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VIRAT SHETTY

Mumbai

Summary

Results-driven Master Data Professional with extensive experience in managing Master Data objects across Finance and Supply Chain domains. Demonstrates expertise in data governance, quality management, and information systems analysis, ensuring high standards of data integrity. Proven ability to communicate effectively and solve complex problems, leading to successful project management and exceptional outcomes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Supply Planning Systems Data Steward

Nextracker Inc.
Hyderabad
04.2024 - Current
  • Responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Supply Chain Master Data (Part Master Data, Vendor qualification data, and Packaging Master Data), Finance Master Data (Customer Master Data, Vendor Creation, etc.)
  • Working on daily requests for Master Data objects to ensure smooth run and maintain for Business Operations
  • Data quality and Data governance around the master data systems and processes linked to supply chain and finance.
  • Together with the Data Principal and Data Owners, define Data Standards, cleansing (Get Clean), and monitoring of Master Data for Accounts Payable (NetSuite), Anaplan (Supply Chain), and Arena (Product Lifecycle Management).
  • Define the MDM Roadmap initiative linked to Accounts Payable and Supply Chain Operations.
  • Data Cleanup for ongoing SC Transformation Projects + Future projects in pipeline
  • Review Documentation for Current Processes
  • To ensure Data Integration for Data flowing from systems

Procurement Data Steward

Svitzer
Mumbai
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Responsible for creating and maintaining the Svitzer Procurement Master Data (vendors, items, and contracts), supporting key stakeholders, and providing expertise to impact and improve the execution of the Procurement to Pay process across the global organisation.
  • Responsible for Vendor Creation Process for Data Accuracy and Quality.
  • Workflow management for Technical Account (G/L Accounts) for creation, limit approval and review and changes.
  • Workflow management for User Creation in Sertica
  • Responsible for driving continuous improvement of procurement master data, processes, and related systems to ensure efficient and accurate ways of working.
  • As part of this closely with Procurement Business Process Owners to establish data quality KPIs/metrics, ensuring data quality standards and remediate identified issues
  • Crucial role in creation and maintenance of master data quality standards for Svitzer

Supply Planning Data Steward

General Mills
Mumbai
02.2021 - 12.2022
  • Lead the development of data standards, rules and quality metrics for Integrated Planning (Supply Planning) in partnership with Data Governance Consultants, Quality Analysts, Master Data Domain Team
  • Partner with Supply Chain SMEs to identify datasets that require Data Governance
  • Resolution of the Data quality issues
  • Helping in Data Classification (Security Control Check)
  • Helping in cataloguing the Business Glossary, Critical Data Elements in Alation tool
  • Primary Point of Contact for all Data related issues for Supply Chain Domain
  • Maintaining the scores for Business Rules around the supply planning Space
  • Maintaining the parameters in SAP for Materials (Used for Supply Planning)
  • To be a point of contact for different Stakeholders such as Finance, Supply Chain team for all the parameters to be accurate
  • Tools Used: - SAP ERP, Alation (For Data Cataloguing) SAP Information Steward (Data quality)

Supply Chain Analyst

General Mills
Mumbai
12.2018 - 02.2021
  • To set up the Raw & Finished materials and the Bill of Materials in SAP which will provide visibility to Supply and Demand
  • Execute Product/SKU set up process right from material code creation to Bill of material
  • Execute PLM spec/Temporary exceptions review for GMI plants and ESC locations for BOM maintenance activity
  • Work with global suppliers to validate master data for material requirement planning and transportation (material dimension, weight, stacking & planning parameters etc.)
  • Update product characteristics/attributes in SAP (Unit of measure, purchase group, price, Shipping information, etc.)
  • Work independently / directly with U.S
  • Supply chain partners to ensure accurate management of material master data from material and BOM setup perspective
  • Gain expertise in General Mills planning systems and internal process tools (SAP ERP, SharePoint workflow etc.)
  • Ensure completion of execution of daily/weekly/monthly activities for Raw and Finished materials setup
  • Maintain required parameters for Raw and Finished material in SAP

Accounts Receivables Executive

NSC Global
Mumbai
02.2018 - 11.2018
  • Managing cash collections and personally handling large accounts
  • Chasing clients, determine confirmed cash collection dates and to be persistent
  • 12 weeks cash flow forecasting
  • Managing complex queries, with close follow ups
  • Working seamlessly with relevant stakeholders- Account Directors, Delivery team, Logistics Teams
  • Maintaining key account relationships whilst ensuring on time collections on dues Credit evaluation

Sr. Finance Executive

General Mills
Powai
08.2017 - 01.2018
  • Conducting on boarding trainings for the new joiners
  • Publishing the training status of the team helping the leadership team to get status of the coverage in process
  • Performing teach staff audits for the team
  • Ensuring ideas are logged in the simplify to identify the bottle necks in the process thereby giving HMM to the process

Finance Executive

General Mills
06.2015 - 08.2017
  • Working with the team and assuring proper documentations with also accurate application
  • Identifying deductions and recoding them into Trade and Non-Trade in SAP for Order to Cash Process.
  • Promotion coding of trade deductions and applying them to the correct Promo's
  • Clearing to Trade deductions through Nexus
  • Communicating with Sale's manager and Financial Analyst for resolving queries and discrepancies
  • Timely response to internal or external customer inquiries
  • Worked on Price discrepancies
  • Ensuring KPI's (Key Process Indicator) to be achieved with accuracy
  • Resolving issues and problems with vendor invoices and the related accounting and post those invoices to ensure timely payments to vendors

Finance Executive

Capita India
07.2014 - 06.2015
  • Order to Cash Process-Verification of the Sales Invoice requisition form and Credit Note requisition
  • Reviewing, preparing and analyzing accounts receivable aging reports to find past due date for the customer
  • Process incoming Credit Card and Cheque payments
  • Liaising with the Credit Controllers in UK
  • Posts customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions
  • Coordination with the profit center, Clients & with Credit Control Department for various queries and support
  • Posting and allocation of Account Receivable transactions in SAP system, includes the Journal & ledger Posting to Customer Account & Bank Account
  • Reconciliation of Debtors accounts (Allocation of Invoices & Credit note as per customer Request, Bad Debts write off)
  • Perform accounts receivable monthly and year end close

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) - Accounting and Finance

University of Mumbai
12.2013

Skills

  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Data Management
  • Master Data Management
  • Data Governance
  • Data Stewardship
  • Data Quality
  • Data Cleaning
  • SAP MM
  • Accounts Receivables
  • Debt Collection
  • Order to Cash
  • SAP Information Steward

Certification

Trusted Advisor Bootcamp, 08/01/20

Timeline

Supply Planning Systems Data Steward

Nextracker Inc.
04.2024 - Current

Procurement Data Steward

Svitzer
12.2022 - 03.2024

Supply Planning Data Steward

General Mills
02.2021 - 12.2022

Supply Chain Analyst

General Mills
12.2018 - 02.2021

Accounts Receivables Executive

NSC Global
02.2018 - 11.2018

Sr. Finance Executive

General Mills
08.2017 - 01.2018

Finance Executive

General Mills
06.2015 - 08.2017

Finance Executive

Capita India
07.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) - Accounting and Finance

University of Mumbai
VIRAT SHETTY