Accounts Payable Manager (Maternity Cover)
Your Journey
At Sweaty Betty, we’re more than just a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women.
We’re also a community that believes fitness is a flip-the-switch trigger for becoming the woman you want. Leggings and sports bras won’t change the world on their own. But with a grab-my-hand, let’s-go-for-it-now spirit, the women who wear them can.
If you want to join us on the next chapter of our adventure, you’re in the right place. This is an exciting opportunity for an Accounts Payable Manager to join us on our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond by overseeing the smooth running of our accounts payable ledger and efficiency of the Accounts Payable Team.
∙ We Really Care ∙ First, Best, Bravest ∙ Our Strength is in Each Other ∙ Stand Up, Speak Up, Shout Out
You will manage a team consisting of six AP clerks and will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that the team processes invoices efficiently and payments are made on time and in an efficient manner
- Supplier reconciliations are performed whilst building strong relationships within the business and external parties
- Regular maintenance and review of vendor details in Business Central
- Supporting the implementation of the workflow process and other projects relating to Accounts Payable going forward
- Ensuring all stock, overhead & rental payments are accurately processed before sending for review for weekly and ad-hoc payment runs
- Reviewing Aged Creditors and taking appropriate action on overdue balances and debit balances
- Resolving Unallocated Cash issues in timely manner
- Review of UK and US credit card entries processed monthly
- Monitoring of inbox and ensuring all emails have been acted on by the AP team daily and reallocated to specific vendor folders
- Ensuring the Supplier statement reconciliation process is effective and there is a robust process in place for reviewing and authorising completed reconciliations
- Liaising with management accounts team on process improvement to ensure all costs relating to the period have been captured
- Overhead month end reports and prepare reconciliation, making sure aged payable report has comments on for overdue balances and that these balances are acted on
Must Haves
- Previous experience in managing an Accounts Payable team in a retail, multi-departmental organisation
- Good communication skills, hands-on in getting involved in sorting out problems in a timely manner, proactive and professional
- Previous experience in improving processes within the Accounts Payable function
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or other similar system
The Extras
- Generous clothing allowance
- 50% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
- 23 days holiday, with buy and sell holiday option
- Sample sales
- Company bonus scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Monthly Office Meeting
- Generous Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay and Childcare support
- Discounts at the best Studio Classes
- SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home. Our focus remains keeping everyone safe and we will continue to review this in line with government guidance
Our D&I Commitment
Our mission is to empower all women. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world. And we want to stand up for what we believe in.
We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business. Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.
Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business.
We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Squad to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.