Thyagarajan Pillay

Process vendor invoices and agent payments, ensuring accurate coding and timely approvals while handling agent expense reimbursements and invoicing. Monitor AP/AR queries via chats, emails and HubSpot and assist with month-end and year-end activities.

Supervised AP team and managed foreign creditor reconciliations and payment processes, ensuring compliance with AP policy and timely vendor payments. Oversaw vendor master data, performed monthly reconciliations and managed weekly cash flow forecasting.

Managed full-function accounting and reconciliations including GL and trial balance for 10-15 group companies, and mentored creditors and debtors staff. Handled stock control, intercompany reconciliations, VAT and PAYE returns and foreign payments.

Managed full-function creditors for 9 branches, processed foreign payments and weekly staff expense claims, and ensured payments were audit- and tax-compliant. Implemented automation for paperless payment support and prepared VAT and salary schedules.

Supervised and mentored an 8-person creditors team, implemented documentation management and streamlined PO/authorization processes across the group. Managed foreign payments, cashflow forecasting and supplier reconciliations to meet DPO targets.

Managed full-function creditors for regional operations, created and issued purchase orders, and reconciled intercompany procurement and supplier accounts. Ensured payment support compliance and resolved supplier queries within SLA.

Collected unpaid amounts and managed debtor processes while maintaining mandate compliance and performance reporting. Implemented paperless contract and payment support and improved business controls to mitigate fraud and risk.

Maintained fixed asset registers and performed full general ledger duties including stock analysis and balance sheet reconciliations. Participated in internal and external audits and managed foreign purchase orders for forward cover.

Processed purchase and sales orders, managed full-function creditors, weekly casual labour wages and cash/cheque sales verification. Performed cash receipts/payments journals, trial balance entries and monthly bank reconciliations.

Audited cashbooks and bank reconciliations across justice offices, eliminated backlog transactions and reallocated miscoded postings to correct GL accounts. Supervised, mentored and trained staff during project engagements.

BCom Business Administration degree in progress at the Management College of Southern Africa.

Completed Pastel Version 7 accounting software training in 2004.

Obtained Matric Exemption (National Senior Certificate) in 2000 from Burnwood Secondary School.