Account Payables Manager, Agent Provocateur
Office located in Islington, London
British luxury lingerie company
Open for applications
British luxury lingerie company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Islington, London
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring the hidden to the forefront and provide women with lingerie that screams confidence, sensuality and irreverence.
Role
Who you are
- Strong people management skills with a passion for completeness of tasks within required deadlines
- Line management and of 4 direct reports, providing training, and mentoring as required
- Ensuring appropriate works are divided between team to ensure all tasks are completed
What the job involves
- The Accounts Payables Manager is an integral part of the Group Finance team and has complete ownership of the Account Payables function for all companies within the Four Group
- They will also be responsible for the day to day running of the busy accounts payable department with 4 direct reports
- Manage and lead, day to day management of Payables department, with problem-solving mindset
- Act as the key escalation points for complex supplier queries, delivering a strong customer-focused service
- Managing the weekly payment run cycle
- Managing stock vendors ensuring accounts are reconciled on regular basis
- Support AP-automation/workflow rollout (e.g., invoice capture, new PO system)
- Management of the new PO-system, queries are addressed/resolved
- Payables Ledger reviews with team members
- Ensure supplier reconciliations are carried out on regular basis
- Maintain employees’ credit card limits per group policy and related postings are completed by team members
- Maintain best practice for checking and creating new suppliers on the ERP
- Maintain best practice for change in suppliers’ bank details
- Ensure AP processes comply with internal policies and fraud prevention
- Support external audits by providing documentation
- Month end discussion of Payables ledger with forecasting future cashflow
- Month end factory stock payments in advance reconciliation to TB
- Maintain rent and rates tracker for all stores
- Prepare information, schedules, reconciliations, and commentary for year-end audit
- Liaising with relevant heads of department ensuring timely approval of invoices
- Ad-hoc queries as required by Senior Management
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Agent Provocateur is a British lingerie brand that's been shaking up the fashion world since 1994. Born in the heart of Soho, it was founded with a rebellious spirit and a mission to empower women, not to just wear lingerie, but to own it. Inspired by punk culture and anti-establishment energy, Agent Provocateur flipped the script on traditional lingerie, making it about confidence, freedom, and fun.
From lingerie to swimwear, beauty, and accessories, every piece is crafted in-house with attention to detail and, of course, a touch of cheek. And in their boutiques around the world, staff even wear iconic pink house coats that were designed by Vivienne Westwood. With creative director Sarah Shotton at the helm, the brand continues to celebrate fearless femininity through eye-catching collections and a global presence that just keeps growing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Company benefits
- Generous staff discount across a variety of brands
- Auto-enrolment into company pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Charity time-bank scheme
- Ability to purchase additional annual leave
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Sarah Shotton
(Creative Director)Sarah has been the Creative Director at Agent Provocateur since 1999.
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