Vinod Vijay

LOGICOM FZE
1. Project Name: Logicom FZE
Role/ Responsibility: Accountant - Accounts Payables
Start Date: 20-Aug 2013 End Date: Present

Handled daily A/P processes; supervised A/P clerks; managed vendor/supplier relations and oversaw the timely, accurate processing of invoices, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions. Maintained adherence to corporate, accounting and GAAP standards; addressed escalated issues from employees and vendors regarding accounts payable; and ensured accurate and compliant A/P files and records in accordance with company policies and government regulations.

• Local & Overseas Supplier payments ensuring timely payments of supplier invoices.
• Administered online banking functions, international wire transfers & inventory financing requirements.
• Renegotiated payment terms with dozens of suppliers/vendors from Net 7 to Net 60 days for manufacturer emerging from bankruptcy. Improved cash flow and helped facilitate company's return to profitability.
• Rebuilt trust with vendors/suppliers, repairing damaged relationships by ensuring timely, correct payments for all goods/services received
• Restructured the purchase order approval process which allows project managers to submit for payments faster. Gained greater control of the monthly accounts payable process, recommended project managers to be accountable for policies and deadlines.
• Assisted in the development of Purchasing and General Accounting Policies and Procedures as well as identified "best practices" in order to streamline the entire procurement process
• Created and implementing innovative strategies to improve the efficiency and accuracy of accounts payable system.
• Evaluation of proposals for new purchases/temporary expenditures.
• Created weekly cash forecasts for the management group.
• Reporting on variances in monthly accounts.
• Facilitated "no-fault" internal and external audits as a result of sound recordkeeping and thorough documentation.
• Composed effective accounting and ad-hoc reports summarizing A/P data for supply chain, HR and other departments.
• Completion and maintenance of general ledgers.
• Responsible for month-end close, reconciliation, journal entries, accruals.
• Setting up contracts with new suppliers.
• Follow-up on claims with suppliers.
• Liaising with subsidiaries to facilitate smooth flow of operation.
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier balances in line with finalization of accounts.
• Monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances.
• Employee disbursements.

2. Project Name: Genpact India
Role/ Responsibility: Associate
Start Date: 2-May 2012 End Date: 5-Aug 2013

KEY RESPONSBILITIES:
• Projecting the data for the major outlets in US.
• Creating several reports for the client.
• Working on all adhoc requests on client basis.
• Updating of new stores arrival on the main frame.
• Identifying the population changes in US.
• Analyzing or QC'ing the production related work on a weekly basis.
• Analyzing market research for all the major outlets in US.
• Identifying the errors which occurred on the daily production work and escalating the same to the client.
• Building and maintaining Team wise and individual wise reports on matrices like Productivity, Quality etc.
• Providing many process improvement ideas and implemented.
• Responsible for handling Quality and Productivity reports.
• Created many process related documents to the team.
• SPOC for handling and resolving queries related to process.
• Responsible for preparing weekly, fortnightly and monthly reports.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IBM INDIA

3. Project Name: IBM Daksh PVT LTD
Role/ Responsibility: F&A Executive
Start Date: 11-Feb 2011 End Date: 25-Apr 2012

KEY RESPONSBILITIES:
• Worked as an F&A Executive for a leading retail company in USA. Worked in Accounts Payable department.
• Processing of Invoices through SAP and IBM legacy.
• Activities: - Invoice Processing, Clear Work-in-Progress invoices.
• Providing updates and helps the team in clearing doubts in invoice processing.
• Follow up for VM (Vendor Maintenance) issues.
• Replying to queries of vendors regarding payments.
• Ensure all the payment is made on time and avoid double payments
• Working on excel on various activities.
• Build and modify databases, process data and identify and automate repetitive processes
• Develop new reports and maintain existing reporting processes
• Develop a good understanding of the business, keep track of key metrics
• Updated documentation of all process activities
• Provide inputs for continuous process improvement
• Generating invoices to the clients
• Running billing related activities for billing client
• Creating the excel reports and sending it to the management for the decision making
• Maintaining excel trackers

Responsible to maintain the weekly reports to the management and aid to decision making process. Interaction with the clients over the phone and e-mail. Getting all the candidate details and uploading their working hours into the application and maintaining all the payroll related activities like pay slips, new starters, bank account details, tax declaration forms etc.