Syed Imran

18+ years of rich experience in the areas of Project Management, Accounts Payable, Finance & Accounts, Auditing and Team Management. Demonstrated in leading and managing the finance operations and contributed to a higher rate of organic growth. Contributed on a high pitch as a Project Manager in deploying Coupa Portal from the Indirect procurement scope.

Proficiency in managing financial accounting, GL, receivables & payables management, preparing ledger books, bank reconciliation statements and finalization of accounts. An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills with proficiency in explaining complex financial data.

Senior Manager (PMO) Indirect Procurement - Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd - Bangalore

(2011-08)

• Successfully Delivered Triage Simplification, Standardization & Digitization project as a project Manager
• Successfully completed Contract Migration Project and leading the project of migrating Contracts from SSPSRM to Coupa
• Have been part of Contract and Sourcing Module implementation in indirect procurement and have played a important role in the implementation
• Have been part of Indirect procurement for 4 years playing a role of Triage leader & have worked on many projects
• Have successfully lead team of 9 FTE on P2P (Invoice Processing, Payments, Reconciliation etc.)
• Have been part of Transition team to migrate the AP & Cash bank & Treasury and played role in GAP analysis and Due diligence
• Developed interactive Tableau dashboards and reports to provide actionable business insights and support data-driven decision-making
• Have hands on experience on Bank statement postings, Bank reconciliations, Asset classification etc.
• Portal Implementation & Project Management
• Performed and Managed team for Bank Reconciliation for 12 Schneider Electric European and South Africa Countries
• Have Transitioned Saudi Arabia Schneider Electric accounts & European countries in the areas of AP & Treasury
• Managed Accounts Payable team and ensured regular improvement along and ensured vendors are paid on time
• Team Manager for Payments and Bank account reconciliation
• Handled Invoice Processing & Payments, Import Payments for Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd
• Groomed the team to achieve their goals
• Managed CBT Team, responsible to ensure all payments are consistently released with 100% accuracy according to SLA
• Have worked in Bank Accounts reconciliation team for Singapore, Malaysia, European countries & India
• Travelled to UK for Payment Transitions of UK Schneider
• Managed Team of 14 FTE's in AP (Invoice Processing), Payments, AR and Bank Reconciliation profile in Siemens(Asia Pacific)
• Have processed invoices for countries UK, US, Canada & India in Siemens Information Processing Services Pvt Ltd from 2006 to 2009
• Have processed Invoices for Baroda and Chennai Location in Schneider India Pvt Ltd from 2011 to 2012
• Travelled to Poland for Due Diligence and Transition of Payments and Bank reconciliation for 12 countries
• Have processed payments for India, UK, Australia & Newzeland countries in Siemens Information Processing Services Pvt Ltd
• Have worked on project of Automatic payments for various India Schneider Electric companies
• Have worked on Project to implement pay cards for interns employees in Schneider electric companies and was successfully implemented
• Stabilized India, UK & MEA payments in Schneider and have been awarded as the team of the year
• Travelled & have lead the team to Singapore 5 times and Malaysia 1 time for Transitions in the area of AP(Invoice Processing), AR, CBT & Bank Reconciliations of various Siemens operating companies
• Dealing the reconciliation of Bank Interims in SAP and Bank Statements
• Managed payment team for 6 Siemens Operating Companies (India)
• Managed cash, collection & purchase accounting; preparing Debtor and Creditor reconciliation statements; raising of debit / credit notes pertaining to customer/vendors for PKJ enterprise
• Directing the reconciliation of Accounts Receivable Trial Balances with the General Ledger Control Account
• Overseeing financial statements including Trial Balance, Profit & Loss A/c, Age-Wise Accounts Payables and Receivables Statements
• Handled TDS Filing, collecting Tax Proofs & other Employees Queries, etc.
• Was part of Transition team to migrate the AP & Cash bank & Treasury and played role in GAP analysis and Due diligence Poland Hub In Schneider
• Managed teams in Invoice processing, Payments, Bank reconciliation & Accounts Receivables
• Ensured proper Accounting and Controls are performed for GL, AP, AR, Payments and Cash & bank activities consistently with documented policies and procedures For Schneider Electric India Pvt ltd
• Managed and stabilized India, MEA & UK payment process in Schneider electric India Pvt Ltd
• C-SAT for 2013,2014 & 2015 of UK CBT payments is 100%
• Awarded for consistently exceeding customer expectations (Managing Team) in the month of Nov 2010 in Siemens
• Performed User Acceptance Testing for Siemens IT Solutions (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia and Thailand)
• Identified as key Player and promoted as Process Specialist for fully responsible / accountable in the daily activities of the Accounts Payable(Invoice Processing), Cash and bank staff
• Played vital role in transition leading the team for AP, AR, Payments & Cash and Bank for various Siemens operating companies for Asia Pacific (India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Australia)
• Trained on Arohan
• Trained on Six Sigma Project
• Worked on Green Belt project for Australia AR to increase % of first pass cash allocations and was successful
• Worked on process improvement suggestions and reduced 1 FTE in the team and was awarded for the same in Siemens
• Assisted Team members in achieving of Targets and SLA's to ensure control the backlogs
• Ensured team is regularly trained /cross trained & updated on new updates to maintain volumes and quality
• Ensured team is involved in other activities such as fun activity, working on process improvements suggestions etc
• Placed quality control audits for high dollar, Statutory, Down Payments and Retention Invoices
• Awarded as Best overall performer for 5 times
• Tranisitioned India AP (Cash & Bank) for Siemens Ltd, Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Siemens Health Care Diagnostics, Siemens Corporate Finance, Siemens Morgan & Siemens Rolling Stock Pvt LTD
• Executed complete process knowledge transfer & Documentation exercises for the process ramping-up
• Took the challenge of stabilizing the process in the critical times
• Facilitated the improvement Initiatives and Resolution of SAP post go live issues / day to day queries
• Functioned as the point of contact for the Cash & Bank Team
• Successfully transitioned & stabilized the Process as a team
• Recognized as significant contributor towards Finavigate implementation
• Successfully enforced AP and recognized as multi-tasking person in organization

Process Specialist P2P - Siemens Information Processing Services PVT ltd

(2005-09 - 2011-08)

Accountant - PKJ Enterprises - Bangalore

(2005-01 - 2005-08)

Audit Assistant - Iqbal Khan & Co.

(2003-03 - 2004-12)

B.Com. - Commerce - Bangalore University (2003)