VENKATA PRAVEEN KUMAR A

Motivated and results-oriented operations professional surrounding experience in strategic continuous
improvements, digitization, data science, business processing, data strategy, vendor management,
contingent workforce, and labor services compliance. Dedicated to enhance procurement operational
controls and procedures with a digital and simplified mindset to enable efficiency and overall stakeholder
satisfaction.

• HUDSON BAY, Senior Associate, 10/17, Present
• Capgemini India Pvt Ltd, Process lead, 06/11, 10/17
• Jaleel Holding’s (Dubai), Accounts Executive, 02/09, 03/11

• Preparation of monthly Expenditure variance analysis report in comparison with budgets for different cost centres.
• Monthly closing of books of accounts and ensuring all accrual entries have been passed.
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliation statements & bank transactions like payments to suppliers and Expenses.
• Reconciliation of Intercompany accounts and clearing accounts on a monthly basis.
• Settlement of Internal Orders to Expenses or Work in Progress at regular intervals.
• Preparation of monthly Depreciation and Fixed Assets schedule
• Posting of regular invoices, fund transfers and other JE’s with proper approvals and expense analysis like Goods short, expiry and posting of Customer rebates.
• Monthly ledger scrutiny of P&L Accounts.

• Managing day-to-day chargeback and responding by Acquiring bank on Time Manner.
• Investigation of cases and regular contact with third-party banks and recover the fund if anything is due from them.
• Preparing Bad Debt Reconciliation at the end of the month and passing necessary Journal entries.
• Working with the Digital Risk team and stopping fraud activities by not approving fraudulent orders.
• Working on major projects like credit not processed and merchandise not receiving chargeback to reduce the bad debt.
• Handling customer disputes on their debit and credit card. Analyzing the dispute and using the appropriate solutions to the customer in case of any issues.
• A strategic planner with expertise in analyzing the systems & procedures and contributing significantly towards improved performance and heightened productivity.
• Practical experience in card operation, auditing risk claims, chargebacks, Visa & MasterCard schemes, disputes, compliance & violations. Visa certified.

• Volume planning and work allocation to the team and monitoring internal targets
• Attending client calls to bridge the process gaps and working with a team to fix the process knowledge and educate the team at regular intervals
• One-to-one meetings with team members to motivate the team members
• Review/monitor of Cash Application activity/process.
• Review and post adjustment/rectification journals in Oracle application (Oracle)
• Review and monitor DTP changes and updates
• Work profile involves applying cash against invoices through the Oracle application
• Keeping track of the daily volume processed by the team and ensuring we meet the SLA’s
• Ensure all reposts are sent on priority as per the client's directions based on daily/weekly calls

• Identifying & placing the right resource at the right place.
• Segregation of Duties & Delegation of work.
• Performing Year End Appraisals and 1-on-1 for Team
• Supporting the team in Process Knowledge.
• Cross-training between team members.
• Process improvement.

• Reporting customer ageing reports to business weekly, fortnightly and overdue customers with a red alert for collection or in case disputes are taken to management for proper decision.
• Setting the credit limit and credit period for customers based on their past and financial reports and reviewing of same at regular intervals with a sales report, payment history and market conditions for the industry.
• Proper accounting of provisions for bad debts, credit memo rebates based on agreements and accruing the same at regular intervals.
• Monitoring the reconciliation of PDC, and CDC on a weekly basis and statement of accounts with customer books of accounts on monthly basis.
• Maintaining the same chart of accounts for customers, vendors, and GL across the organization.
• Reporting customer outstanding by each collection sales man wise.

• Passport Number: Will be provided on request
• Notice Period: 60 days
• Date of Birth: 07/11/84
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married