Job Description

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We're a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.



Our success comes from our people - they make the difference. We're all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Role Purpose:

Responsible for providing back office finance admin support, the Accounts Payable Administrator will ensure all overhead, property and commercial vendor payments related to all Superdrug and Savers stores are accounted for and reported correctly, supporting the brands to continue to trade efficiently and delight customers across all channels. This role reports to the AP Manager for AS Watson Health & Beauty UK

A typical day in this role includes:

Ensuring all invoices processed in a timely manner

Proactively responding to and resolving stakeholder and supplier queries and escalating where necessary


Processing and prioritising payments in line with payment schedule and business need

Reconciling all bank accounts and investigation to ensure cleared on a timely basis

Reconciling vendor accounts to statement and following best practice in relation to vendor balance sheet accounts

Championing finance policies, processes and procedures


Supporting the continual development of processes and procedures to improve efficiency


Ensuring accurate reporting and compliance processes are followed, including completion of all month end tasks

Regular review of supplier aging and development of action plans to resolve aged items


Interacting with a variety of stakeholders: Commercial, supply chain, procurement, property functions

Stakeholders from outside the BU: Key vendors and suppliers

Other adhoc activities as directed

This job is a good fit for you if:

You're a real self-starter and can take initiative to deliver results for our customers


You have a passion for delivering great service to your stakeholders and have high levels of integrity

You understand the importance of your role in the team and how it impacts the customer

You are good at building strong collaborative relationships


You are comfortable challenging the status quo and sharing ideas with the team

You excited by finding ways to improve process and making things easier for the team


You have strong attention to detail and can see the 'big picture'

You get satisfaction though finding creative solutions to issues

What you'll need:

A quick learner who can work to a deadline

A keen eye for detail and a passion for finance


Good understanding of Excel

Experience of working in a shared service environment would be ideal

Here's what's in it for you

33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays) Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK. We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets! 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online Currently we are working from home in line with government guidelines When we are able you will be working in a stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station Company pension matching and bonus Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Come and be part of something special

Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm

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