Sameer Ahmad Khan

• Leading and managing projects for a for finance, digital, and market capabilities areas.
• On-boarding key resources, setting up transition governance and RASCI, Transition Plan, Gathering Baseline Data and apply Global SDM FTE, conducting legal and regulatory risk assessment, setting up hiring targets, and building up Business Case for Leadership review
• On-boarding Sending and Receiving site SMEs, mediating Deep dive and process strategy sessions, discussing Process Efficiency roadmaps, validating FTEs in Scope, Identifying the SOP requirements, building and setting up Communication plan, Org Structure and Final Hiring plan.
• Updating Communication and Change management strategy, Finalizing IT enablements, building SOP creation plan and approval hierarchy, finalizing business case, change request, KT plan and On-boarding. Setting up talent assessments.
• Setting up and Initiating KT calls, validating access to system and technology, tracking SOP sign off and knowledge transfer and certifications, tracking Implementation of Process improvement initiatives
• Setting up and tracking Reverse shadowing sessions, discussing and finalizing the Backlog approach, Data cleansing and backlog reduction plan, monitoring cut over execution, Assessing Go-Live readiness and Initiating Go-Live
• Process Stabilization and Performance Monitoring, Operational Governance model and cadences Implemented. Quality control review. Right sizing and handover to service management
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting to the Sanofi Leadership
• Developing project plan, timelines. Developing and maintaining decks like KT Planning Kick-off, KT Kick Off, SRT Exit and Go-No-Go Decks and overall project progress reporting in line with the standards of transition project management methodology
• Managing and leading the daily and weekly calls with the Sanofi leadership to share as on date project status and discussing upcoming milestones
• Facilitating the calls and developing the plan for the blueprinting process and stage gate processes in-coordination with the operations and sending site SMEs and leaders to analyze the scope of work and to understand the criticality of the processes and the skill set required.
• Coordinating with the recruitment team to get the hiring updates and highlighting risks if any
• Preparing the KT plan and setting the timelines for each stage gate to ensure the smooth knowledge transition
• Pro-actively identifying and highlighting risks related to the completion of project and providing the mitigation plans
• Discussing and identifying the in-scope internal and SOX controls
• Managing and keeping a track of the process documentation, people quality and knowledge management. Highlighting any risks or observations associated with it to the Sanofi leadership

• Leading and managing projects for a single or multiple towers for finance and accounts like PTP, OTC and RTR.
• On-boarding key resources, setting up transition governance and RASCI, Transition Plan, Gathering Baseline Data and apply Global SDM FTE, conducting legal and regulatory risk assessment, setting up hiring targets, and building up Business Case for Leadership review
• On-boarding Sending and Receiving site SMEs, mediating Deep dive and process strategy sessions, discussing Process Efficiency roadmaps, validating FTEs in Scope, Identifying the SOP requirements, building and setting up Communication plan, Org Structure and Final Hiring plan.
• Updating Communication and Change management strategy, Finalizing IT enablement, building SOP creation plan and approval hierarchy, finalizing business case, change request, KT plan and On-boarding. Setting up talent assessments.
• Setting up and Initiating KT calls, validating access to system and technology, tracking SOP sign off and knowledge transfer and certifications, tracking Implementation of Process improvement initiatives
• Setting up and tracking Reverse shadowing sessions, discussing and finalizing the Backlog approach, Data cleansing and backlog reduction plan, monitoring cut over execution, Assessing Go-Live readiness and Initiating Go-Live
• Process Stabilization and Performance Monitoring, Operational Governance model and cadences Implemented. Quality control review. Right sizing and handover to service management
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting to the Managing Directors, Cognizant Leadership and client
• Developing project plan, timelines. Developing and maintaining decks like KT Planning Kick-off, KT Kick Off, SRT Exit and Go-No-Go Decks and overall project progress reporting in line with the standards of transition methodology
• Managing and leading the daily and weekly calls with the Managing Directors, Cognizant Leadership, and client to provide as on date project status and discussing upcoming milestones
• Raising SRs for the project as per the resource requirement required for the process and tracking it to the closure
• Facilitating the calls and developing the plan for the blueprinting process and stage gate processes in-coordination with the operations and clients to analyze the scope of work to understand the criticality of the processes and the skill set required.
• Coordinating with the recruitment team to get the hiring updates and highlighting risks if any
• Preparing the KT plan and setting the timelines for each stage gate to ensure the smooth knowledge transition
• Pro-actively identifying and highlighting risks related to the completion of project and providing the mitigation plans
• Discussing and identifying the in-scope internal and SOX controls
• Managing and keeping a track of the process documentation, people quality and knowledge management. Highlighting any risks or observations associated with it to the managing directors and Cognizant leadership

• Leading and managing projects of a single or multiple towers for PTP, OTC and RTR domains
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting to the Managing Directors, Accenture Leadership, and client
• Develop and maintain decks like KT Planning Kick-off, KT Kick Off, SRT Exit and Go-No-Go Decks and overall project progress reporting in line with the standards of transition methodology
• Managing and leading the daily and weekly calls with the Managing Directors, Accenture Leadership, and client to provide as on date project status and discussing upcoming milestones
• Raising SRs for the project as per the resource requirement required for the process and tracking it to the closure
• Facilitating the calls and developing the plan for the blueprinting process and stage gate processes in-coordination with the operations, client, and practice team to analyze the scope of work
• Conducting the activity to resource and DTP to activity mapping
• Coordinating with the recruitment team to get the hiring updates and highlighting risks if any
• Drafting and analyzing the KT plan to understand the criticality of the processes and the skill set required. Setting the timelines for each stage gate to ensure the smooth knowledge transition
• Planning the batches for CTD, internal and external trainings as per joining dates and ensuring that all the mandatory trainings are completed on time
• Assessing the domain knowledge of the on-boarded candidates and calling out the risks associate with the people quality and providing the mitigation plans
• Pro-actively identifying and highlighting risks related to the completion of project and providing the mitigation plans
• Understanding the process during the blue printing/solution validation process and pitching the technologies to the client for the process improvement ideas like ATCAT tools, system integration modifications etc
• Identifying and implementing the applicable company and SOX controls post discussion with the client
• Managing and keeping a track of the process documentation, people quality and knowledge management. Highlighting any risks or observations associated with it to the managing directors and Accenture leadership
• Working on the automation like content digitization to provide the process solutions to the clients and operations in co-ordination with the tech team
• Delivering training sessions to the resources on the process, domain, excel and communication modules in to get the resources CTD certified
• Reviewing and approving the “As-Is and “to-be” process documents like DLPMs and SOPs before sharing with the client.

• Leading a team of 10 people which was responsible for handling Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable and RTR domains along with the Business reporting for a US based management consulting firm
• Handled the transition of all three towers for the project as an acting transition/project manager
• Allocation and supervision of daily and weekly schedule of tasks for the team
• Assisting team in activities like vendor creations, vendor modifications, invoice Processing, postings, managing approval flow, creating payment batches and running Pay cycles
• Verifying and processing employee expense reports
• Verifying vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
• Generating AR aging reports and following up on the aged items as per the standard operating procedure
• Requesting remittances and applying payments, working on deductions, absorbing expenses which are below the threshold limit as per the company guidelines. Generating and reviewing bills, sending billing invoices for approvals in accordance with the billing instructions
• Assisting team in handling various activities during the month end close like posting reversals, refunds, accruals, and reclassification of expenses
• Preparing and reviewing bank reconciliations, inter-company reconciliations, fixed assets, and prepayment registers
• Preparing and updating various documents like SOP’s, training, and on-boarding documents
• Providing monthly review of SLA’s, KPI’s, TAT and other governance documents to the internal and external management
• Preparing monthly and quarterly PowerPoint presentations for internal and external management.
• Preparation of daily, weekly, and monthly production trackers for internal and external management.
• Report to senior management all issues impacting day to day processes
• Preparation of MIS tracker and keeping tracker of team performance
• Generating and creating business reports like assignment completion report by office and division, UK board practice report, Marketing officers’ report, Leadership, and succession report on basis of sector and base practice, Fintech reports (revenue and assignments), Non-profit summary, for the top management to find out the business and revenue trends to the previous financial year. Also, used to handle various special projects like Functional Coding and Service line practice to classify the projects as per the business operations

• Handling end-to-end Accounts Payable domain for a US based medical devices and healthcare company
• Receiving, verifying, and posting processing PO and Non-PO invoices
• Preparing daily and weekly Park and Block reports.
• Following up on aged items to seek the necessary approvals to ensure that the vendors are paid as per the vendor payment policies
• Email handling and responding to vendor, requisitioners and help-desk queries
• Preparing GR-IR reconciliations to ensure that the goods receipts are updated for the all the received invoices within the system
• Reporting daily and monthly production reports to the internal management and clients
• Preparing Vendor and bank reconciliations to make sure that all invoices and entries are recorded in the system
• Clearing all the open bank items during the month end
• Ensuring that all the open items related to direct debit vendor are cleared before the month end close
• Handling vendor debit balance and following up with the vendors to clear all the balances on the vendor account
• Preparation of weekly and monthly dashboards for presentations and calls with the clients
• Preparation of daily reports for calculation of amounts payable to critical vendors
• Prepare month and year end closing reports

The responsibilities include following;

• Assessing and analyzing the daily check-in report to find out the potential customers for up-selling
• Communicating with the guest while check-in and providing them with the personalized offers to generate revenue opportunities for the company
• Up-selling inventory to the guests by identifying their needs and requirements
• Making the calls to the potential customers by analyzing the reservation report in advance to identify up-selling opportunities
• Handling front office and accounts receivables activities
• Managing check-ins and checkouts of VIP customers
• Sending invoices to the travel agents and applying payments
• Working on deductions by following the due approval process
• Following up on the outstanding balances with the travel agents and customers
• Transferring balances from customer accounts to agent accounts
• Bank and vendor reconciliations to ensure all the entries and recorded in the system
• Dealing with inbound and outbound calls to resolve the customer and agent queries

•Indexing, verifying and processing of invoices.
•Sending bills and recording payments.
•Following up on the aged invoices.
•Bank reconciliations and vendor reconciliations.
•Email handling and responding to vendor and customer queries.
•Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
•Maintaining subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions.