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AJAY PRATAP RATHORE

Dubai,UAE

Summary

To associate myself with your esteemed organization in a functional role and putting my capabilities and qualifications to optimum use.

An ICWA (Intermediate), master's in commerce with Finance & Accounts Payable career spans 15+ years of rich experience in Manufacturing, Finance Shared Service Industry, BPM and CWA Firm.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work history

P2P Officer

IHS Tower Limited
Dubai, UAE
01.2022 - Current
  • Coordinated team efforts for maximised productivity in customer handling tasks.
  • Managed a team of five to ensure efficient handling of accounts payable.
  • Managed supplier payments for improved relationships.
  • Managed reporting duties meticulously, facilitating smooth communication between team members and management.
  • Monitored KPIs and provided weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reporting.
  • Ensured timely payment of invoices according to agreed contractual terms.
  • Managed complex projects, driving operational efficiency in P2P

Team Lead

Syngenta India LTD
Pune, India
04.2019 - 12.2021
  • Company Overview: Syngenta is a global company that produces agrochemicals and seeds and is based in Basel, Switzerland. Head quarter in Switzerland.
  • Managed four region EAME-APAC-LATAM-NAFTA including 41 countries with 84 company codes as a Lead.
  • Mentoring & Coaching Team Members to manage deliverable & stakeholders effectively.
  • Providing motivation and moral support to the teams and empower them to achieve goals set forth.
  • Responsible for reporting, monitoring, and optimizing payment, invoice processing performance, issuer outreach.
  • Responsible for monitoring all employee related travel and purchase card management and reporting on time.
  • Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining new processes for accounts payable process for PO and NON-PO.
  • Responsible to work on OTP (On time payment) and to identifying risk area.
  • Create Career Development Plan to ensure competencies (Behavioural & Professional) are improved by providing opportunities within team and attending specific training programs.
  • Managing P2P policies and exceptions updating with stakeholders.
  • Driving transformation projects in P2P process. Identifying improvement area in process and design new process to improve efficiency.
  • Support stakeholders to reduce urgent payment requests leads to finance charges.
  • Support stakeholders, quarterly business review, account management, resolving day to day issues.
  • Syngenta is a global company that produces agrochemicals and seeds and is based in Basel, Switzerland. Head quarter in Switzerland.
  • System using – SAP – Concur
  • Managing team of 14 FTEs as an SME and reporting to Operation Manager.
  • Responsible to allocate invoices other activity to each FTE on daily basis.
  • Responsible for preparing weekly WIP reports for all region and providing the same to stakeholders.
  • Responsible to work on monthly KPI's, and providing findings and action to be taken to country head.
  • Attending and managing Walkthrough Control Internal Audits for PTP process on Quarterly basis.
  • Responsible to work on issue tracker/log file, escalation and to discuss with FO in weekly/daily call.
  • Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize Productivity.

Finance Shared Service Accountant

Mattex Dubai LLC
11.2017 - 11.2018
  • Company Overview: Carpet baking and artificial grass manufacturing Saudi based company and Head quarter in Dubai.
  • Successfully drove four entities (Dubai – AbuDhabi – Luxembourg – Belgium) as an individual performer.
  • Played a vital role to setup and consolidate Shared service center in Dubai.
  • Played a lead role to support and complete UAT in project implementation to stabilize account payable process to get standardize.
  • Handled end to end process of Accounts Payable from time of invoice receipt to payment.
  • Handled all type of payments including vendor payments and expense payments involving audit checks, duplicate checks, and approvals & ensuring on time payments.
  • Employee expense claims, vendor queries and vendor reconciliation process.
  • Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize Productivity.
  • Responsible for preparing the Weekly and monthly Snapshots and providing the same to head of finance.
  • Preparing AR/AP ageing report and cash flow snapshot.
  • VAT reconciliation from FTA portal to make sure invoices process on time to fill the return.
  • Handling, issuing debit note for intercompany to reconcile accounts.
  • Handling cost allocation for utilities bills per department.
  • Handling vendor/customer master data clean up activity.
  • Carpet baking and artificial grass manufacturing Saudi based company and Head quarter in Dubai.
  • ERP Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)

Accounts Payable Process Specialist

Maersk Global Service Centers (India) Pvt. Ltd
08.2016 - 10.2017
  • Successfully drove UK process as an individual performer.
  • Handled end to end process of Accounts Payable from the time of invoice receipt to payment and payment queries.
  • Handled the payments, travel expense, employee queries, vendor queries and vendor reconciliation process for the clients.
  • Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize Productivity.
  • Managing vendor payments and expense payments involving audit checks, duplicate checks, and approvals & ensuring on time payments.
  • Played a lead role in stabilizing the vendor query and vendor reconciliation process.
  • Responsible for preparing the Weekly and monthly Snapshots and providing the same business partners.
  • Responsible for preparing the MEC accrual report and providing the same to business partners.
  • ERP using Basware, Navision and ReadSoft.

Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expert

Infosys BPO Ltd.
07.2013 - 07.2016
  • Worked for Decorative Paint (Italy- France-UK) and Transitioned PTP process as Subject Matter Expert from on shore (France) to off shore team.
  • Successfully drove process and team from parallel run to Go-live phase along with the final sign off SOPs from Country Process Manager.
  • Handled team of 14 FTE's and reporting to Operations Team Lead.
  • Worked for Belgium (Pilot Process) & Ireland PTP process as Process Executive and contributed as a crucial team member along with successful drive of the country from parallel run to Go-live phase.
  • System used – SAP version CDE 730.
  • As a part of Transition, I have done onsite training in France for one month and the same provided training off shore to 14 FTE.
  • Processing and monitoring the accurate and timely processing of up to 9500 invoices per month for French client organization.
  • Responsible for preparing the Daily Snapshots and providing the same to Client and discussed on daily calls.
  • Preparing PTP 3rd party vendor/Intercompany/Employee Accruals and GR/IR report at MEC.
  • Preparing invoice aging and overdue report along with the analysis of overdue items of supplier's pending for payments in the SAP on weekly basis.
  • Vendor clearing for direct debit and regular vendors.
  • Responsible for maintenance of monthly KPI's, Allocation tracker, Vendor clearing trackers and reversal invoices trackers as process control.
  • Attending and managing Walkthrough Control Internal Audits for PTP process on Quarterly basis.
  • Responsible for preparing the Weekly and monthly Snapshots and providing the same to Client.
  • Preparing Open item & Block invoices report and providing the same to Client.
  • Performing Concur Reconciliation for employee claims on Monthly basis and vendor clearing for direct debit and regular vendors.

Education

US CMA - Accounts and Finance

London International Studies and Research Center
Dubai
01.2025 -

ICWA Intermediate - Accounts and Finance

ICWAI
India
01.2011 - 06.2013

M.Com - Accounts and Finance

DAVV Indore
India
01.2011 - 06.2013

B. Com - Accounts and Finance

Bundelkhand University
India
01.2007 - 06.2010

Accomplishments

  • Recognized with Determined Execution award 2 times.
  • Rising Star award for stabilizing the pilot country from parallel run till Go live with no impact on quality.
  • Star performer award for contribution in stabilizing Belgium and then stabilizing Ireland PTP.
  • Team extra miler award for bring down the overdue count.
  • Individual extra miler award for independently driving the Ireland team.
  • Team extra miler award for successful transition and stabilize France process from PR to Go-Live.

Custom

  • Completed Six Sigma Yellow Belt training/certificate.
  • Op-Ex Bootcamp Training for continuous improvement.
  • A3 Projects training and project certificate.
  • Advanced Finance and Accounting Domain training and certified.

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: M6158296
  • Date of birth: 08/20/87

Timeline

US CMA - Accounts and Finance

London International Studies and Research Center
01.2025 -

P2P Officer

IHS Tower Limited
01.2022 - Current

Team Lead

Syngenta India LTD
04.2019 - 12.2021

Finance Shared Service Accountant

Mattex Dubai LLC
11.2017 - 11.2018

Accounts Payable Process Specialist

Maersk Global Service Centers (India) Pvt. Ltd
08.2016 - 10.2017

Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expert

Infosys BPO Ltd.
07.2013 - 07.2016

ICWA Intermediate - Accounts and Finance

ICWAI
01.2011 - 06.2013

M.Com - Accounts and Finance

DAVV Indore
01.2011 - 06.2013

B. Com - Accounts and Finance

Bundelkhand University
01.2007 - 06.2010
AJAY PRATAP RATHORE