Ananthu Pillai
Ruse,NSW
Summary
Overall, 12 years of experience in the management stream. A result-oriented professional with thorough experience in the field of Operations / Credit Management / Accounts Receivables and Payables.
Experienced with managing complex financial transactions and maintaining accurate financial records. Utilizes advanced accounting software to streamline processes and improve efficiency. Track record of ensuring compliance with financial regulations and delivering precise financial reporting.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Officer
Australian Food and Fibre (AFF)
04.2025 - 08.2025
- Input vendor payments and updated accounts to reflect new balances.
- Ensured timely vendor payments by managing invoice processing and expense tracking systems.
- Reduced discrepancies in financial statements through meticulous data entry and record-keeping practices.
- Enhanced financial reporting efficiency with thorough account reconciliations and analysis.
- Supported month-end closing process by preparing comprehensive journal entries and adjusting balances as necessary.
Finance Officer
BUNNINGS GROUP LTD Trading as TOOL KIT DEPOT
10.2022 - 10.2024
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable, including receiving, processing, and verifying invoices per month.
- Processing of customer payments.
- Processing of deposits including petty cash.
- Processing & balancing of store banking including cash & Eft.
- Processing & reconciliation of bank statements.
- Reconciliation of customer accounts.
- Reconciliation of instore & online cash accounts.
- Customer and bank journal entries.
- Processing a high volume of supplier invoices, matching, reviewing, and verifying the purchase order and delivery notes.
- Liaise with the warehouse team for discrepancies in the supplier invoices and deliveries.
- Bank statement posting - Processing of customer’s payment, Zip Pay, Open Pay Eway, PayPal, and direct payments.
- Supplier inventory invoicing & supplier statement reconciliation.
- Supplier rebate invoicing & rebate credits.
- Reconciliation of supplier rebates.
- Prepare required reporting for bank journals and for supplier rebate figures.
- Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
Billing and Collection Specialist, Immigration Services
FRAGOMEN IMMIGRATION SERVICES
11.2020 - 08.2022
- Assisting managers and partners with the successful delivery of business and objectives, specifically around the reduction of aged receivables, minimizing billing errors and overall performance against both client-agreed and internal SLA’s.
- To facilitate and take ownership of the invoice audit, submission, and invoice Query management and collections for specific clients/ offices.
- Ensuring invoices are submitted in a timely manner via agreed delivery method and is supported by any additional documentation or reporting that is required.
- Reviewing and analysing billing information to enable submission of invoices to clients.
- Direct responsibility for day-to-day reporting on specific client billing & account receivables.
- Managing any outstanding invoices/ payments and follow up.
- Reviewing and analysing client-submitted information to enable updates of company-held information.
- Works on Ad hoc projects as required.
Credit Controller, Construction (Formwork & Scaffolding)
DOKA GULF FZCO
03.2019 - 07.2020
- Checking customer’s credit situation and deciding whether or not to offer the credit.
- Assist in the setting up of the credit control system.
- Dealing with internal queries about payments, ensuring customers pay on time and negotiating repayment plans.
- Chase overdue invoices by telephone, email & letter within agreed timescales.
- Maintain accurate records of all chasing activity.
- Identify changes in payment patterns and propose action to avert indebtedness.
- Handle disputed bills and negotiate to bring payment within the agreed terms.
- Respond promptly and completely to both client and internal inquiries.
- Undertake account reconciliations as required.
- Ensure monthly processing deadlines are met as required.
- Providing reporting as and when required by the management. Send out monthly client statements.
Credit Controller, Shipping & Marine Solution
Wilhelmsen Ships Service L.L.C
11.2016 - 02.2019
- Providing customers with a Statement of Accounts every month.
- Due payments as per the contract and agreement with the customers.
- Ensuring that customer credit exposures are kept within approved limits in accordance with Client Credit policy.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with customers to minimize overdue debt.
- Collecting, Monitoring and reporting on overdue debt on all business streams.
- Keeping respective AM, CM, and CSM aware of any issues related to and affecting customer credit performance, such as an increase in CCT, increase in the number of disputed invoices.
- Ensuring that disputed invoices are resolved within 30 days.
- Providing Finance with customer payment allocation details.
Operations Accountant/Logistics Operation Executive/Credit Controller
HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS L.L.C
04.2013 - 10.2016
- Credit Controller at HWL.
- Dealing with all cash customers credit customers and ensuring payment on time.
- Coordinating the debts of existing creditors and deciding whether to allow credit to a debtor.
- Setting up and maintaining files.
- Handling the collection of finances and the resolution of account queries.
- Maintaining contact with clients to ensure invoices are clear for payments.
- Regular and timely follow-ups with customers regarding payments.
- Resolving invoice issues/disputes from clients.
- Logistics Operation Executive in Ford Middle East and Audi Volkswagen Middle East.
- Handled Inbound and Outbound Logistics operations in both Ford Middle East (FME) and Audi Volkswagen Middle East (AVME) with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.
- Coordinated with shipping line and transporters and warehouse people for Inbound functions in Ford.
- Handled Road Freight and Sea Freight shipments for both FME and AVME.
- Preparing cost sheet for land/sea transport as per agreed rates by HWL management and clients.
- Generating invoices for the clients handling out every alternative day to maintain traceability.
- Tracking and booking the payments to transporters.
- Booking the vendor invoices daily and proceeding with sales invoices for clients.
- Preparing Master data report (KPI Report).
- Updating delivery schedule daily for all shipments.
- Following up with the vendors and transporters to forward their invoices before the set date by the end of the month to clear payments for the current month.
Education
Masters of Business Administration - Finance
Mahatma Gandhi University
India01.2011
Bachelors of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Mahatma Gandhi University
India01.2008
Skills
- Bank reconciliation
- Invoice processing
- Bookkeeping
- Accounting software proficiency
- Accounts receivable and payable
- Account reconciliation
- Financial records and reporting
- Microsoft office
- Data entry
- Relationship building
Languages
English
Timeline
Accounts Officer
Australian Food and Fibre (AFF)
04.2025 - 08.2025
Finance Officer
BUNNINGS GROUP LTD Trading as TOOL KIT DEPOT
10.2022 - 10.2024
Billing and Collection Specialist, Immigration Services
FRAGOMEN IMMIGRATION SERVICES
11.2020 - 08.2022
Credit Controller, Construction (Formwork & Scaffolding)
DOKA GULF FZCO
03.2019 - 07.2020
Credit Controller, Shipping & Marine Solution
Wilhelmsen Ships Service L.L.C
11.2016 - 02.2019
Operations Accountant/Logistics Operation Executive/Credit Controller
HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS L.L.C
04.2013 - 10.2016
Masters of Business Administration - Finance
Mahatma Gandhi University
Bachelors of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Mahatma Gandhi University
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