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MEENAKSHI PANDITA

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER
Portland,OR

Summary

Green Belt Certified Professional with strong background in finance management, specializing in accounts payable processes. Demonstrates high level of accuracy, efficiency, and problem-solving skills in managing vendor relationships and ensuring timely payments. Focused on team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving measurable results. Skilled in financial software, process optimization, and compliance. Known for reliability and results-driven approach.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Accounts Payable Manager

Nike Inc
Portland, OR
10.2020 - 04.2025

Process Aspects -

Manage Operations:

  • Manage End to End of AP operation from invoice processing to payments
  • Payment approvals
  • Review and prioritize open invoices through Power BI Dashboard
  • Taking care of customer complaints and escalations
  • Own Treasury Exception Process
  • Acquisitions & Mergers payments
  • Perform attestation for internal Audits

Stakeholder Management:

  • Monthly connects with various stakeholders to discuss the operational challenges (RAC, LER2R, Treasury, Telecom, Lease, and VIM)
  • Regularly connect with leadership to discuss improvement opportunities
  • Weekly team meeting to review day-to-day operations and plan for the coming week with the Internal team and MSP

Reporting:

  • Continuous Monitoring of all the open items and escalation for process improvement and timely resolution
  • Scorecard review and share-out with PI Team
  • Quarterly BSR preparation

Audits & Compliance:

  • Assist the internal FGNC team with process audit
  • Assist E&Y Auditors with Process Walkthrough and support documentation for Yearly SOX Audit

Process Improvements:

  • Responsible for driving operational excellence for day-to-day operations
  • Develop a Training Module focusing on the ease of Use of Technology for Internal Employees
  • Constantly Elevate process efficiencies by understanding customer query patterns and proactively fixing the root causes
  • Implementation of ticketing tool for managing customer queries and responses
  • Vendor Master process standardization
  • Actively participating in all the ongoing projects for S4, Beeline, Workday, Virtual accounts.
  • Clearing open items for catalog vendors

Transition:

  • Transitioned APLA (Mexico and Brazil) Nike to Genpact
  • Supported MSP transition

System Management & Migration:

  • UAT testing, Implementation, Hyper care. (Stage1) UAT testing (Stage 2)
  • Participated in S4 requirement gathering and workshops.
  • Exception setting and requirement gathering with 3rd party to support S4 Go Live
  • UAT testing for Pro Unlimited to Beeline.
  • UAT testing, Hyper care for HRP to Workday

Document Management:

  • Timely review and update of Desktop procedures
  • Creation of solution identification documents.
  • Documented Process Maps and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Implemented a process to make sure all documents are updated promptly on BOX

People Aspects-

Team Handling:

  • Managing a team of 20 resources which include 3 Team leads (Onsite and Offshore)

Resource on/off Boarding:

  • Raising Resource Indent
  • Evaluate Candidate
  • Conduct Pre-hire Process Orientation

Learning and Development:

  • New resources hiring, Training, and Knowledge Management.
  • Ensuring the development and implementation of progressive training, motivational, and diversity awareness programs, targeting team members.

Performance Review:

  • Conduct regular One on One's with team members
  • Tracking & evaluating the performance of the team and setting up targets wherever required.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies/procedures
  • Half Yearly and Yearly appraisals including proposing salary hikes and promotions for team members

Employee Engagement:

  • Organize monthly celebrations and engagement activities for the team.
  • Part of the Multi-Cultural Committee
  • Organize CSR events with team members

Project Manager

North West Natural Gas
Portland, OR
10.2019 - 10.2020
  • Activity and resource planning
  • Cost estimating, developing and maintaining the budget
  • Analyzing and managing project risk
  • Creation of Project Charter
  • Review and approval of SOW and Purchase Order
  • Help define project scope, goals, and deliverables
  • Create a schedule and project timeline
  • Manage project team, Customers, and Consultants
  • Allocate project resources
  • Create a schedule and project timeline
  • Tracking deliverable
  • Reporting project updates to leadership
  • Organizing meetings and calls with stakeholders, consultants, and customers
  • Maintaining and publishing risk register and project updates

Sr. Manager AP Operations

Genpact India
Delhi, IN
02.2006 - 07.2018
  • End to End of Accounts Payable operations, Customer service, Travel & Expenses, and Vendor Master Process
  • Taking care of customer complaints and escalations
  • Weekly/monthly call with all stakeholders to discuss the Process of Health
  • Regularly connect with clients and leadership to discuss improvement opportunities
  • Daily Team Huddle to bring team members on the same page
  • Continuous Monitoring and timely reporting of Process KPIs
  • Responsible for Managing operational SLAs and reporting to stakeholders.
  • Conducted BCP drills, Planning & Implementation exercise and report-outs.
  • Implementation of DAT (duplicate audit tool) for the elimination of any duplicate processing and payment.
  • Implementation of ticketing tool for managing customer queries.
  • Introduced upfront validation and input Forms to Standardize the Input for the vendor master process.
  • Performed a Green belt Project to reduce 34% Help desk Call Volume
  • Coordination with multiple stakeholders i.e. Transition, Digital, Practice, Training, and HR team for a smooth transition
  • Legacy to Concur: UAT testing, Implementation, Hyper care.
  • Responsible for the Successfully Managed shop of 40 resources

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Management

National PG College
Lucknow India
01.1999 - 01.2002

Skills

  • Accounts Payable Expertise

  • Stakeholder Management

  • MS Office (Word, PPT, Excel & Visio)

  • Supervision and leadership

  • Process Improvement

  • Analytics and Problem resolution

  • Time management

  • Excellent communication

  • Attention to detail orientation

  • Team building

  • Vendor relationship management

  • Expense reporting

  • ERP systems proficiency

Certification

Green Belt, 12/01/12

Timeline

Accounts Payable Manager

Nike Inc
10.2020 - 04.2025

Project Manager

North West Natural Gas
10.2019 - 10.2020

Sr. Manager AP Operations

Genpact India
02.2006 - 07.2018

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Management

National PG College
01.1999 - 01.2002
MEENAKSHI PANDITAACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER