Accounts Payable Analyst, 12 Month FTC

Department:
Ops & Reporting

Location:
Head Office, Chelsea House

Description
Working in a busy team, we are looking for an Accounts Payable Analyst who will carry out accounting clerical duties within accounts payable, ensuring that our internal and external vendors are paid in a timely manner. You will have a familiarity with double entry to ensure correct processing of invoices and at more senior levels will have increasing experience in bookkeeping and accounting techniques.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Process Invoice for Stock and Non-Stock suppliers ensuring high level of accuracy.
• Extract relevant data from financial systems to support business Owners with accurate supplier information if/when required.
• Maintain supplier records ensuring Supplier information is up to date and all necessary checks are performed in line with Audit.
• Performing reconciliations and ensuring supplier accounts are kept up to date and all outstanding invoices
• Create, organize and maintain files containing the correspondence and record of all payments made to suppliers
• Extract simple/automatic data in various forms (graphs, charts, etc.) to include in reports for weekly Payment run reviews in Multi currency, checking payment runs to ensure authorization is in line with hierarchy and uploading payment files to banks, ensuring accurate delivery of payment cycle to Suppliers
• Ensuring queries are dealt within in a timely manner and resolved, enhance communication with vendors, distribute invoices across business Daily administrative duties also include post
• Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
• Must be able to work with all areas of the business building good working relationships with the wider finance teams as well as Business Owners and Senior Managers. Have a friendly but professional manner

Suitable candidates should demonstrate the following:

• Previous Accounts Payable experience
• Experience of iProcurement or P2P
• Attention to detail, accurate when working under pressure and to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, able to build relationships throughout the business
• Previous experience of dealing with stakeholders and customers
• Ability to multitask, solve complex problems and take responsibility for resolution
• Possess a positive approach to change
• EMEA experience an advantage

About Us
We're a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions. This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.

This role is based at our Head Office in West London. Check us out here on a map.

What We Can Offer You
Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site

Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through Reward Gateway

A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.

Every family is unique, we support Islanders with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders

Flexible working is a given, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.

Give as you earn scheme, a 'Giver Island' day each year and receive matched funding.

Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications. A succession plan if you want to progress.

23 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need

Keeping You Safe
At River Island we are committed to the safeguarding of all of our employees regardless of age or job role. We will fulfil our obligation under the Prevent duty which seeks to stop extremism and extremist views from materialising in our business. We promote and encourage the belief in British Values- including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. To find out more, please visit

Our Island is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. To find out more about this interview process, check out our hiring process below.