PRASEEDA Joshy
Leeds
Summary
Accomplished finance professional with a strong track record of reducing aged debt through strategic collection initiatives and hands-on team leadership. Skilled at coaching and mentoring teams to drive consistent AR performance and embed best practices. Brings deep expertise in credit control, debt recovery, and ERP migrations (SAP, NetSuite, Sage), with a focus on enhancing cashflow, audit readiness, and reporting accuracy. Adept at process automation, stakeholder collaboration, and resolving complex account issues to support business-wide financial goals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2027
2027
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Credit Control - Debt Recovery Project Lead
First Response Group
11.2023 - 07.2025
- Directed daily AR operations across 1500+ customer accounts, ensuring accurate billing, timely collections, and strict adherence to credit control policies.
- Managed and mentored team of 5, delivering structured onboarding, regular training, and performance development to drive consistent results.
- Oversaw onboarding and credit approval for new clients, conducting risk assessments, e-bonded insurance checks, and setting appropriate credit terms.
- Led month-end close tasks including unapplied cash reconciliations, bad debt journals, and credit adjustments, ensuring audit-ready accuracy.
- Created standard operating procedures (SOPs) and implemented dispute resolution workflows to improve consistency, reduce delays, and enhance stakeholder confidence.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with Sales, Billing, and Finance to resolve escalations, reduce DSO, and strengthen client relationships.
- Project-managed Credit Hound implementation across AR operations, leading testing, rollout, and training. Resulted in 50% reduction in manual follow-ups and improved DSO.
- Developed and delivered monthly collections and risk reports to senior leadership, driving smarter credit policy decisions.
- Spearheaded revenue recovery project retrieving debts outstanding for 500+ days, resolving complex account reconciliations and improving cash inflow.
- Led cross-functional revenue leakage audit, recovering missed billing items and plugging systemic gaps, enhancing billing accuracy.
- Reduced aged debt from 20% to 10% in just 3 months through targeted collections strategy and real-time ageing dashboards
Analyst – Credit Control Team Leader
Zellis HR Private Limited
07.2018 - 06.2022
- Led and coached cross-functional finance team of 12 across UK, India, and Spain, covering full-cycle Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) functions.
- Directed end-to-end AR operations: customer creation, billing accuracy, timely collections, credit checks, cash application, and dispute resolution.
- Delivered monthly cashflow forecasts and AR ageing reports, supporting strategic planning and collection targets.
- Partnered with sales, procurement, and billing teams to resolve invoice disputes and ensure clean ledgers.
- Reduced bad debt exposure through risk segmentation, proactive collection strategies, and customer engagement.
- Oversaw AP functions including invoice processing (4,000+ monthly), approval workflows, payment runs, and supplier statement reconciliations.
- Increased AR payment matching efficiency by 65% through process automation and redesign of cash allocation procedures.
- Cut invoice approval cycle time by 40% by implementing escalation KPIs and automated matrix-based workflow.
- Acted as interim AR Manager, setting priorities and delivering monthly reviews to senior finance.
- Played critical role in NetSuite ERP transition, leading AR stream testing, UAT, and go-live execution—ensuring zero operational downtime.
Accounts Receivables Administrator
North Gate Arinso (Alight Solutions) Private Ltd.
10.2015 - 06.2018
- Posts various Journal entries by recording bank transfer, cash, cheques, credit card payments and other internal transactions and rectification entries in SAP ERP.
- Maintained the records of various financial transactions and reconcile General Ledger each month. Preparing customer’s Statements of accounts.
- Reconciliation of Bank, Cash and Customer accounts, and various GL including Old AR, Bad debts, Refunds etc.
- Providing and preparing various statistical reports to management such as Collection report, Debtor report, revenue recognition etc.
Accountant
Accountants Service Society
12.2012 - 06.2015
- Preparing financial statements such as, Profit & Loss account and Balance sheet.
- Preparation of personal and business tax returns for clients.
- Carrying out bookkeeping activities including posting journal entries and reconciliations.
- Assisting with managing client expectations and meeting deadlines.
Education
CIMA - Management Level
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
MSc - Management
Leeds Beckett University
09.2022 - 06.2023
Skills
- End-to-End Credit Control
- Debt Recovery
- Leadership & Performance Coaching
- Revenue Assurance
- Audit Readiness
- Risk Mitigation
- Cashflow Forecasting & Aged Debt Reduction
- KPI Dashboards & Reporting
- Finance Transformation
- ERP Migration - SAP, Netsuite & Sage
- Stakeholder & Client Relationship Management
- Process Design & Automation
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Change Management & Strategic Projects
Projects
Internal auditing project – Led internal auditing efforts focused on identifying overlooked billings, leading to a substantial boost in the company’s revenue. Factoring project – Led an internal project to factor the companies receivables, actively participated in both the implementation phase and ongoing operational activities. IFRS – Revenue leakage and Margin assurance project – Actively participated in the IFRS project to identify the revenue leakage in the company.
Timeline
Credit Control - Debt Recovery Project Lead
First Response Group
11.2023 - 07.2025
MSc - Management
Leeds Beckett University
09.2022 - 06.2023
Analyst – Credit Control Team Leader
Zellis HR Private Limited
07.2018 - 06.2022
Accounts Receivables Administrator
North Gate Arinso (Alight Solutions) Private Ltd.
10.2015 - 06.2018
Accountant
Accountants Service Society
12.2012 - 06.2015
CIMA - Management Level
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Similar Profiles
ADEBAYO AJIFERUKEADEBAYO AJIFERUKE
DISTRICT SECURITY OFFICER at First Response GroupDISTRICT SECURITY OFFICER at First Response Group
Sheryl DaviesSheryl Davies
Security Supervisor and Trainer at First Response GroupSecurity Supervisor and Trainer at First Response Group
Joshua CoxJoshua Cox
Project Manager, Remote at Critical Response GroupProject Manager, Remote at Critical Response Group
Stephen BlowStephen Blow
Director at French Carp LakesDirector at French Carp Lakes
Sivaparvathi JunneboyinaSivaparvathi Junneboyina
Pizza Maker at Domino's PizzaPizza Maker at Domino's Pizza