Senthil Kumar S
Accounts Manager | Freight Forwarding, Logistics & 3PL Accounting | 14+ Years
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Accounts professional with 14+ years of experience, including 12.5 years specialized in freight forwarding, customs, and 3PL/supply-chain accounting at a leading logistics provider serving Healthcare, Chemicals, Paints, Agri, and FMCG clients. Processed ₹70 lakh in monthly vendor payments and managed multi-branch cost-sheet reconciliation with consistent accuracy and turnaround. Proven expertise in GST/TDS compliance, AP/AR management, and MIS reporting.
Currently expanding into manufacturing accounting and job-work costing as Assistant Manager – Accounts.
Targeting Assistant
Manager / Manager – Accounts roles within freight forwarding, logistics, transportation, or 3PL organizations.
Experience
Assistant Manager – Accounts at Minister White Clothing (2026-01 – Present)
Apparel Manufacturing
- Manage end-to-end accounting for purchase, sales, expenses, and job-work costing (cutting, sewing, finishing).
- Coordinate inventory control and stock reconciliation with production and stores, tightening stock accuracy and reducing discrepancies.
- Own GST and TDS return filing and reconciliation; support payroll, EPF, and ESI filings.
- Prepare monthly MIS reports and coordinate internal and statutory audits with external auditors.
Senior Accounts Executive at Parekh Integrated Services Pvt. Ltd. (2013-07 – 2025-12)
Logistics, Supply Chain & Freight Forwarding (3PL). 12.5 years managing end-to-end freight forwarding and logistics accounts for a leading multi-branch 3PL provider serving Healthcare, Chemicals, Paints, Agri, and FMCG clients.
- Verified Bill of Entry (BE) and freight invoices and reconciled cost sheets against soft-copy records, maintaining a consistently high cost-match rate.
- Booked transport and freight bills and processed customs bonded expense entries with fast, reliable turnaround.
- Performed cost cross-verification on every transaction, reducing billing discrepancies flagged to Operations.
- Managed petty cash expense booking across multiple branch-level freight operations.
- Verified and approved vendor invoices in software, resolving PO and payment discrepancies across a large vendor base.
- Prepared payment instructions and NEFT files disbursing ₹70 lakh/month in vendor payments, consistently meeting due dates.
- Owned the full supplier payment lifecycle — invoice verification, reconciliation, and processing — for the branch's vendor accounts.
- Handled vendor master creation, branch-level bill approval, and sundry creditors reporting; kept the AP sub-ledger closely reconciled to the GL.
- Managed customer receivable ledgers and collections, working proactively to bring down overdue balances.
- Generated sales invoices and tracked payments, helping shorten the average collection period.
- Prepared and filed monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns, maintaining consistent on-time compliance.
- Performed GSTR-2A reconciliation (books vs. returns), identifying and resolving mismatches promptly.
- Handled TDS filings and statutory direct taxation; coordinated tax-department audits with a clean compliance record.
- Prepared monthly bank, supplier, and customer reconciliation statements along with GL reconciliation.
- Closed monthly books (accrual, prepaid, and tax entries) promptly, consistently meeting management deadlines.
- Built costing variation MIS reports used by management to track cost trends and flag variances.
Accounts Executive at Subha's Retails Pvt. Ltd. (2011-05 – 2013-06)
- Maintained the billing system, generating invoices and account statements for the customer base.
- Performed account reconciliations and maintained accurate accounts receivable records.
Junior Accountant at Elsun Technologies (2008-12 – 2011-01)
- Filed Excise returns (ER-1, ER-4) and Service Tax returns (ST-3) with full statutory compliance.
Education
M.Com – Tamilnadu Open University (2024)
B.Com – Tamilnadu Open University (2021)
BA – Annamalai University (2005)
HSC – Tamilnadu State Board (2018)
SSLC – Tamilnadu State Board (1999)
