Uthira Kumaran

Accounts Payable and Treasury professional with 10+ years of experience across end-to-end AP, import payments, treasury operations, invoice processing, supplier reconciliation, Travel & Expense, vendor management, payment coordination, month-end activities, cash-flow reporting and audit support. Hands-on experience with SAP (EXIM), Oracle R12, Concur and Workday, with strong exposure to Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Bills of Entry, IDPMS, GST/TDS verification and bank trade-finance portals.

Executive – Treasury & Accounts Payable at MRF LTD (2019-06 – Present)

• Manage import payments for raw materials, capital expenditure (Capex) and spare parts.
• Verify supplier invoices and coordinate timely payment processing through SAP.
• Perform supplier reconciliation and resolve invoice/payment discrepancies.
• Manage Letter of Credit documentation, amendments and payment settlements.
• Process Advance and Performance Bank Guarantees and coordinate related banking activities.
• Coordinate daily payment activities with banks and monitor payment status.
• Monitor Bills of Entry (BOE) and support import compliance requirements.
• Prepare monthly cash-flow reports and treasury forecasts.
• Process retention payments based on contractual milestones.
• Manage service payments and perform GST and TDS verification for statutory compliance.
• Close IDPMS transactions in line with RBI requirements.
• Support internal and statutory audits by providing financial documentation.
• Work with SBI, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank trade-finance portals.
• Improved payment turnaround through effective supplier reconciliation.
• Supported timely vendor payments while maintaining compliance requirements.
• Contributed to smooth execution of import-payment and treasury operations.

Analyst – Accounts Payable at HCL Technologies (2018-05 – 2019-06)

• Processed high-volume PO and Non-PO invoices for UK and US entities.
• Validated invoices against purchase orders and contracts.
• Managed invoice processing through Oracle R12.
• Prepared Quality Control (QC) reports and operational reporting.
• Conducted monthly trend analysis and resolved vendor/customer payment queries.
• Managed shared mailboxes and workload allocation.
• Supported process-improvement initiatives and documentation updates.
• Ensured adherence to SLA and quality metrics.

Officer – Travel & Expense / Accounts Payable at Wipro Limited (2014-04 – 2018-04)

• Processed employee travel and expense claims using Concur.
• Reviewed expense reports for policy compliance and managed employee reimbursements.
• Performed month-end reconciliation of corporate-card and cash expenses.
• Prepared accrual journals and journal vouchers.
• Generated aging reports and funding requests.
• Conducted BSR reconciliation and dunning activities.
• Reduced outstanding invoices through proactive follow-up.
• Prepared regional financial reports using advanced Excel functions.
• Received the Young Champion Award for outstanding performance.
• Supported Business Continuity Planning (BCP) operations during the Chennai floods.
• Improved reimbursement turnaround through process optimization.

Master of Commerce (M.Com) – Jaya College of Arts & Science, University of Madras

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) – Kandhaswamy Naidu College, University of Madras

Higher Secondary & SSLC – Tamil Nadu State Board