Accounts Payable Team Leader

Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm, Friday 9:30am - 4:00pm.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary circa £25,000 per annum.

We are happy to discuss hybrid-working arrangements.

WHO ARE WE?

Launched in 2017, ISAWITFIRST has gone from strength to strength and it's not stopping any time soon. We have worked with world-famous celebrities, top tier influencers, iconic beach clubs, and of course the biggest show in the world... Love Island. We put the fast into fast-fashion and we work hard to make sure our customers see it first and wear it first. We're all about putting the fun back into fashion by offering trend-led pieces at affordable prices.

WHY WORK HERE?

If you're looking for a new challenge, a dynamic team to learn from and a fast-moving environment to dive into - ISAWITFIRST is the place for you. Wanna learn from the best in the business and think you can keep up? We'd love to have you as part of our journey. We're looking for driven, passionate and positive people to join our ISAWITFIRST family.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Team Leader for leading fashion brand I SAW IT FIRST, to help support the business growth and day to day requirements of the Finance department.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management responsibilities of 3 AP Clerks.
• Supervise & oversee team portfolio of supplier accounts.
• Review, understand and prioritise teams work based on AP reports distributed within the team (pending approval, receipted PO's, debit balances, Unmatched GRNI etc).
• Provide advice and act as point of escalation for AP queries.
• Ensure root cause analysis is performed on supplier accounts to ensure the same issues don't repeat.
• Regularly review of Pending Approval report.
• Signoff of team completed statement reconciliations.
• Approve New Suppliers set up in the system by the team.
• Complete regular skills gap for each member of the team.
• Provide continual on the job training to each member of the team as and where the need is identified.
• Act as first point of escalation for resolving processing queries/ invoice discrepancies.
• In liaison with the AP Manager and the Continuous Improvement Team support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Organise monthly feedback sessions for the team, creating and maintaining individual PDRs.
• Assist the AP Manager with recruitment needs for the team.
• Act as cover for AP Manager absence.
• Manage team specific month-end activities.
• Complete some month end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Providing support with audits.

PREFERRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience of working with Stock suppliers.
• Ability to work within a high volume, fast paced environment.
• Experience working with multi-currency and multi entity transactions.
• Previous people management experience (ideally 1 year minimum).
• Fluent in English both verbal and written. Another European Language (French, Italian) is an advantage but not essential.
• Office IT literate, preferably with intermediate MS Excel skills.
• Netsuite or any other ERP systems knowledge.
• Maintaining a can do, positive attitude to motivate the team.

Sound like a bit of you? Apply below.

We will consider any reasonable adjustments that you would like us to put in place in the interests of fairness and equal opportunities.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are unable to give feedback to candidates at initial application stage.