ISHTIYAQ AHMED, Vice President

ISHTIYAQ AHMED

Vice President

Standard Chartered Global Business Services

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
Experience
23 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 0 Months

Vice President at Standard Chartered Global Business Services
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since April 2021

Managing P2P teams (Invoice processing, Exception
handling, Payments, Vendor helpdesk,
Reconciliation) of 100 people in Bangalore, Chennai
& China supporting offices across the globe

- Improved on Time Payments
- Improved upfront PO coverage
- Delivered efficiencies

Associate Vice President at Standard Chartered Global Business Services
  • India
  • August 2019 to March 2021

Managing P2P teams (Invoice processing, Exception
handling, Payments, Vendor helpdesk) of 80 people
in Bangalore, Chennai & China supporting offices
across globe
Increased productivity & quality across PTP
processing cycle
Implemented system controls to offset credit
notes
Set up Central Mailboxes converting invoice
copies to electronic form

Senior Team Manager at Cargill Business services
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 2017 to August 2019

Managing P2P teams (Invoice processing, Exception
handling, Payments, Vendor helpdesk) of 96 people
supporting Cargill offices across North America &
Canada
Increased productivity & quality within invoice
processing
Reorganized exception process to increase
efficiency
Enhanced controls in payments process
Initiated projects within helpdesk team which reduced vendor queries by 20%
Implemented BOT which helped reduce 2 FTE

Head - Operations at Staffix Consultancy Services
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2016 to August 2017
Senior Manager at McKinsey & Company
  • India - Chennai
  • April 2013 to October 2015

- Managing Expense Re-imbursement team of 75
people which supports 69 McKinsey offices across
the globe
- Managed Accounts Payable team of 30 people
supporting 35 McKinsey offices across the globe

Laid down specific targets for Accounts Payable
team to increase productivity
Org structure changed in Expense team to
leverage experienced resources
Implemented quality check methodology -
Conventional, Non-compliance, Global threshold
Handled My Time & Expense system upgrade

Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse
  • India - Pune
  • November 2010 to April 2013
Assistant Vice President at Nomura (formerly Lehman Brothers)
  • India
  • January 2009 to August 2010

Managing Global Infrastructure Finance team
(Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expense
Re-imbursement & Operational Procurement) of 35 people which supports US, UK, Tokyo, Singapore,
Hong Kong and India regions

Manager at Lehman Brothers
  • India
  • December 2006 to December 2008
Supervisor at Lehman Brothers
  • India
  • November 2005 to November 2006
Team Leader (Finance Team) at Trinity Computer Processing
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2005 to November 2005
Team Coach (Compliance & AP Team) at Trinity Computer Processing
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2003 to January 2005

Managing a team of 8 people of Compliance, 4 of
Accounts Payable and 2 of Third Party
Cross trained staff within processes to achieve
broader process coverage which resulted in
efficient service delivery
Open forum for suggestions helped in increasing
productivity and quality of Accounts Payable
team
Best practices across processes implemented
resulting in quick turnaround
Received a One Life Award under the 'One Life
Ideas & Awards' scheme for which was
nominated by the UK Compliance Manager
Team Coach (Compliance & AP Team)

Benefit Analyst Compliance at Trinity Computer Processing
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2002 to April 2003
Benefit Analyst claims at Trinity Computer Processing
  • India - Mumbai
  • November 2000 to January 2002

improve controls, enhance
efficiency and provide
insight for decision making
RPA: Worked on automation
projects with Operational
excellence, CI, GPM & IT
delivering FTE saves in Cargill
and Standard Chartered

Education

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at S.K.Somaiya College, Mumbai University
  • June 1999
High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Sandesh Vidyalaya Junior College
  • June 1996
High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Don Bosco High School
  • June 1993

Specialties & Skills

operations
Financial System Implementation
Fraud Investigations
People Management
Transitions
AUTOMATION
DECISION MAKING
MANAGEMENT
QUALITY
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
PROCESS ENGINEERING
AP STYLE
COACHING
DELIVERY

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Marathi
Intermediate