Swetha C Patil
Northamptonshire
Summary
Finance professional with extensive experience in accounts payable and general accounting processes. Proven ability to manage large volumes of invoices efficiently in high-pressure environments. Strong work ethic and quick adaptability to new technologies and procedures.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Account payable assistant
Big Data Mining
Luton
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Processed over 100 invoices weekly with high accuracy to ensure timely payments.
- Monitored accounts payable email inbox for enquiries regarding invoices via email and telephone.
- Utilised accounting software proficiently for keeping track of all payments and expenditures.
- Accurately processed invoices while matching them with purchase orders and delivery notes.
- Maintained supplier records within Workday to support audit readiness and system accuracy.
- Collaborated across departments to expedite invoice approvals, ensuring timely payments.
- Assisted with month-end procedures to ensure timely reporting.
- Set up new supplier accounts with accurate payment terms and details.
- Compiled and submitted VAT returns to ensure compliance with HMRC regulations.
- Reconciled supplier statements to achieve accounts accuracy.
Accounts Assistant
Future Connect Accountant
Harrow
03.2022 - 05.2023
- Setting up and administer new supplier accounts, verifying bank details and submitting for approval on system.
- Allocating payments against specific invoices.
- Post general, debtor and creditor journals, wages journals.
- Managing accounts payable function efficiently and effectively.
- Ensuring all invoices and expenses are authorised in line with Company policy and accounted for in line with accounting standards and VAT rules.
- Managed client accounts to ensure timely payments.
- Assisted in monthly closings, ensured timely completion of tasks.
- Processed staff expenses claims, ensured fair reimbursement practices.
- Managed petty cash transactions, safeguarded company resources.
- Conducted bank reconciliations regularly to maintain accurate records.
- Monitored account activity, detected discrepancies promptly.
- Filed tax returns accurately and on time for avoidance of penalties.
- Input sales, purchase and cash transactions.
- Completed daily and monthly bank reconciliations and noted any discrepancies.
- Helped with preparation of management accounts and end-month duties.
- Verified invoices against purchase orders to support smooth execution of month-end processes.
- Setting up bank transactions on variety of banking platforms.
- Running Weekly payment runs.
- Providing payment remittances to suppliers on timely basis.
- Month ends on MS Excel to validate concepts of reversals and other important journals.
- Developing monthly financial statements that include Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheets.
- Dealing with HMRC regarding VAT related inquiries.
Payable Analyst
Unisys Global Service Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru, India
05.2013 - 09.2020
- Implemented technologies and process automation, including new EDI and ERP systems.
- Managed accurate and timely processing invoices for accounting bills of vendors.(APAC, EMEA )
- Processed 150+ invoices in weekly across suppliers, intercompany accounts with 96% of accuracy ensuring timely and compliant payments and met SLA compliance.
- Extract VAT report and ensure all Euro vendor invoices are processed with VAT.
- Collecting all invoices and obtaining approval for payment and Matching, batching, and coding invoices.
- Contact vendors via phone call and Email when there is need to get confirmation on change in Remit to address and Bank account details.
- Handle payment related activities, Credit Memo, and Debit Memo Invoices.
- Supplier and Bank statement reconciliation.
- Creation of Purchase order.
- Performed 3-way match reconciliation of purchase order to goods receipt to invoice.
- Ensuring all PO & NON-PO invoices relating to Creative, Marketing, Staffing, Telecommunication service and utilities are processed for payment as per SLA.
- Running payment batch: As per payment schedule running payment batch and pushing same to bank site for electronic payment.
- Ensuring month end task to finalize AP module, and accounts for prepayment.
- Process employee travel expense and other reimbursements adhering to agency policies and procedures.
- Processing of all employees related payments like travel reimbursement, relocation expense and other expense.
- Working on various reports – Hold, suspense, aging, Duplicate Supplier reports on weekly, monthly basis and quarterly basis.
Education
AAT LEVEL 2 - Accounting
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Master of Commerce - Accounting
Karnataka State Open University
India 05.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance
Bangalore University
India 06.2008 - 07.2011
Skills
- Bookkeeping
- Bank Reconciliations
- VAT Returns
- Trial Balance & Balance sheet
- Sage 50 Accounts, QuickBooks, Xero
- Accruals/Prepayments
- Accounts Payable Processes & Management
- Creation of PO New vendor account set up
- MS Office and excel (Pivot table, VLOOKUP up)
- Month-end closing activities
- Power BI (Certificate)
- ERP Package: Oracle Application 11i (Payable) & Oracle Application R 12 (Payable)
References
References are available upon request
Timeline
Account payable assistant
Big Data Mining
05.2023 - 05.2024
Accounts Assistant
Future Connect Accountant
03.2022 - 05.2023
Payable Analyst
Unisys Global Service Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 09.2020
Master of Commerce - Accounting
Karnataka State Open University
05.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance
Bangalore University
06.2008 - 07.2011
AAT LEVEL 2 - Accounting
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