1. Anup Minhas
Mobile: 9899923467 ~ E-mail: anup_minhas@yahoo.com
A-1/76B Phase-5 Aya Nagar Extn. near Arjangarh Metro Station New Delhi-110047
Career Objective
To succeed in an environment of growth and excellence and earn a job, which provides me job satisfaction
and self-development and help me achieve personal as well as organizational goals.
Professional Summary
Possess 8 years of professional experience as an Expert Finance Specialist in accounts receivable team; for
UK & Ireland and US.
Providing customer service regarding collection issues, process customer refunds, process and review
account adjustments, resolve client discrepancies and short payments.
Responsible for monitoring and maintaining assigned accounts- Customer calls, account adjustments,
small balance write off, customer reconciliations and processing credit memos.
Accountable for reducing delinquency for assigned accounts.
Perform other assigned tasks and duties necessary to support the Accounts Receivable Department.
Enlist the efforts of sales and senior management when necessary to accelerate the collection process.
Also responsible communicate & follow up effectively with sales dept. regarding customer accounts on a
timely basis.
Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with dealers and sales .
Facilitate work to customer’s Engineers and work load administrator across Europe and US.
Professional Experience – Total 8 yrs.
Moody's Shared Services India: -
since Dec’13 till date
Associate (Credit & Collections)
Job Profile & Responsibilities in Moody’s:
Stratify collection activities to maximize cash receipts
Issue dunning letters to overdue accounts for US & Canada
Reconciliation of accounts and customer disputes as they pertain to payment of outstanding balances due
Reviewing agreements/Contracts and purchase orders to ensure correct billing
Providing status updates on past dues to higher management at MSSI & to the stakeholders
Handling complete refund process for US & Canada
Recommend that accounts be shifted to a collection agency and Legal Team
Contact customers regarding overdue accounts and determine reasons for non-payment
Issue payment commitment letters
Monitor various payment terms
Evaluate and manage own portfolio with minimal help
Assist cash application specialist for application of customer remittances and perform research on all
customer payment.
Issue credit hold notifications
Identifying and processing bad debt write-offs on monthly basis
Maintain accurate records about the customer payment status
Monthly Delinquency notices
Processing monthly credit memos and the appropriate reporting
Provide excellent & considerate customer service to customers and collections team
Meet defined department goals and activity metrics
Streamline all collection processes and recommend improvements to process
Adherence to compliance and SOX
Work on the adhoc request received from US Collectors & Sales team
Weekly review call with Manager in US for top accounts
Manage the day to day process activities
Providing trainings to new joinees
Responsible for maintaining and achieving process SLA targets
2. Agilent Technologies International: -
since Sep’07 till date Nov’13
Sr. Finance Specialist (Expert Level)
Job Profile & Responsibilities in Agilent:
Working as Sr. Finance Specialist at Expert Level for UK & Ireland for major accounts including high risk
customer and open AR of approx.10 million $.Ensuring the cash collections target is met every month (72-
80% of outstanding receivables at the start of the calendar month).
Escalating and reviewing account queries to various departments like customer service, order
management, credit control, Accounts receivable team and other relevant departments (Service
agreements, support, sales etc.)
Linking with banks such as Citibank, for payment enquires in case of unidentified payments made by the
customers, payments made to wrong bank accounts.
Ensuring smooth ARCC closure at month ends.
Also worked with other departments like Field Engineer, Customer Engineer, and Work Load administrator
to analyze and solve the issues like customer disputes, the pricing, agreement, installation and support &
sales issues.
Reconciling items related to activities such as Refunds, payment application, Intercompany transfers.
Strategizing and prioritizing monthly focus areas like cash collections, ageing reduction, write off
prevention etc.
A focused, targeted and highly motivated professional with the demonstrated capability of achieving more
than 100% by well planned, developed and implemented strategies
Application to Customer Invoices and Credit Notes as per remittance details.
Key Accomplishment:
Responsible for a project of over 90 ageing AR/Invoice level reduction- Project compering over 90
AR/Invoices of 3 different regions- Germany, France and UK-Ireland.
Preparing and maintaining business reports weekly. Reporting involves making portfolio, account ageing
files, invoice level files, cash in advance invoices & keeping track of unapplied cash.
Organizing weekly and monthly account level and invoice level reviews conference with the global C&C
operation manager and senior managers.
Also organize meetings to analyze issues/ challenges & reviewing weekly account and invoice level with
the team members.
Also responsible to initiate and plan the next course of action with team.
Strengthened service development program by integrating strong mentoring and arranging process related
trainings and coaching elements into new employee trainings.
Provided inputs to US management and implemented the same to enhance and streamline the process.
Rewards & Recognition:
Received “star of the Year Award for performing best in Oct 2009
Got award for THE COUNTRY CHALLANGE: Collected Dollars target for Ireland in Sep-2012
Also awarded for highest collected dollars in year-End 2011-12
Received over-whelming feedback from the manager across UK & Ireland for well-maintained portfolio.
Received Bronze award for overall collection activities in Moody’s by collection leadership in
March 2015.
Have been getting appreciation mails and feedback from process managers across Europe and US on
exemplary support, very quick implementation, prompt reply & good quality job.
Technical skills:
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Internet Information Services
Highly skilled in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Also proficient in Oracle 11i, SAP, Cortera, PeopleSoft and Siebel Platforms.
Management Skills:
Excellence in Analysis and Problem Solving
Sound Judgment and Decision Making Skills
Strong Influencing Skills
3. Achievement oriented Individual Contributor
Persuasive Communicator
good spoken and written communication skills
Assertive but tactful manner
Organized and methodical approach
meeting strict deadlines
good negotiation skills
the ability to explain financial matters firmly and clearly
good mathematical skills
In-House Trainings & Certifications:
Team-work and collaboration
Assertiveness skills
Presentation Skills
Standard of Business conduct (SOBC -be legal)-.
Business Ethic.
Customer Conflict Management
Quality Tool
Be Agilent Orientation (BAO)
Growing at MSSI
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
MBA in (Finance) from Sikkim Manipal University
B.Com. (Pass) from Delhi University
12th from CBSE
10th from ICSE
Hobbies:
Playing Cricket and guitar
Personal Vitae
Father's name: Anirudh Singh
Marital status: Married
Date Of Birth: 4th -Feb 1985
Languages: English and Hindi
Nationality: Indian
References shall be provided upon request.
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(Anup Minhas)