Sankalp Amar

Accounts Payable Lead with 12 years at Coal India Limited, owning end-to-end P2P operations, month-end liability recognition and ICFR operated under a SOX 404-aligned control framework. Supported 12 consecutive statutory, internal and government audit cycles with zero material non-compliance observations. Processed 1,000+ invoices a month across Capex, OpEx and Non-PO streams against a ₹15–25 Cr annual budget portfolio, cut invoice cycle time 68% (22 to 7 days) and lifted team first-pass accuracy to 98.7% through process standardization, automation and KPI governance.

Led up to 11 analysts. Deep SAP FI/MM capability, with working knowledge of SQL and Python for subledger reconciliation and exception analytics. Moving toward FP&A and corporate finance, bringing cash forecasting and working capital discipline from an AP control base.

Accounts Payable Lead, Finance & Accounts at Coal India Limited (2013-04 – 2025-05)

• Owned end-to-end P2P for 1,000+ monthly invoices across Capex, OpEx and Non-PO streams (employee claims, TA reimbursements) against a ₹15–25 Cr annual budget portfolio, sustaining 100% SLA compliance.
• Operated 3-way match (PO, GRN, Invoice) in SAP FI/MM, eliminating pricing mismatches, billing discrepancies and duplicate submissions at the point of entry.
• Ran Exception Management with defined escalation paths, and led Process Standardization and improved processes, reducing Turn-Around-Time from 22 to 7 days (68%).
• Supervised up to 11 analysts at peak, setting KPIs for TAT, DPO and First-Pass Success Rate, and training the team on SAP navigation, error detection and tax deductions to reach 98.7% accuracy.
• Single point of contact for vendor balance confirmations and payment disputes.
• Owned AP month-end: enforced Cut-Off on goods receipts and invoices, and recognized liabilities and Accruals for received-not-invoiced items so expenditure landed in the correct period.
• Cleared GR/IR imbalances and reconciled AP subledger, vendor ledger and General Ledger monthly, improving ledger data accuracy by 15%.
• Assisted in Financial Reporting and MIS by supplying reconciled payable balances, accrual schedules and variance explanations.
• Verified Purchase Requisitions against approved budgets before fund commitment, and monitored budget dashboards to flag under- and over-spends before period close.
• Scheduled payment runs against vendor terms and committed outflows, supporting Cash Forecasting and Working Capital management.
• Operated ICFR under a SOX 404-aligned control framework, executing Prevention Controls across invoice entry, verification and payment release.
• Enforced Segregation of Duties and Delegation of Financial Powers checks before commitment and disbursement, forming the core of Fraud Control for the payables cycle.
• Maintained control evidence aligned to the Risk and Control Matrix and verified GST classification, input tax credit and TDS deduction on all disbursements.
• Supported statutory, internal and government audits across 12 consecutive cycles with zero material non-compliance observations, maintaining complete audit trails.
• Applied Root-Cause Analysis to recurring exceptions and drove Remediation through procedural fixes and team retraining, so errors were removed at source rather than cleared repeatedly.
• Automated approval workflows and electronic routing, the driver of the 68% cycle-time reduction and 98.7% first-pass accuracy.
• Used Advanced Excel (Power Query, XLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, Pivot Tables), SQL and Python to extract, filter and reconcile high-volume AP data across tables.
• Built budget and expenditure dashboards and governed DPO, TAT and First-Pass Success Rate as standing KPIs.

Professional Development & Advisory Support at Family-run HR recruitment firm (2025-06 – Present)

• Provided hands-on operational support to a family-run HR recruitment firm for about 10 months, covering process organization, candidate and client coordination, and basic financial record-keeping.
• Used the period for structured upskilling in FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, MIS reporting) and people leadership, ahead of a planned move into FP&A and corporate finance.

Bachelor of Commerce in Finance & Accounting – OPJS, Churu (2016)