This document is a resume for Jagadeesan Shankar summarizing his professional experience and qualifications. He has over 12 years of experience in finance and accounting roles, currently working as a Supervisor at CMA-CGM Shared Service Centre in Chennai, India. Previous roles include Process Leader at GIL Shared Services and Accounts Executive roles at New Age Software and Scanwell Logistics. He has extensive experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, and financial reporting. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts and is pursuing an MBA.

1. SHANKAR.J
E-Mail:jagadeesan.shankar@gmail.com / Contact Number: +91 9952967307, +91 44 24612150
Contact Address: New No.41, Old No.20, 4th
Trust Cross Street, Mandavelipakkam, Chennai – 600 028
Preferred Location - Chennai
Offering 12 years(of which 10 Yrs. in F&A) of rich & extensive experience in managing a gamut of Accounting
functions including Accounts Receivable & Payable, Petty/Shipment Cash Management, Booking Creditors Invoice,
Local Drs. Follow-up, Bank Reconciliation and Credit Control System, etc.
Senior Management Professional
PROFILE SNAPSHOT
 Presently working with CMA-CGM Shared Service Centre, Chennai as
Supervisor.
 Strong acumen in implementing financial & accounting procedures
including finalization of statutory accounts, MIS, Accounts Payable &
Receivable, Costing, Credit Control, Financial Auditing, etc.
 End User Knowledge & Functional experience in ERP SAP, ORACLE, IBM
AS400 and Tally.
 Adept at Financial Management, Project Management, Petty Cash
Management, Bank Reconciliation Statements, Creditor / Debtors
Management, Investment Analysis and Relationship Management.
 Proficient in managing wide spectrum of finance & accounts activities
related to accounting control systems and procedures, reconciliations
and MIS systems, banking and accounts receivables/payables, Payment
follow-up and Dispute Resolution.
 Deft at consistently combining both financial leadership and positive
business practices to ensure and deliver best customer satisfaction.
 Gained insightful exposure in successful transition and migration of
UK, Ireland, Hong Kong & Malaysia Cost Control (AP) processes.
 An enterprising leader with strong analytical, organisational, time,
interpersonal abilities along with skills in formulating accounting
systems, preparing accounting and financial statements.
EMPLOYMENT SCAN
Since May 2014 with CMA-CGM Shared Service Centre, Chennai
As Supervisor
Accountabilities:
 Managing a 9 member team involved in processing Middle East & Africa
region AE/MA/AL/ZA/EG/KEN/TN/SEN invoices. (Maximum team size
handled is 25 in my previous Organization)
 Ensuring trade invoices booked by AP booking team with
Job/Business/Tariff/Accounting part validations are primary scope of
the Cost Control process.
 Transitioned various processes during the tenure including:
o UK Transition: Migrated UK & Ireland Cost Control Process during
July 2015; successfully signed off all the Operational Manuals &
SOP by RCC during the transition and started ‘golive’ from
August’15
o Hong Kong & Malaysia Transition: Led a 3 member team to
Malaysia during July 2014 to migrate Hong Kong & Malaysia
process from Malaysia SSC to Chennai; cleared all backlog within
the schedule and successfully started operations from August’14.
 To provide coaching to team members and continuously
monitor/review performance; Mid-Year& Annual performance
evaluation.
 To attend review calls with clients and handling client escalations.
 To ensure timely submission of MIS reports, Daily/Weekly reports to
Agencies and internal management.
 To handle special projects like debit balance clearance, challenge
invoices, Reconciliations etc.
 Managing the activities of Vendor Master Data Team - Creation /
Modification / Activation / Deactivation of Vendors/Suppliers.
DOMAIN SKILLS
Strategic Planning 
Accounts & Finance 
Accounts Receivable 
Accounts Payable 
Bank Reconciliation 
Petty Cash Management 
Process Transitions 
Liaison & Co-ordination 
Credit Control 
Cost Analysis & Control 
MIS/ Reporting 
People Management 
Client Service Operations 
REWARDS & RECOGNITION
 Awarded ‘Star Performer’ award for
the successful transition of Hong Kong
AP process & completion of task as
per schedule, during Jul 2014.
 Recognised as“Lt. Colonel” (Best
Team Leader) awardfor showcasing
Excellent Leadership qualities during
the financial year 2012 and 2013.
 Got “Rage Award”for the outstanding
performance & initiative by the team
in Quarter 4 of 2011 & Quarter 1 of
2013, respectively.
 Recipient of “Excellence Award” for
demonstrating high standards in
Customer Services - Quarter 1 of 2011
 Winner of “Pleased as Punch Award”
in recognition of superior customer
service in Quarter 3 of 2011
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
 Pursuing MBAfrom Madras University.
 Bachelor of Arts from R.K.M.
Vivekananda Collage, Mylapore,
Chennai. – Madras University.
 C.A. Foundation Course oral tuition
for one year in R.K.M. Vivekananda
Collage, Chennai (Equivalent to
B.Com)
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2. Jun 2009 to Apr 2014 with GIL Shared Services Pvt. Ltd. (Group of
Agility Logistics Pvt. Ltd.) as Process Leader
Accountabilities:
 Led a team of 25 members and handled both AR & AP accounts
between global Agility officeswith the Strategic Partners; successfully
handled 40 Partners at different regions (North America, Middle East,
Europe and Asia Pacific).
 Maintained Receivable & Payable Accounts between Global Agility
offices and 40 Global strategic Partners.
 Monitored the work of subordinates and provided all the necessary
reports to the management as per the KPI.
 Prepared weekly MIS report, monthly collection & position of all
partners in a PPT (MRM presentation), monthly billing report, etc.
 Conducted monthly performance call with all the major partners &the
US management to review the monthly performance; decided on the
action plans to reduce pending & disputed items.
 Ensured maintenance of Accounts Receivable & Payables of all the
major NAM Region Partners.
 Involved in exchange of outstanding documents/invoice
copies/supporting documents in co-ordination with the branch
counterpart for AP booking & dispute resolution.
 Carried out monthly reconciliation & prepared Global Net summary
after exchange of reconciled SOA’s.
 Followed-up on payments and performed re-distribution of payments
once it was globally settled through one country and one currency.
 Posted necessary Fund transfer and currency conversion journals and
allocation in their respective AR books before month-end.
 Providing Training to New Joiners & to the team associates to have in-
depth process knowledge, as an SME (Subject Matter Expert).
 Organised regular weekly team meetings on reviewing the progress;
performed half yearly evaluation of individual performance to report to
the Management on competency level and the areas of improvement.
 Prepared monthly SLA Calculation, Dash Board, MIS and participated in
dashboard calls with Client.
 Successfully completed onsite job transition from UKwithin15 days of
its assignment.
 Ensured complete Knowledge transferred on the process front with all
the applications and customer specifications.
 Provided training on all the tools, reporting, ERP, SLAs, OLAs and
Reconciliation.
Jan 2008 to May2009 with New Age Software & Solutions (FSL Group) as
Accounts Executive – Grade 2
Accountabilities:
 Handled Asia Pacific Team and Singapore Payable Accounts.
 Involved in payment processing after verifying all documents, payment
request, corresponding revenues & shpt. Profit, Local Drs. Follow up,
Booking all Crs. Journals. (CRJ) & Administration/General transactions.
Jan 2003 to Dec 2007 with M/s. Scanwell Logistics India Pvt. Ltd. as
Senior Executive Accounts
Accountabilities:
 Managed all the Import shipment (both Air & Ocean) accounting
activities and maintained petty cash & shpt. cash for Chennai region.
 Maintained all transactions of Ocean & Air imports for all the stations.
(Chennai, Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore & Kolkata), Accounts Payable &
Accounts Receivable.
 Prepared Cheques, after verifying all relevant documents, payment
request, approvals &shipment Profit; also prepared Shipment wise
profitability report monthly &fortnightly.
 Confirmed the shipment cost with the overseas Offices / Agents after
getting approval from the operations department.
 Handled Petty Cash & Shipment Cash for ChennaiOffice.
 Prepared:
o Inward Freight Cost & DDU
Shipment Report Fortnightly.
o Outstanding Statements for
Overseas Inter offices &
Overseas Agents.
 Classified reports under the 30, 60,
90 and above 180 days period; sent
these reports to all individual Agents
/ Inter-offices for finalization &
approval.
 Co-ordinated with all stations with
regards to bank transactions.
 Made payments to all Local Crs. after
verifying all the documents &
approvals.
 Prepared daily Bank reconciliation
report by using online bank stat.
Preceding Assignment:
Aug 1997 to Dec 1999 with IIT
MadrasasJunior Project Assistant
(Office Administration& Procurement)
TECHNICAL COURSES / PROGRAMMES
 GNT Program from NIIT, Mylapore,
Chennai
 Six months’ Computer Course at
Datamatics Corporation, Chennai.
 “Foundations of Computerized
Accounting & Auditing” at C.A.
Institute, Nungambakkam, Chennai
 Typewriting Course in English: Junior
Grade & Senior Grade
BEYOND CURRICULUM
 Played Cricket, Tennis and
Badminton in inter collage
tournaments.
 Playing Violin (Carnatic Instrumental)
& Listening Carnatic Music.
 IT SKILLS
Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows
95, Windows 98, Win XP, Windows NT &
UNIX
Programming Languages: JAVA
Packages: FoxPro, Visual FoxPro, MS-
Office; GUI: Visual Basic 5.0, Visual C
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth 8th
May 1974
Passport No. H3519672
References Available upon request