Patmahvathy Narayan
Accountant
Kuala Lumpur
Summary
Business-minded Finance Manager promoting more than 21 years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills.
Finance professional with extensive background in financial analysis and management. Known for driving process improvements and implementing strategic financial planning. Reliable team player with focus on collaboration and adaptability to changing business needs.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Finance Manager, Shared Service
Pestech International Berhad
07.2025 - Current
- Manage Group Cashflow, standardize cashflow management process
- Complete 2nd phase e-invoice implementation
- Implemented and centralised controls for AP & AR and Treasury process
- Active liaise with financial institution resolved annual review and banking related matters
- Special Assignments: Cambodia
- Scooping Cashflow process for consolidation of Group Cashflow
- Shifting of manual banking process into online
AP, Cash & Credit Management Manager
Global Blue Malaysia Sdn Bhd
10.2024 - 03.2025
- Manage team of 5 members, cover customer/vendor master data, payment to suppliers, cash centralization and cash collection
- Overcome manual payment challenges during blackout period to ZERO double payment
- Liaise with in country stakeholders with backlog clearing, completeness of SOP for processes
- Manage invoice management from coding, approval and issues related to invoice processing
- Consolidate cashflow forecast for APAC entities working closely with Group Treasury for timely centralize of excessive cashflow
Global Invoice Administration & Payment Manager
Baxter Healthcare (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
07.2023 - 10.2023
- Manage Global Payment process for EMEA, APAC, UCAN
- Overcome payment challenges and established payment optimization exercise to streamline payment cycle by working with technical team, Bank and Treasury
- Addressing issue revolving invoice administration and escalate to vendor for rectification
Team Lead Manager, GLAP (OFSE)
Baker Hughes Services Sdn Bhd
08.2018 - 06.2023
- Owns the financial & business performance of AP accruals for OFSE
- Manage reporting and analysis package for AP with buyers, procurement leader and extended AP team in Manila and Bangalore
- SME and GRIR policy owner address on compliance and adoption of best practice for procurement reduced aged lines to 180 days
- Active participation in improvement and automation project (enhancement of macro, Dashboard, IAP and Ariba)
Assistant Finance Manager
SD Guthrie Plantation (Formerly known as Sime Darby Plantation Berhad)
11.2007 - 08.2018
- Owned the financial & business performance of Refinery
- Manage full set of accounts with SAP accounting system, tasked to stabilize SAP during times of transition (super user)
- Full knowledge in handing cross modular function in SAP with extend support in areas of cost and management costing with additional responsibilities for procurement of factory supplies
- Lead analysis of Product Costing, Supplier Audit, Scoping of AR, AP and GA function to Shared Service
- Carry out 6 sigma Green Belt projects and train junior staff in White belt project
- Special Assignments: South Africa
- Leading cleaning of AR, bank reconciliation for 5 years
- Cleared unreconciled item in AP, intercompany reconciliation, Aged GRIR and Open Purchase Orders
- Netherlands
- Closure of Financial Audit schedule and Statutory Audited Account in absent of staff
- Trained new staff covers SAP, Audit Reporting and Head Office Reporting
- Singapore
- Assist in closing of account after retrenchment of Finance staff
- Negotiated and close deal with supplier for disposal of stock due to closure of company
Assistant Financial Controller
Pet’s Corner Sdn Bhd
05.2005 - 11.2007
- Controllership Responsibilities managing monthly management reports, liaise with banker, tax agent, auditor and co-sec
- Manage credit controls, collection of debts, monitor cashflow and month end closing of company
- Employees talent development with training of junior staff on application of accounting software
Audit Semi Senior
Ahmad Abdullah & Goh
06.2004 - 05.2005
- Audit responsibility leading and coordinating the team for special investigation work
- Finalize draft audited financial statement and tax computation for a discussion with Board of Directors
- Cleared backlog audit for 5 years in row for listed company and support with due diligent audit
Accounts and Audit Assistant
Kumpulan Naga & Associates
08.2001 - 06.2004
- Account & audit responsibility (in preparation of monthly account, statutory account and tax computation
- Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statement for a Holding company that has 7 subsidiaries and 3 associated companies
- Presented and reported audit findings in person
Education
FCCA: Fellow Chartered Certified Accountants - ACCA
National Diploma - Business Studies in Accounting
Dublin Business School
ACCA - Business Accountancy
Poly Tech Mara Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 04.2001 -
Achievement
Successful implementation and enhancement of SAP for 2 cycle (2007&2014)., Scooping 95% of AR and AP modules to shared services, cleared backlog aged more than 360days for all modules as part of oversea assignment., Elimination of 15 non-standard & non-value-added task, develop touchless Open PO accruals process (RPA&MACRO), reduction of GRIR aging from 360 days to less than 180 days across region ($10m), Introduction of workflow for monthly journal posting (100 % automation-RPA)., Exercised Lean Six Sigma by preset pricing for 250 commonly purchased consumables items., Established payment optimization exercise to streamline payment cycle (twice) in the month, no payment during blackout period and reduced urgent payment by 80%., Resolved disputes for Trade and Intercompany debtors and vendors, reduce provision for doubtful debts with active involve in cash collection($15m)., Centralized Treasury process, build up payment tracker (Dashboard) provided daily visibility to stakeholder.
Timeline
Finance Manager, Shared Service
Pestech International Berhad
07.2025 - Current
AP, Cash & Credit Management Manager
Global Blue Malaysia Sdn Bhd
10.2024 - 03.2025
Global Invoice Administration & Payment Manager
Baxter Healthcare (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
07.2023 - 10.2023
Team Lead Manager, GLAP (OFSE)
Baker Hughes Services Sdn Bhd
08.2018 - 06.2023
Assistant Finance Manager
SD Guthrie Plantation (Formerly known as Sime Darby Plantation Berhad)
11.2007 - 08.2018
Assistant Financial Controller
Pet’s Corner Sdn Bhd
05.2005 - 11.2007
Audit Semi Senior
Ahmad Abdullah & Goh
06.2004 - 05.2005
Accounts and Audit Assistant
Kumpulan Naga & Associates
08.2001 - 06.2004
ACCA - Business Accountancy
Poly Tech Mara Kuala Lumpur
04.2001 -
National Diploma - Business Studies in Accounting
Dublin Business School