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KAVITHA MANOGARAN

KAVITHA MANOGARAN

Finance Shared Service Staff Accountant
Georgetown,Malaysia/ Penang

Summary

Accurate and detail-oriented Staff Accountant offering 7+ years of extensive experience in coordinating various accounts payable and general ledger functions. A strong team player and a great communicator with high professional values. Possess the ability and desire to roll up sleeves and be hands-on in a fast-paced environment with an enthusiastic spirit. Skilled at operating in a wide range of platforms in SAP and Oracle.

Overview

3
3
Languages
2
2
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

FINANCE SHARED SERVICE CENTER STAFF AP ACCOUNTANT

NI Malaysia
Georgetown, Malaysia/ Penang
08.2019 - Current
  • Being a key person in monitoring discount opportunities and to ensure to keep the discount earned margin 100%, scheduling and preparing payment, and resolving invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
  • Created plans and communicated deadlines with my team lead to ensure payment are made on timely manner to obtain the discount.
  • Worked closely with my team lead to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
  • Prepare Flux for AP and prepayment account by monthly.
  • Complied with all established policies and performed bank reconciliations for NI Malaysia, NI Singapore and NI South East Asia.
  • Completed bi-monthly cash forecast and perform analysis on fluctuations of AP accounts to assist in monthly budget creation.
  • Delivered exceptional level of service to internal and external business partners by listening to concerns and answering questions.
  • Assisting and answering the audit queries
  • Involve in closing activities such as preparing journals and reconciliation (goods invoiced not yet received and prepayment account)
  • Created plans and communicated deadlines with my team lead ensure projects were completed on time.
  • Being a key member in Discount maximization project & supplier master data clean up projects by liaise with vendors to update the right vendor contact and banking information
  • Assisted few projects such as Vendor Maintenance project & AP Automation project and Supplier Clean Up
  • Undertake any ad-hoc assignments related to AP as and when required.

AP Accountant

NI Malaysia
Georgetown, Malaysia/ Penang
08.2016 - 08.2019
  • Completed daily AP functions like processing invoices, tracking invoice price discrepancies and other errors in the billing by using Oracle.
  • Process and perform Inventory and Intercompany billings and payments.
  • Resolved any issues related to invoice billing by collaborating with procurement and receiving team to maximized customer satisfaction scores.
  • Reconciled client accounts to facilitate compliant, timely and accurate payments.
  • Perform internal bank transfers and maintain cash position with required amount
  • Trained new team mates on the day to day AP task.
  • Kept information pertaining to AP manuals in shared drive up to date.
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis

Accounts Payable Specialist

NI Malaysia
Georgetown, Malaysia/ Penang
05.2014 - 08.2016
  • Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
  • Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
  • Maintained 100% accuracy while processing millions worth of weekly payments.
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
  • Reorganized accounts payable processes, decreasing supplier payment delays from 65 to 7days.

Accounts Payable Specialist

Intel Corporations
Georgetown, Malaysia/ Penang
01.2013 - 03.2014
  • Evaluated source documents to locate information needed for each invoice entry field.
  • Understand different tax coding before processing EMEIA and Asia invoices.
  • Maintained databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate functioning of shared service invoice processing accuracy.
  • Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
  • Maintained 100% accuracy while processing $millions worth of bi-weekly payments.
  • Prepared and mailed invoices to internal business partners and alert them with the invoice price or quantity discrepancy..

Education

BA (Hons) Accounting And Finance - Accounting And Finance

University of Greenwich
Segi University Penang
09.2014 - 09.2016

Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word

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Accomplishments

  • Participated in Discount Maximization Project
  • Used Supplier Statement of Account and Oracle Reports to keep track on Discount suppliers and obtain 100% discount for NI.

Timeline

FINANCE SHARED SERVICE CENTER STAFF AP ACCOUNTANT

NI Malaysia
08.2019 - Current

AP Accountant

NI Malaysia
08.2016 - 08.2019

BA (Hons) Accounting And Finance - Accounting And Finance

University of Greenwich
09.2014 - 09.2016

Accounts Payable Specialist

NI Malaysia
05.2014 - 08.2016

Accounts Payable Specialist

Intel Corporations
01.2013 - 03.2014
KAVITHA MANOGARANFinance Shared Service Staff Accountant