Manager Accounts Payable

If numbers are your forte, this is where you'll thrive! As a finance professional, you know this is the department that really makes a difference.

As Manager Accounts Payable, you will take ownership of Accounts Payable across a cross-regional scope within our international Finance Operations team. Leading a team of approximately eight colleagues and reporting to the Head of Finance Operations, you will combine hands-on operational leadership with a clear focus on people's development, process improvement, and strong financial controls. You will work closely with a fellow AP Manager, sharing standards, ways of working and escalation support while independently leading your own area. From the invoice lifecycle and payment runs to reconciliations, vendor master data and month-end activities, you will ensure that processes run accurately and effectively across multiple entities. You will also play an important role in our journey towards a more standardised, automated and analytical AP function. By reducing manual work, strengthening controls and helping the team confidently adopt modern finance systems, automation and AI-supported tools, you will contribute directly to a scalable and future-focused Finance Operations organisation.

• CHO Keizersgracht Amsterdam • 40 hours

Share your talents

In this role, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop the Accounts Payable team, taking ownership of workload planning, onboarding and performance topics.
• Manage the end-to-end invoice lifecycle across multiple entities, including approvals, matching, exceptions, payment runs, reconciliations, vendor master data and month-end activities.
• Strengthen financial controls and lead improvement initiatives that reduce manual work, address root causes, and deliver measurable results.
• Act as an escalation point for vendors and internal stakeholders, managing expectations and influencing decisions through clear, data-backed recommendations.
• Oversee AP systems and tooling, define requirements, support user acceptance testing, and champion the adoption of automation and reporting solutions.

Bring all of you

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable leader who brings structure, ownership and care to a complex international environment. You feel equally comfortable leading people and improving processes, and you understand how strong operational foundations support wider business goals. You identify risks and opportunities early, approach challenges from different perspectives, and turn your findings into practical solutions. As a manager, you create clarity, encourage collaboration, and help colleagues grow in confidence and capability. You communicate complex financial topics in a clear and grounded way, build constructive relationships with stakeholders, and remain focused on accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement. With your curiosity about technology and smarter ways of working, you can guide the team through change while keeping day-to-day AP operations firmly under control.

To be successful in this role, you:

• Have at least three years of experience leading an Accounts Payable team, including coaching, performance management and workload planning.
• Have proven experience managing end-to-end AP operations across multiple entities, including the invoice lifecycle, exceptions, approvals, payment runs and month-end activities.
• Have led process improvement or automation initiatives and demonstrate measurable results.
• Have strong stakeholder management skills and experience handling escalations and influencing managers and senior stakeholders.
• Are fluent in English, both written and spoken, have HBO-level working and thinking ability, and currently reside in the Netherlands.
• Dutch language skills and experience with modern ERP, procure-to-pay or invoice automation platforms are an advantage.

We believe in the value of in-person collaboration and teamwork. Therefore, we work predominantly from the office.

Benefits of working at Rituals

• Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Staff discount on Rituals products
• Attractive bonus
• Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm
• Company & team events