Senior Accounts Payable Specialist - New York, NY - ZARA

Description

About us

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

Zara offers the latest fashion trends for all. An international brand with stores in the main cities of the world and online. Our business model is centered in our customers, constantly adapting to their needs. We love what we do. Teamwork, passion, curiosity, diversity, sustainability, creativity and humility are our daily motivation. Does it sound like you? Maybe you are a Zara person.

Purpose

We are seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to support the Finance organization across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. This role manages high-volume AP activity and plays a key role in month-end closing, including preparing and booking accruals across multiple spend categories. The ideal candidate has strong Excel abilities, is experienced working with large and incomplete data sets, and can produce clear reconciliations and analysis for both finance and non-finance stakeholders. This position requires high attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to operate within defined deadlines in a multinational environment.

This position is also considered a structured entry point into the U.S. Finance team, with the opportunity to develop and grow into other areas of Finance depending on performance, business needs, and career aspirations.

Key Responsibilities:

Invoice & Data Management

• Maintain AP mailboxes and ensure invoices and inquiries are processed timely

• Review and supervise outsourced AP entries to ensure accuracy and adherence to booking standards

• Support process improvements to enhance control and data integrity

Customs & Duties

• Record customs duty files received from brokers and reconcile balances with Treasury payments across entities

Payments & Reconciliations

• Review AP aging, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate timely payments

• Perform bi-weekly AP account reconciliations and prepare structured supporting analysis

Credit Card & Travel Expenses

• Record corporate card and travel expense transactions and reconcile to external reports

• Reconcile Concur vs. SAP aging and resolve variances

Month-End Close, Accruals & Analysis

• Prepare and post-month-end accruals across multiple cost categories

• Produce clear analysis and variance explanations for business partners and finance leadership

• Review aging reports, error queues, and pending approvals and ensure timely resolution

Audit & Compliance

• Provide documentation for internal and external audits

• Ensure compliance with internal policies and accounting standards (IFRS / US GAAP exposure a plus)

Project Participation & Collaboration

• Participate in accounting and cross-functional finance projects

• Recommend and support implementation of process improvements for control, visibility, or efficiency

Hybrid Requirement:

This is a hybrid NYC-based role. The role provides up to 30 work-from-home flex days per-6-month period, with the remaining days performed onsite in the office. Attendance expectations may increase during critical close periods or as business needs require.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field

• Minimum 3 years of accounting or AP experience (retail experience preferred)

• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with large data sets

• Experience with SAP or other ERP systems is a plus

• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet defined deadlines

• Ability to work with incomplete inputs and still produce structured, accurate deliverables

• Professional communication skills and ability to translate financial reconciliations into clear business language

What we offer:

In addition to a competitive salary, you will also receive 25% discount to buy the latest trends in any of our brands and a variety benefit package where you can find a wide range of discounts.

Our internal talent is our greatest asset, and we are proud of offering internal promotion programs where you will find opportunities to grow, e-learning and training programs as well as social projects to get involved and contribute to a better society, and much more

Annual compensation range:

$70,000 - $85,000 + discretionary bonus

* Zara, in good faith, believes that this posted rate of compensation is the accurate range for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. Actual compensation within that range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and applicable laws.

Zara USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. xrczosw

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, age, citizenship status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

EOE/DFW