Accounts Payable Specialist - Workflow Automation

KUSHAL SHYAMALA

720-***-**** ************@*****.*** LinkedIn

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accounts Payable Specialist-focused professional with 9+ years of enterprise operations and technology experience supporting invoice processing, financial data workflows, vendor coordination, reconciliations, controls, and process automation in fast-paced organizations. Strong alignment to high-volume AP operations across US and international business contexts, including invoice validation, PO and non-PO processing, GL coding, cost center allocation, accrual support, exception resolution, vendor inquiries, and month-end readiness. Experienced partnering with Accounting, Finance, Tax, Legal, IT, procurement, and business stakeholders while handling sensitive financial information with confidentiality and strong attention to detail. Familiar with Workday-based financial workflows, Zip HQ concepts, OCR/RPA-enabled invoice automation, electronic invoicing, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and coding of Compute and Infrastructure spend such as cloud, data center, networking, and hardware invoices.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Accounts Payable: AP invoice processing, invoicing, PO and non-PO invoices, invoice validation, three-way match, exception resolution, vendor support, payment readiness

Accounting & Controls: GL coding, cost center allocation, accrual support, reconciliations, month-end support, audit documentation, financial controls, confidentiality

Systems & Automation: Workday financial workflow concepts, Zip HQ concepts, OCR, RPA, electronic invoicing, workflow automation, invoice data capture

Technology Spend: Compute and Infrastructure invoices, cloud, data center, networking, hardware, software/service spend categorization

Business Tools: Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, reporting, data validation, documentation

Collaboration: Accounting, Finance, Tax, Legal, IT, procurement, vendors, cross-functional stakeholder support, customer-service orientation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Integrity Marketing Group Senior Software Engineer Dallas, TX Jul 2024 – Present

Project Use Case: Enterprise procure-to-pay and financial operations support initiative focused on invoice data, technology spend, vendor workflows, automation, and reporting controls. The work supports scalable AP processes through structured validation, coding, reconciliation, exception management, and cross-functional coordination.

• Support high-volume Accounts Payable invoice workflows by validating vendor, invoice, purchase-order, service-period, amount, coding, and approval information before records move through downstream financial processing.

• Review technology-related invoices for Compute and Infrastructure spend, including cloud services, data center, networking, hardware, and software-related charges, and support accurate GL coding, cost center allocation, and accrual treatment.

• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to reconcile invoice and payment-related data, research discrepancies, and resolve missing, duplicate, incorrectly coded, or timing-related transactions before close deadlines.

• Coordinate with procurement, IT, Tax, Legal, and business stakeholders to clarify purchase details, contractual information, tax treatment, cost ownership, approvals, and invoice exceptions.

• Support scalable AP automation through OCR-style invoice data capture, workflow automation, validation rules, and exception routing that reduce manual handling while preserving control checkpoints.

• Analyze invoice exceptions and recurring processing issues, identify root causes in source data, approvals, coding, or workflow rules, and document corrective actions for operational teams.

• Maintain organized support documentation for invoice-processing procedures, coding guidance, exception handling, reconciliations, and control evidence used in recurring financial operations.

• Handle sensitive vendor, financial, and business information under established confidentiality, access, and data-handling requirements.

• Support month-end accrual and reconciliation activities by identifying received services or technology spend requiring review and validating invoice timing against accounting periods.

• Prepare operational reports and tracking views for outstanding invoices, unresolved exceptions, coding questions, approval status, and other AP-related workload priorities.

• Work in a rapid-change environment with multiple concurrent requests, prioritizing deadline-sensitive financial items while maintaining accuracy and responsive internal customer service.

Tech Stack: Accounts Payable, Invoice Processing, GL Coding, Cost Centers, Accruals, Compute & Infrastructure Spend, Workday Concepts, OCR/RPA Concepts, Reconciliation, Financial Controls, Microsoft Excel

Optum Software Engineer Irvine, CA Jul 2022 – Jun 2024

Project Use Case: Enterprise financial-data and vendor-processing support work involving invoice validation, reconciliations, reporting, workflow controls, and cross-functional coordination in a large operating environment.

• Supported invoice and vendor-data workflows by validating invoice identifiers, amounts, dates, purchase references, coding attributes, approvals, and downstream processing status.

• Performed reconciliations across invoice, procurement, and financial data to identify duplicate records, missing transactions, coding inconsistencies, and timing differences requiring correction.

• Worked with Accounting, Finance, Tax, procurement, and IT stakeholders to resolve invoice-processing questions and ensure financial data was complete before downstream reporting.

• Supported GL and cost-center validation for technology and service expenses, researching coding questions and documenting corrections for recurring categories.

• Created Excel-based tracking and exception reports for invoice status, unresolved items, reconciliation differences, and operational follow-up.

• Assisted with workflow automation and structured validation rules that reduced repetitive manual checks and improved consistency of invoice processing.

• Maintained confidentiality when working with vendor information, financial records, contract-related data, and internal business details.

• Documented invoice-processing steps, reconciliation procedures, exception categories, and recurring support guidance for operational users.

• Prioritized multiple time-sensitive financial and operational issues and communicated status clearly to internal stakeholders and support teams.

• Participated in testing of workflow and data changes affecting invoice and financial-processing outputs, validating expected results before release.

Tech Stack: Invoice Processing, Reconciliation, GL Coding, Cost Centers, Microsoft Excel, Workflow Automation, Data Validation, Financial Reporting, Controls, Confidentiality

Marqeta Software Engineer New York, NY Jul 2019 – Jun 2022

Project Use Case: Financial technology operations and data-control work supporting transaction reconciliation, vendor/service expense analysis, reporting, automation, and controlled financial workflows in a rapid-growth environment.

• Processed and analyzed financial and vendor-related transaction data, validating amounts, reference information, coding attributes, and downstream status for recurring operational workflows.

• Built reconciliation routines that compared source and processed financial records to identify duplicates, missing items, amount differences, and mapping exceptions.

• Supported reporting for technology and infrastructure-related spend categories and assisted with allocation of expenses to appropriate organizational cost structures.

• Worked with Finance, Accounting, IT, and business teams to research transaction discrepancies and resolve data or workflow issues before reporting deadlines.

• Automated repetitive validation and exception-identification activities using structured rules and data-processing scripts, improving consistency of financial operations.

• Maintained audit-support documentation and traceable records for financial data changes, exception resolution, and recurring reconciliation processes.

• Handled confidential financial and partner information in accordance with established access controls and operational procedures.

• Prepared operational reports and Excel-compatible data outputs for exception review, reconciliation, and stakeholder follow-up.

• Supported testing and release validation for changes affecting financial workflows, transaction processing, and reporting outputs.

Tech Stack: Financial Operations, Reconciliation, Technology Spend, Cost Allocation, Automation, Reporting, Data Validation, Audit Controls, Confidential Data

Livongo Health Associate Software Engineer Chicago, IL Jan 2017 – Jun 2019

Project Use Case: Earlier-career business operations and financial-data support work focused on validation, reporting, reconciliations, documentation, and accurate handling of vendor and operational records.

• Supported structured invoice and operational-data processing by validating identifiers, dates, amounts, reference information, and completeness before downstream use.

• Created SQL and spreadsheet-based checks for reconciliation and exception analysis across source and processed business records.

• Assisted with vendor and expense-data reporting, researching missing or inconsistent records and coordinating corrections with business users.

• Maintained organized documentation for recurring data-processing, reconciliation, and exception-resolution procedures.

• Supported testing of workflow and reporting changes and validated output accuracy against documented business requirements.

• Handled sensitive business and financial information using approved access and confidentiality procedures.

• Worked with operational and technical teams to resolve data questions and provide timely support for recurring business processes.

Tech Stack: Invoice Data, Reconciliation, Reporting, Data Validation, Spreadsheets, Documentation, Confidentiality, Operational Support

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