Accounts Payable Support Assistant

Our Finance team are now looking for an Accounts Payable Support Assistant to play a vital role in the smooth functioning of our accounts payable and receivables function. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career in finance with exposure to a variety of processes and systems.

About the Role

In this role, you will support the accounts payable and receivables team by ensuring that invoices, payments, and financial documents are processed accurately and efficiently. You will also be responsible for maintaining smooth day-to-day operations, from handling incoming mail and scanning documents to managing vendor invoices and supporting payment runs. Your work will help ensure compliance, accuracy, and timely delivery across all areas of our Finance function.

In addition, you will also be responsible for:

• Opening, sorting, and batching incoming mail and finance documents for scanning, validation, and processing.
• Accurately validate scanned documents and enter data into relevant systems/applications.
• Running weekly reports and distribute to the respective vendors and maintain organized filing systems
• Supporting payment runs for both domestic and foreign vendors
• Reconciling supplier statements, resolving discrepancies, and supporting debt collection.
• Providing general support across the Accounts Payable and Receivable teams and handling ad-hoc finance duties.

This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of three days on-site each week, in line with our Hybrid@Harrods policy

About You

You will be highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will have a basic understanding of bookkeeping, imports, and shipping. With strong interpersonal skills, you’ll build effective relationships with colleagues, vendors, and other stakeholders, always delivering excellent customer service.

You will also:

• Have prior experience in a similar role, exposure to AP and AR tasks
• Have proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, with SAP experience is desirable.
• Have the ability to work independently as well as part of a collaborative team.
• Have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Be flexible in your approach, with a strong work ethic and time management skills
• Be able to adapt to change

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

In return you’ll receive an excellent benefits package, including a company pension, flexible working, 22 days’ holiday, and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store discount (including across our food hall and restaurants), and a season ticket loan.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.