Pankaj Mankar

Detail-oriented and results-driven finance professional with 5+ years of experience in Accounts Payable operations. Proficient in end-to-end P2P processes from vendor selection to payment processing. I am skilled in utilizing financial tools such as PeopleSoft, Oracle SaaS, NetSuite, SAP and CRM TPM to streamline processes.

Adept at managing domestic and international payments, auto-debit transactions and financial reporting while ensuring compliance with company policies. Recognized for process improvements, efficiency enhancements and outstanding contributions to organizational success. Strong communication and analytical skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Assistant Manager - PepsiCo - Hyderabad, India

(2025-05)

• Handled trade promotion deductions and payments accurately and on time.
• Reviewed and processed customer invoices for payments and deductions.
• Checked invoices against pricing grids and Trade promotions to ensure correct amounts.
• Identified billing errors and variances and shared them with Sales and Finance teams.
• Reconciled trade spending accounts and ensured proper closure of promotions.
• Tracked vendor funding and payments to avoid delays or mismatches.
• Worked closely with Sales, Finance, Market Analyst and Control teams to resolve issues.
• Ensured all payments were completed within agreed timelines (SLA).
• Maintained accurate financial records and reports.
• Performed data checks to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepared basic reports and variance analysis for management review.
• Created simple charts and reports to explain financial data.
• Followed standard processes and controls to ensure compliance.
• Suggested process improvements to reduce manual work.
• Used systems and tools to support automation and efficiency.

Vendor management - Genpact - Hyderabad, India

(2024-05 - 2025-05)

• Modify and audit vendor profiles with accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure all payments are processed using the correct pay group and payment method.
• Verify duplicate vendors to maintain data integrity.
• Gather and input critical details such as vendor address, key contact name, mobile number, and email for seamless communication.
• Resolve supplier issues via Amazon Connect and Avaya calls.
• Schedule Zoom meetings with clients and suppliers for issue resolution.
• Manually create supplier profiles on behalf of onshore clients.
• Resolve tickets in ServiceNow to maintain workflow efficiency.
• Manage mailboxes across multiple regions, including APAC, EMEA, LATAM, US, and Royalty.
• Vendor master creation, changes, verification, notifications and cleansing.
• Identify the duplicate records for the Vendor Master Maintenance Invoice receipt, verification and processing accurately. Check duplicate vendor, modification of vendor and employee vendor setup.
• Checking bank code and branch code with the data form client.
• Creation of Supplier vendor, Employee vendor and Refund vendor.
• Used to maintained pay term as the received documentation.
• Made sure vendor accounts were set up correctly and kept update on time.

Payment & invoice process - Tata Consultancy services - Nagpur, India

(2021-06 - 2024-05)

Payment process: - Invoice processing: -

• Performing Direct Debit, Manual Payments of withholding taxes, self-invoice payment.
• Performing Intercompany transactions monthly & quarterly, payment of prepaid vouchers.
• Performing IBAN tickets, Reissue of payments, Meal payment, Rejected payment.
• Handle manual and automatic payment requests.
• Performing EFT Pay-Cycle and Bank Reconciliation.
• Prioritize processing of urgent/ageing invoices.
• Process automation, Working on process improvement and ideas.
• Processing of travel and expense claims and payments, duplicate payment resolution and recovery and verify and run payment proposals.
• Month end activities, sending weekly and monthly tracker and reporting.
• Resolving & handling clients queries for vendor statement reconciliation through calls and emails.
• Adhere to client SLA s (Service Level Agreements) and timelines.
• Manage end-to-end payment processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with established procedures.
• Process and verify a high volume of invoices from various vendors, ensuring accuracy and adherence to company policies. Prepare and execute day-to-day payment runs and electronic payments, meeting payment deadlines.
• Respond promptly to the client's inquiries and address any payment-related issues or concerns.
• Managed high-volume invoice processing and payment disbursement, maintaining a 99% on-time payment record.
• Successfully resolved more than 25,000 tickets and change IBAN in Helpdesk Advance portal and provide effective support to client.
• Processed and managed over 60,000 invoices for payment, showing strong attention to detail and make payment without any error.
• Review and process invoices along with providing the resolutions for the invoices and releasing the invoices for Payment.
• Review and validate essentials of valid invoices like supplier details, PO, bank account, invoice number, invoice date etc.
• Follow up with requisitions (via calls/ mails or tickets) to solve hold invoices as per the AP booking guideline.
• Booking and processing of PO and Non-PO based invoices with the withholding taxes.

Master of Commerce - M.com - Nagpur University RTMNU

Bachelor of Commerce - B.com - Nagpur University RTMNU

Higher Secondary Certificate - HSC - Maharashtra State board (HSC) MS Board

Secondary School Certificate - SSC - Maharashtra State board (SSC) MS Board