Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager

About us

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

Your new role

The Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager is responsible for leading and managing the end-to-end Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash processes, ensuring accurate, timely and controlled processing of supplier payments, customer receipts, reconciliations and related financial reporting. The role provides leadership to the AP and AR teams, maintains a strong internal control environment, supports cash forecasting and working capital management, and drives continuous improvement across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams, ensuring workloads, priorities and deadlines are effectively coordinated.
• Oversee accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, employee expenses, customer receipts, manual invoices, credit notes and account adjustments.
• Ensure payment runs, BACS files, manual payments and foreign payments are reviewed and controlled in line with company policies and approval procedures.
• Manage supplier and customer account reconciliations, ensuring open items, aged balances, debit balances, disputed items and unallocated cash are investigated and resolved promptly.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including AP and AR ledger close, control account reconciliations, accruals, GRNI review and balance sheet integrity.
• Produce and review AP and AR performance metrics, including invoice throughput, payment performance, aged debt, overdue balances, query resolution and backlog reporting.
• Work closely with Treasury to support cash forecasting, working capital analysis, payment scheduling and receipts visibility.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, delegation of authority, segregation of duties, audit requirements, VAT rules and relevant finance policies.
• Act as a key escalation point for supplier, customer, affiliate, audit and business stakeholder queries.
• Identify, lead and support process improvements, automation opportunities and system enhancements across AP and AR activities.
• Own and coordinate the quarterly intercompany process, including preparation, review, reconciliation, query resolution, stakeholder communication and timely completion of required intercompany submissions

Your unique contribution

• Management of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable operational processes across multiple entities, currencies and stakeholders.
• Responsibility for maintaining accurate supplier and customer ledgers and supporting the integrity of financial reporting.
• Line management responsibility for AP and AR team members, including performance management, coaching, development and workload planning.
• Ownership of key finance controls within AP and AR, ensuring processes are documented, compliant and consistently followed.

Who you’ll be working with

• Financial Controller / Head of Financial Control
• Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Treasury teams
• Procurement, Supply Chain, Customer Service and Commercial teams
• Suppliers, customers and intercompany affiliates
• Internal and external auditors
• IT and systems support teams for ERP, reporting and workflow tools

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you have:

• Strong experience in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable or wider financial operations, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
• Proven people management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop a high-performing team.
• Sound understanding of purchase invoice processing, supplier payments, customer receipts, aged debt management, reconciliations and month-end close processes.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls, audit requirements, segregation of duties and financial compliance.
• Experience of ERP systems, ideally Oracle JD Edwards or similar, with strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial data.
• Understanding of Polaris and related finance processes, including how system workflows, master data and process controls interact with AP, AR and intercompany activities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to resolve issues across finance, business teams, suppliers and customers.
• Ability to manage high volumes of work accurately while meeting tight deadlines.
• Proactive approach to problem solving, continuous improvement and process simplification.
• Part-qualified or qualified accountant, or equivalent finance experience, would be advantageous.
• Control focused: Maintains high standards of accuracy, compliance and financial integrity.
• Collaborative: Builds effective relationships across teams and works constructively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Results driven: Delivers priorities on time and supports the team in meeting operational deadlines.
• Continuous improvement mindset: Challenges existing processes and identifies opportunities to simplify, automate and improve.
• People focused: Supports team development, creates clarity and encourages accountability.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R).

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or e accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

Job Posting End Date:

2026-07-24

Target Hire Date:

2026-08-01

Target End Date: