SAP
Sujith Suresh
Team Lead - Financial Accounts
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Summary
Organized and Multi tasking Team Lead : builds positive rapport, inspire trust and guide teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Strong facilitator adept at working cross-departmentally with co-management and top-level leadership. Excellent trainer.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Team Lead - Financial Accounts
Allweiler India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
01.2021 - Current
- Leading a team of 4 Accountants.
- Hiring of staff, determine training and development needs, allocate and review assignments.
- Performed monthly inter-company transactions; reviewed and researched statements for accuracy during month- end, working with department managers.
- Prepare month end journals, reconciliations and cross charges.
- Ascertain pricing discrepancies on invoices and notified customers of denial on short payments.
- Communicate extensively with management and vendors on payment schedules, invoice variances and other queries.
- Update and maintain customer and vendor master data.
- Answered multiple inquiries from internal customers and external vendors to assist with invoice and payment issues while streamlining processes and reinforcing efficiencies.
- Handle end to end process of commission payouts to distributors.
- Preparation of AR trade overdue report, Dunning and lead cash collection calls.
- Reconciling accounts that fall into receivable records with the sales invoices.
- Assist departments in account reconciliation process on monthly basis.
- Review email boxes of AR and AP.
- Perform and document SOX controls.
- Review Desktop procedures.
Transaction Process Analyst (SME)
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Mumbai
12.2018 - 12.2020
- Handling Advertising and Marketing, General Operating Expenses accruals/prepaid in order to ensure they are recognized in the period in which they are incurred.
- Prepare expense bifurcation and prepaid expenses on Tracking sheet as per the schedule provided in the statement of work for each project associated with respective POs and book accrual/prepaid entries.
- Run the GLwand Report in Oracle by updating the correct flex string associated, in order to check balances on each POs to pass Accrual, Prepaid, Re-classes & Amortization entries and prepare Trend Analysis.
- Collate report from other team members and compile it in the Total PO report with the comments they had received from the Business Owners for each POs.
- Prepare the Standard Operating procedure and update as per changes in process.
- Quality checks of files internally and maintain error logs.
Finance Executive
Transmed Overseas Incorporated S.A
Dubai
09.2015 - 04.2018
- Responsible for posting of collections and allocating the payments against invoices into ERP.
- Assist in credit control and customer enquiries on credit facility, terms of payment and order release.
- Prepare customer wise report on revenue, invoices, adjustment/discount, advances and write off.
- Prepare monthly statement of accounts, reconciliation of assigned customers (Lulu, Carrefour, Enoc, Eppco etc) and Principles (P & G, Clorox Kellogg's etc).
- Deal with Sales back office and banks on Trade Finance related matters.
- Review of Advertising and Promotion claims for the marketing spent by respective customers & prepare ROI on Trade Spends.
- Investigating and resolving queries with Sales relating to non- payment of invoices thereby reducing DSO.
- Perform Daily customer Credit hold and release.
- Assist in assessing financial and operation performances of potential customers from credit agency and fix credit limits/payment terms.
General Accountant AP
Emirates Industrial Panel LLC
Dubai
11.2012 - 09.2015
- Preparation of Telegraphic Transfer request for overseas payments to Parent and sister companies.
- Prepare and analyze accounts payable reports, including aging and cash flow projections to support finance analysis.
- Pays vendors & suppliers; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; ensuring credit is received for outstanding memos; issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
- Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances; preparing checks.
- Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Preparation of LC through HSBC Net banking; responsible for all Bank swift transfers & reconciliation on a daily basis.
- Disburses petty cash by recording entry; verifying documentation.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Manipal University
Dubai 09.2011 - 06.2013
B.Com - Financial Accounting
Dayanand Sagar College, Bangalore University
Bangalore 09.2008 - 06.2011
Skills
SLA fullfilmentSOX controls
Account reconciliation
Debt Recovery
Negotiation of Repayment Plans
Credit Analysis
Time Management
Resource Allocation
Automated processes
Software
Oracle
Peachtree
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with IT team in implementing auto posting of PO based invoices.
- Ensured AR past dues are below 15% consistently.
Interests
Table Tennis
Football
Badminton
Travel
Timeline
Team Lead - Financial Accounts
Allweiler India Pvt Ltd
01.2021 - Current
Transaction Process Analyst (SME)
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
12.2018 - 12.2020
Finance Executive
Transmed Overseas Incorporated S.A
09.2015 - 04.2018
General Accountant AP
Emirates Industrial Panel LLC
11.2012 - 09.2015
MBA - Business Administration
Manipal University
09.2011 - 06.2013
B.Com - Financial Accounting
Dayanand Sagar College, Bangalore University
09.2008 - 06.2011