improve collaboration.
• Monthly Governance on timeline misses (TAT) and Accuracy (Errors).

- Global Disbursements & Duplicate Auditing

• Divestiture, merger, and acquisition testing with IT and operations teams.
• Supervising six associates of the payments team and duplicate audit, providing training and reviewing daily work assignments.
• Responsible for accounts payable month-end closing procedures.
• Monitoring global payments email boxes with a 48-hour TAT.
• Performing peer reviews for daily payment runs across various countries.
• Review of bank open items, daily reconciliation, payment rejections, offline payments, and ad-hoc requests.
• Handling team appraisals, one-on-one meetings, huddles, and EWS.
• Publishing daily metrics and individual performance trackers.
• Preparing various monthly reports, including ad-hoc batches reports, monthly payments files, offline payment tracker reports, and payment rejection trackers.
• Participating in ERP-related new implementations and handling UAT calls.
• Performing internal and external SOX reporting to ensure compliance and coordinate with PWC teams.
• Conducting process quality assurance and training activities.
• Root Cause Analysis on errors, planning, and implementing CAPA for those issues.

Accounts Payables - Invoice Processing

• Reconcile purchase orders and to post related invoices accurately.
• Tracking purchase orders, invoice receipts, and goods receipts to ensure timely payments.
• Processed accounts payable invoices from vendors, addressing inquiries efficiently.
• Cleared open items flagged by 'Received Not Billed' team promptly.
• Managed sales tax reporting and 1099 reporting to IRS for vendor compliance.
• Handled project-specific invoices after securing necessary approvals.
• Executed wire transfers and recurring invoices, ensuring accurate vendor payments.
• Compiled various MIS reports for controllership audit and duplicate audit purposes.