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VIMAL KUMAR U

VIMAL KUMAR U

ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Chennai

Summary

Seasoned professional with 17+ year of Finance experience into entire Order to cash cycle. Specialized in Collection & Cash Application Handled a team size of max 20+ associates covering a across all the sub-process. Also have been part of various ERP migrations and completing them seamlessly with stringent timelines. Coordinating with Global finance shared services across various geographic scope US, Europe and APAC regions.


Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Associate Manager – Collections

CMA CGM Global Business Services
09.2017 - Current

Role Description

Lead the OTC, Collection elements which includes managing of the 20 Member Team with different agencies .

Will be working closely with cash application team on receipts allocation and guiding the team to clear the payments.

Key Functions

Providing direction in daily activities thru the supervision of the team members, driving them to improve
operational effectiveness that meets the Objectives for the following processes

Collections

  • Accountable for delinquency reduction for assigned accounts for the team.
  • Identify issues attributing delinquency of account & having them resolved.
  • Periodic review of credit limit of the customer with not so good payment history.
  • Initiation of default procedure on customer accounts & transferred them to legal.
  • Maintaining the DSO and Cash-Flow within the specified limit to ensure collection is done on time.
  • Month end Reports to Agency on Past due % and Credit Management Report will be shared.
  • Initiated process improvements based on thorough analysis of internal operations data resulting in enhanced productivity levels.
  • Led team meetings regularly to discuss progress updates, identify challenges or roadblocks, and provide guidance towards successful project completion.
  • Ensure payments receipts are allocated as per the timeline so customer will have the clear SOA.

F& A Team Lead – O2C

IBM India - Global Financial Shared Service
02.2015 - 09.2017
  • Role Description
    Responsible for F&A operation managed a team of 10 team members, we supported the operations for Internationally renowned cold beverage company. Comprising £80 M worth of orders, £65 M AR monthly and £16 to £20 Million on the deduction/Chargebacks part.
    Order Management - Order creation, Fulfillment, EDI, Postal & Email Orders, Export Orders, Pricing Block,
    Billing Block, Back Orders, shipping information, Ship to, bill to, Sell to Amendments, DSO reduction, Optimize
    deduction percentage.
    Accounts Receivable - Billing, Receipting, BACS/CHAPS/CHEQUE/CASH ON DELIVERY, Resolving
    chargeback - Promotional/Short/Returns/Pricing/Short-dated, Invalid Chargeback Recovery, export
    customers, Intercompany, Netting's, Sales Ledger, Debtors Management, Call & Email Collections, Pre
    chase/Post-Chase, CDM.
    Collection & Dispute Management - Chargeback-Promotional/Service, Credit Creation, Invalid Chargeback
    Collection, Overdue Reduction, Collection emails, Pre-Chase/Post-Chase, Overall AR value Reduction.
    Delinquency, Bankruptcy intimation FIT and Legal teams.
  • Cash Application - Slow allocation , Fast allocation , Remittance handling , unapplied cash deduction , unidentified clearance with in TAT, Direct knock off file creation.


Senior Officer – O2C

Wipro Limited
06.2008 - 02.2015
  • Role Description
    - Joined in as officer 2008 got promoted during March 2010 as an Senior Officer including MIS Role.
  • Order Management
    - Order creation, Fulfillment, EDI, EXPRESSNET Orders, Billing, Subscription management for Gaming, Pricing Block, Billing Block, Back Orders, shipping information, Ship to, bill to, Sell to Amendments.
    Dispute Management
    - Promotional dispute, Service Dispute - Short, Returns, Damaged, Goods not as described, Chargeback credit creation, Return Authorization, Invalid Chargeback recovery/Collection.
    Reporting
    - monthly manager report & Preliminary managers' report- which tells the Invoice, Chargeback,Credits, AR value for the month and Forecast the Incoming volume of chargeback and Orders for the month of the whole customer

Education

MBA - Finance

Madras University
Chennai
01.2007 - 12.2010

B.com - Corporate

Pachayappas College - ( Madras University)
04-2007

Skills

Order 2 Cash ( Entire Cycle )

Order Management ( Order Validation and Creation)

Supply Chain Management (Delivery of Products Swiftly)

Credit Analysis ( Customer Credit limit check )

Collection Management ( Cash Flow )

Cash Application ( Handling Customer Payments)

Dispute Management ( Resolve Customer Disputes)

Reporting ( Management Reports )

Accounts Payable ( Payment to Supplier)

Accomplishments

  • Created a time-lined dunning process in IBM for walkers Snacks customers which had helped in reduction of the past-due % drastically. Wherein we also created a automated dunning strategy for customers which led to efficiency.
  • Established a Collection efficiency Index In CMA CGM which would be rolled out across the team which would eventually help us ascertain the comparison of the overall sales and AR outstanding.
  • Also, enabled a forecast for the daily rollovers into the Past-due bucket. Which would enable us to know how much more we need to collect to achieve the targets taking the consideration of the upcoming rollover till the month-end close.
  • Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of testing in prohance on Average handling time analysis for overall F&A Vertical .
  • Lead team who are part of conducting fun activities / Sports activities and plenty of innovative ideas which add value to overall tower.

Personal Information


  • Passport Number: G9118112
  • Date of Birth: 10/07/87
  • Marital Status: MARRIED
  • Pan No - AHHPV2929B
  • Aadhar No - 6638 0620 6733

Licenses & certifications



Ø complete business accountant (CBA) in Indian institute of job training (IIJT) (Certified by Cambridge university) year 2007-2008

Ø Completed Macro (V.B.A) course in Eye Open Technologies 2018

Timeline

Associate Manager – Collections

CMA CGM Global Business Services
09.2017 - Current

F& A Team Lead – O2C

IBM India - Global Financial Shared Service
02.2015 - 09.2017

Senior Officer – O2C

Wipro Limited
06.2008 - 02.2015

MBA - Finance

Madras University
01.2007 - 12.2010

B.com - Corporate

Pachayappas College - ( Madras University)
VIMAL KUMAR UASSOCIATE MANAGER