Rohith Kumar
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
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Results-driven Senior Accounts Payable Specialist with 10+ years of progressive experience in end-to-end AP operations within global, high-volume environments. Recognized for strong leadership capabilities — informally leading a team of 4, mentoring new hires, and driving process improvements — and now seeking to step into a formal managerial role. Proven ability to ensure 100% payment accuracy, manage escalations, support system implementations, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to optimize AP workflows.
Experience
Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist - ServiceNow - Hyderabad, TS
(2019-02)
- Lead a team of 4 AP specialists, allocating workloads, mentoring team members, and overseeing day-to-day operations to ensure SLA adherence and processing accuracy.
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable, processing and verifying 1,300+ invoices per month with 100% accuracy through rigorous reconciliation and system report balancing.
- Spearheaded process improvement initiatives, contributing ideas that streamlined invoice workflows and increased on-time payment rates.
- Drove new system implementations and upgrades, serving as the AP subject matter expert and coordinating cross-functional stakeholder communication.
- Handled escalated vendor and business owner issues, resolving payment disputes and keeping accounts current within defined SLAs.
- Managed month-end reporting, generic email inboxes, and escalation queues, ensuring zero backlog during critical close periods.
- Trained and onboarded new hires, reducing ramp-up time and building a high-performing AP team.
- Maintained strong working knowledge of ARIBA for procurement and invoice management.
Accounts Payable Specialist - Genpact - Hyderabad, TS
(2017-07 - 2019-12)
- Processed PO-based, Non-PO, Intercompany, and batch invoices (urgent & critical) ensuring timely and accurate payments across all vendor accounts.
- Coordinated team workflow by allocating tasks, maintaining daily production logs, and circulating queue status updates to management.
- Authored Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and delivered training to new hires, building team capability and ensuring process standardization.
- Performed quality checks on invoice processing, one-time payments, and employee expense report audits to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Collaborated closely with auditors during bank and year-end audits, providing required documentation and reconciliations.
- Resolved escalated AP issues from employees and vendors, prioritizing time-sensitive tasks across primary and team responsibilities.
- Supported month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring all payables were accurately reflected in financial statements.
- Applied 3-way matching concepts and invoice indexing to strengthen internal controls and reduce processing errors.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance - Osmania University (2018-05)



