Antony Sabariyar

Managing end-to-end Accounts Payable operations across 16 legal entities covering the USA, UK & Europe, and UAE regions

• Daily verifying, reviewing, and approving supplier invoices in the Coupa system to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies

• Preparing and updating weekly cash flow reports for payment forecasting and actualization to support treasury planning and cash management

• Preparing and managing weekly payment schedules for more than 400+ suppliers, ensuring timely payments and adherence to agreed payment terms

• Coordinating with Finance Business Partners for monthly cost accrual activities to ensure accurate financial reporting and timely month-end closing

• Coordinating with project heads and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies, follow up on pending GRNs, and support invoice dispute resolution activities

• Supporting the General Ledger (GL) team during month-end activities by posting cash pooling invoices and reconciling bank statements with book balances to ensure financial accuracy

• Coordinating with group companies for monthly AP/AR balance confirmations to ensure accurate intercompany reconciliations and financial reporting

• Coordinating with the Treasury team on loan settlement planning and payment scheduling to support effective cash management and funding requirements

• Coordinating with ADQ and other key stakeholders on grant-related activities, ensuring timely follow-up and documentation support

• Managed strategic supplier relationships and payment activities for key vendors and projects including Microsoft, TeraWulf, and World Wide Technology, ensuring timely invoice processing, payment coordination, and issue resolution

• Managed Supply Chain Finance (SCF), Non-SCF, and PIF financing platforms through ADCB banking systems, ensuring smooth payment processing, financing activities, and effective cash flow management

• Participated in ERP system upgrade initiatives by collaborating with implementation teams and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities to validate system functionality and process improvements

• Managed and processed transactions through multiple banking platforms including ADCB ProCash, CitiDirect, and FAB Online for payment processing, cash management, and banking activities

• Performing supplier reconciliations and maintaining accurate vendor account balances

• Coordinating with vendors and internal teams to resolve payment-related queries and exceptions

• Ensuring adherence to internal controls, payment terms, and finance policies across multiple legal entities

• To provide an effective system to track Payable Accounts for effective Cash Flow Management
• To obtain, date-stamp and file all documents which support authorized purchases and services rendered (PRs, POs, Delivery Notes, signed Receiving Records, Contracts etc.) for matching with invoices
• To monitoring invoice booking on daily basis i.e
• To match them with their authorized supporting documents & receiving records, sort and book the invoices against relevant account and departments
• To check all the petty cash vouchers for supporting documents, validity and accuracy and posting in the accounting system for payment processing
• Provide a summary of creditors ageing report required by various Finance and Control Section personnel to prepare monthly reports
• To review and determine all payments due and to submit the payment requests and disbursement schedule to CFO for review and signature prior to the actual preparation of cheques, Bank Transfer
• To prepare cheque payments and submit them, with supporting documents for final approval and signatures of the CFO and Regional Heads
• To raise and record cheques for Advance payments
• To prepare month-end report closing of Accounts Payable
• To preparing Payable Revaluation report to management for month end closing
• To prepare monthly accruals for inter-company transaction for monthly balance confirmation
• To coordinating with various shipping line to resolve the dispute invoices with the support of operation team
• To prepare and follow-up on some balances sheet schedule as instructed including all the advanced payments
• To have a full working knowledge and capability to supervise, correct and demonstrate all duties and tasks in the assigned work place to the standard set
• Directed Accounts Payable (A/P) team to deliver against payment processing deadlines
• Served as escalation point of contact for internal and external queries
• Defined department KPIs and tracked individual and team performance
• Led implementations of new process, offering training and coaching to Payable team
• Developed records storage and maintenance for improved audit reliability
• Built positive relationships with stakeholders, strategically managing their expectations
• Verified invoice and expense claims' accuracy ahead of processing
• Monitored account reconciliation processes for data integrity

• Process transactions accurately and timely including but not limited to prepayments, accruals, advances, liquidations, transfer of funds, bank charges, and intercompany
• Pay and record accurately vendor invoices via bank transfer, Cheques, etc
• Record Staff Travel and Expense (T&E) reimbursement claims in line with company policy
• Record petty cash expense & their replenishment as per agreed SLA terms
• Review and reconcile supplier account statements with ledger balances before payment is made
• Produce and review monthly accounts payable aging reports
• Support in preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
• Develop and maintain rapport with all necessary stake holders especially vendors Resolve assigned customer queries/complaints within agreed SLAs, escalate to Supervisor where necessary
• Support internal/external audits through providing necessary documentation
• Preparation and distribution of Debit/Credit Notes
• Processing the Staff Salary advance, employees deduction, Gratuity and payroll entries
• Preparing Payroll reconciliation for the employees on or before every 20th of month for smooth flow of WPS process
• Processing the WPS transfer to various accounts and exchange for the overseas employees
• Making adjustment entries after the Salary process
• Preparing the bank reconciliation for 14 banks and 6 credit card on monthly basis
• Supporting Seniors management team for finalizing general cost before MIS report
• Coordinating with other departments for timely manner of accounting payable invoices
• Preparing all vendor reconciliation on quarterly basis to avoid any missing of cost before VAT closing
• Scanning the collection Cheques in the Smart source (Emirates NBD) bank
• Coordinating with Treasury manager regarding the internal bank transfer and credit card payments
• Processing the payment for Utilities bill like Etisalat, Du, DEWA, SEWA and other authorizes
• Coordinate with PRO for the Trade license renewal Manager CHQ and Authorities payments

• Responsible for organizing and maintaining all account receivables active files
• Prepared accurate customer invoices, credits notes while making sure billing systems is up to-date
• Preparing and maintaining customer account reconciliation schedules using ERP database and Clarify Claims Management systems
• Follow-up with customers seeking payment status on outstanding invoices and work with customers to explain balance due
• Applied customer payments into system on daily basis
• Assisted in resolving months of backlogged work, restored order
• Assisted in month-end closing process by posting revenue accruals and collect data to prepare monthly reports
• Reviewed general ledger accounts and post journal entries after finalizing invoice on daily basis
• Reviewed accounts receivable aging report to ensure compliance as well as research and resolve any payment discrepancies
• Monitor keeping of records, documentation, and bookkeeping