SHRUTHI PURUSHOTHAM
**** ****** **, **** *******, MN 55347 Ph: 515-***-****
Email: abmdad@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY Over four years of full-time work experience in multi-nationals
like Hewlett Packard and Thomson Reuters in areas such as Internal
Auditing, Reconciliations, Procurement and Accounts Payables make me
marketable for jobs in operations, accounting and financial divisions.
IMMIGRATION STATUS: Work Authorization Permit (EAD) in hand.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
CPA (Certified Public Accountancy)
MN, USA (Expected 2011)
Completed one section (Business Environment & Concepts)
MBA - Finance, Symbiosis Institute
Pune, India (2005)
Bachelors in Commerce, Bangalore University
Bangalore, India (2003)
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Thomson Reuters - Accounting and Financial Operations Department
(Full-time) Senior
Process Associate (Procurement & Accounts Payable Team) Bangalore (Mar
'05 - Nov '07)
> Delegated as a backfill in Amsterdam (three months) for Transitioning
of the Procurement process to Bangalore.
> Performed as a Procurement and Invoice processing specialist in
Amsterdam and Bangalore (for European and Asian regions) along with
the enhanced knowledge of 'Payments' process using Oracle tool.
> Procurement & Invoice processing responsibilities involved:
. Creating and processing Purchase Orders.
. Interacting with the end-users (Reuters) and ensuring on-time
delivery of the products ordered.
. Ensuring appropriate and accurate match of the invoices against the
PO's.
. Verifying the authenticity of the invoices received from the Vendors
with reference to the Purchase Orders sent.
. Resolving issues arising due to discrepancies between the Purchase
Order (PO) and the invoices (which requires interaction between End-
users and Suppliers).
. Approving the invoices for their payments and ensuring on-time
payments to the Vendors.
Hewlett Packard - Accounting and Finance Department
(Full-time) Process Associate
(Internal Auditing team and Reconciliations) Bangalore (Jul '03 -
Mar '05)
> Operated as an internal auditor on rebate claims of high value
customers for various products sold in the enterprise resource group.
Operational responsibilities involved:
. Investigated the various issues and ensuring the authenticity of
claims.
. Researched the authenticity of the end-users claiming rebates.
. Compared customer invoices with rebate claims and identified
mismatched claim information.
. Identified and reported fraudulent claims.
. Improved audit processes to rectify loop holes and prevented
incorrect payments to save cost.
> Transitioned and managed US reconciliations on various product returns
for European region using SAP tool.
Operational responsibilities involved:
. Reconciling the product return claims with the actual delivery of
the products returned.
. Matching various credits to be made and debits to be received by the
Purchasers (End-users).
. Arriving at the exact amounts HP finally owes to various Customers.
. Also managed reconciliations for the inter-company transactions.
PART-TIME
Worked with the Sales and Marketing team of Whirlpool and Hindalco on
Various promotional projects.
SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE & APPLICATIONS USED: SAP, SQL, ORACLE, Business Objects,
MS Office Tools, Software Testing Tools
TRAININGS UNDERTAKEN
Six Sigma Yellow Belt training from ThomsonReuters
> Six Sigma Green Belt training from Hewlett Packard
Business communications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM),
Email Etiquette & Accent Neutralization trainings with Hewlett Packard
and ThomsonReuters
> Sales and Marketing training from Whirlpool and Hindalco
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
Team Mentoring (conducted class room trainings): Trained and monitored more
than 35 new members to the team with accumulated expertise in Purchase
Order matching, invoice processing and procurement.
RELEVANT COURSE WORK
Management Accounting, Financial Management, International Finance,
Security Analysis & Port Folio Management, Strategic Finance, Financial
Institution & Banking, Business Environment & Concepts.
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