Gaucho Restaurants – Accounts Payable Supervisor
Department: Finance
Reports to: Senior Management Accountant
Location: London Oxford Circus Head Office (4 days a week, 1 day WFH)
Contract: Full Time
About Gaucho: At Gaucho, we bring contemporary, Argentine-inspired dining to the UK, with exceptional steak, world-class wines, and warm, attentive service at the heart of every experience. Our restaurants capture the vibrant Gaucho energy within sophisticated, welcoming settings. With locations across London and the UK, Gaucho continues to set the standard for unforgettable dining.
The Accounts Payable Supervisor Role: The Accounts Payable Supervisor plays a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the AP function within a fast-paced, multi-site restaurant group. Reporting to the Transactions Manager, you will oversee the AP team in processing and reconciling high volumes of supplier invoices, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring timely payments. You'll act as a point of contact for site-level and supplier queries, supporting the Transactions Manager in maintaining an efficient, well-controlled environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the daily operations of the AP team, ensuring timely and accurate processing and reconciliation of a high volume of supplier invoices across multiple restaurant locations.
- Act as the first line of support for escalated queries from suppliers, restaurant managers, and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure invoices are correctly matched to purchase orders and goods received notes, working closely with procurement and operations teams to resolve discrepancies.
- Support the Transactions Manager with weekly payment runs and supplier payment forecasting, ensuring deadlines and authorisation processes are followed.
Skills & Experience Required:
- Solid experience in an accounts payable supervisor role, ideally within the hospitality, retail, or multi-site environment.
- Strong understanding of AP processes: invoice matching, PO systems, supplier reconciliations, and payment cycles.
- Comfortable working in a high-volume environment with multiple deadlines.
- Good working knowledge of finance systems (e.g. Fourth, Sage, iDocuments, ProNett, Payhawk) and Excel.
Benefits and Training
- 50% off your food bill at all GAUCHO restaurants
- Referral and Length of Service Bonuses
- Incentive and reward schemes
- Cycle to work schemes and discounted gym membership
- GAUCHO Benefits
- Industry Apprenticeship Program Opportunities
- Career Development and Training Programs
- Training provided by the GAUCHO Academy
- 28 paid annual holidays + options to purchase additional days