Manager Accounts Payable

CAREER OBJECTIVE

A highly skilled and competent business management candidate seeking an entry level position that serves as a platform to polish and enhance my knowledge and experience while utilizing it at best for the organization’s growth.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Quick learner with an eye for detail and interest in numbers

Plans and organizes tasks and work responsibilities to achieve objectives

Engages into critical thinking and suggest innovations, generates ideas for improvement

Maintains high level of productivity and self-direction while proficiently multitasking

Takes advantage of opportunities and deals with difficult situation while maintaining performance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, River Forest, Illinois

Student Assistant for Center for International Student Services, 09/2015 – 03/2017

Manage the student database in BANNER, assist the Assistant Vice President and the Manager with special projects

Independently handled the I-20 and student database procedures in BANNER while closely working with the DSO

Designed a new system for the preparation, shipment and maintenance of the I-20s and related data

Coordinated with the International recruiting agent GUS (Global University Systems) on a day to day basis

Administered and addressed the issues with international students in the reports by call center team

Initiated the idea of Webinars and coordinated with the IT and marketing teams to create the system that helped reduce the expenses by $45,000 annually

Lead the call center team and conducted Webinars for International Students

Coordinated the International Student Orientation every eight weeks with the Manager and Graduate Assistant

Compiled key performance indicators and related data of International Universities for Asst. Vice President

Completed a student assistant handbook for Asst. Vice President

Compiled and presented a project on Smart Sheet for the department

Researched and collected data for job fair

Assisted in organizing the CISS activities and communication on a day to day basis

Other activities like filing, organizing and helping the co-workers when needed and as directed

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, River Forest, Illinois

Student Worker for Finance Department, 08/2015 – 09/2015

Organize and manage the moving project initiated by the Finance department

Coordinated the moving and organizing project with Director of Budget Services

Organized data files for Vice President Finance

Organized the files for Director of Budget Services

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Business Analyst, 10/2013 – 04/2015

Responsible for defining the scope of the project and formulating a customized business solution taking the requirements into account

Analyzed business requirements such as Scope, process alternatives and risks.

Liaised between the technical team and business to ensure better understanding of the application and process

Researched and developed a managed inventory and product distribution system while liaising the stakeholders and IT team. The in-house system gave real time stock status and saved approximately $100,000.

Evaluated risks related to requirement implementation, project communication and testing process

Monitored the progress of the project and ensured the successful completion through necessary adjustments

Maintained business requirements using JIRA and aligned them with the functional and technical requirements and ensured deadlines

Participated in Agile Scrum meetings to verify if the deadlines will be met and prioritizing the features based on the discussions

Verify the different integration and test data flow across the processes and Managing the team during testing phase by providing inputs whenever required

Led and conducted sessions to resolve any defects and sort out any future potential issues

Used the lead methodology in documentation and integrated system and business requirements together

Produced and managed documentation on release activities to support problem resolution and post-release analysis

Assisted to develop the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scenarios to be used in testing based on business requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge

Interviewed Business Users to gather Requirements and analyzed the feasibility of their needs by coordinating with the project manager and technical lead

Performed manual front-end testing to check all functionalities of different modules.

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Associate Finance Manager (Part Time), 01/2014 - 04/2015

Assisted the Finance Manager with review, analysis, and preparation of financial documents and worked on special projects

Reviewed financial reports, monitored accounts, and assisted the Finance Manager with preparing activity reports and financial forecasts

Analyzed business needs of the company, identified strategic and financial issues and developed solutions

Presented a plan for development and implementation of new pricing strategy with cost cutting of 25%

Developed a plan for strategic investment and early recovery of market dues

Managed the day to day working of a staff of five people and conducted quarterly meetings with the sales team of thirty people across the state

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Associate Business Analyst, 06/2012 – 09/2013

Responsible for market need analysis, requirements gathering and releasing, planning of products and services

Lead and directed development projects from inception to launch

Facilitated weekly touch base meetings between cross functional teams to review and communicate development status

Developed product strategy and vision supported by internal and external analysis

Increased total revenues by $1 million, over a 9 month period for a newly launched product

Represented company products at events, conferences, and executive briefings.

Conducted market research including opportunity analysis, competitive analysis, customer requirements gathering and analysis

Worked closely with various project stakeholders, SMEs and technical teams to understand and document Use Cases, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Design Specifications for new applications along with enhancements to the existing applications

Experience in creating functional and technical user stories and presenting them to product owners

Utilized Agile methodology to manage different projects and assisted in the architecture design

Analyzing the estimations from the development team, resolving the issues and approving them

Ensured that project requirements are properly tracked and documented

Creating and maintaining the Business requirement documents (BR), system requirement documents (SR)

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Assistant Manager - Accounts, 03/2011 – 05/2012

Responsible for accounting and finance processes and assisted the Finance Manager with the analysis, assessment and audit of financial documents

Managed the day to day accounting operations

Prepared weekly and monthly retail reports

Reported and analyzed daily cash, daily sales, accounts payable projections

Responsible for financial reports like sales tax, commissions, expense reports, etc.

Performed initial analysis of financial statements, monitored credit payments, minimized credit default risk

Audited the data of past two years of the company and cleared the suspense account payments

Provided administrative accounting support and was responsible for the accounts payable and accounts receivable processes

Identified the need and presented a plan for developing a new system for inventory management

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Junior Accountant, 01/2010 – 02/2011

Assisted the Accounts Manager with accounting and finance processes, entries and reconciliations as well as ad-hoc financial analysis and projects

Responsible for the daily & monthly reconciliation of bank accounts

Liaison with staff accountants, AP and AR teams when needed

Prepared Ad-Hoc reports and analysis and various financial statements

Handled data input, processing, and output and preparation of miscellaneous invoices

Reconciliations, processing of adjustments, running of weekly reports of inventory

Set up and managed the master data for vendors /suppliers

Prepared/collected data for external auditor requests

Worked on special projects as and when assigned

MICROVISION ENVIRO PROJECTS PVT LTD, Ahmedabad, India

Accounting Intern, 06/2009 – 12/2009

Assist the Accounts Manager in processing accounts payable, client invoicing, and expense reports

Provided ownership over certain month-end procedures

Assisted with reconciliation of certain general ledger accounts and internal management reporting

Provided clerical support for internal and external reporting requirements

Compiled and analyzed financial information and also provided meaningful recommendations, questions, and feedback

Completed special projects and other duties as and when assigned

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

MBA: Banking and Financial Institute, March 2017

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO - River Forest IL

3.70 GPA

Masters of Commerce: August 2014

MANAV BHARTI UNIVERSITY - Solan

3.50 GPA

Bachelor of Commerce: June 2012

GUJARAT UNIVERSITY -Ahmedabad

2.68 GPA

Completed a professional course of Certified Corporate Accountant from Munimji Training & Placement Pvt Ltd in August 2014.

SKILLS

Computer/Software: Proficient in MS Office, Advanced Excel, SAP, JIRA, AGILE Methodologies, GAP Analysis, Basic SQL, HTML, Internal Native BANNER, Blackboard, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Connect, Tally 9.1, Smart sheets

Finance and accounts: Book Keeping, Analyzing statistical data, AP/AR, Account reconciliation and management, Month-end and consolidated closings, Budgeting

Management: Project management, Budget management, Team management, Business process analysis and improvements, Report writing

Adaptive: Leadership, Problem solving, Responsible, Team player, Decision making, Adaptability, Strong work ethic, Time management, Handling pressure, Self-confidence, Excellent written and verbal communication

Language: Fluent English, Hindi and Gujarati, Beginner Spanish

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