Accounts Payable Associate

Location: Icon 1 WA15 0AF

About THG Beauty

We know that beauty isnt onesizefitsall. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone everywhere empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands with a marketplace for over 1300 thirdparty beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC Cult Beauty and Dermstore THG Beautys ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beautys breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer a brand owner and a product developer and manufacturer making it the industrys digital strategic leader.

About Finance at THG

Finance at THG is a dynamic and evolving team covering everything from accounts receivable and payable to treasury tax internal audit and dedicated commercial teams for each division: Beauty Tech Consumer Health and Brands. As THG grows and takes on new ventures our finance team supports every step of the way. Our team thrives on driving change adaptability and resourcefulness maintaining financial control and profitability.

Why be a Accounts Payable Associate at THG

As an Accounts Payable Associate you will be playing a key role in keeping our financial operations running smoothly you will have the opportunity to showcase your expertise in invoice management building relationships with suppliers and working closely with external stakeholders. You will get the opportunity to enhance your skills within a fast paced and dynamic team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a designated portfolio of supplier accounts
• Ensure invoices for your designated portfolio are received and recorded in a timely manner via our Procure platform or via exceptional manual processing
• Manage 3way match processes using relevant databases and accounting system
• Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues working with the supplier and internal stakeholders requesting credit notes or raising internal debit notes as and when required
• Reconcile supplier accounts on a regular basis using agreed templates (monthly as a minimum)
• Request any missing supplier documents and ensure process is followed to have these captured in the system
• Resolve supplier payment disputes/short payments
• Ensure all invoices credit notes and payments are allocated correctly on both suppliers statement and our system
• Monitor unposted invoices report for your designated portfolio of suppliers
• Review unmatched GRNI for your designated portfolio of suppliers
• Complete GRNI Account Reconciliations ready for Manager Review (Weekly)

What skills and experience do I need for this role

• Finance related professional qualification (degree/AAT/ACCA/CIMA) or ideally at least 1 years experience within a similar role
• Ability to act as SME for the accounts payable team
• Fluent in English both verbal and written. Another Language (Polish Swedish German French) an advantage but not essential
• Office IT literate preferably with intermediate MS Excel skills
• Sage or any other ERP systems knowledge
• Maintaining a can do positive attitude with a focus on high level internal and external customer service

Whats in it for me

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our inhouse L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industryleading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Dont want to work on your birthday We dont either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access facetoface and virtual appointments with our inhouse GP.
• Access our inhouse CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• Stateoftheart onsite gym.
• Access to our onsite physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12 on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50 staff discount on THG brands.
• Onsite staff shop.
• Access to onsite barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG Refer them and get up to 1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.