Accounts Payable Specialist
The Urban Gym Group is on the lookout for a sharp-eyed Accounts Payable Specialist with a strong foundation in finance and accounting. This isn’t just about processing invoices; you’ll be diving into the detail of accrual accounting, capitalization, prepayments, and month-end close. Your work will help keep our financial reporting spot-on and our internal controls tight across the entire purchase-to-pay cycle.
Amsterdam | Fulltime
The Urban Gym Group is on the lookout for a sharp-eyed Accounts Payable Specialist with a strong foundation in finance and accounting. This isn’t just about processing invoices; you’ll be diving into the detail of accrual accounting, capitalization, prepayments, and month-end close. Your work will help keep our financial reporting spot-on and our internal controls tight across the entire purchase-to-pay cycle.
Key responsibilities:
Accounts Payable & Transactional Accounting
- Process supplier invoices accurately and on time, ensuring correct GL coding, VAT treatment, and cost allocation.
- Keep vendor master data up to date and handle supplier queries with professionalism.
Accruals, Prepayments & Capitalisation
- Prepare and post accruals for goods and services received but not yet invoiced.
- Manage prepayments, including set-up, amortisation schedules, and monthly releases.
- Spot and support capitalisable costs (think assets, leasehold improvements, IT kit) and make sure they’re treated correctly in line with policy.
- Help classify costs accurately between OPEX and CAPEX.
Month-End & Reporting Support
- Get involved in month-end close, including reconciliations of AP, GR/IR, accruals, and prepayments.
- Investigate and resolve variances and aged balances.
- Ensure AP-related balances are complete, accurate, and ready for audit.
What We’re Looking For
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
- 2–4 years’ experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Operations, or Accounting.
- Solid understanding of:
- Accrual accounting
- Prepayments and amortisation
- Capitalisation vs operating expenses
- General ledger principles
- Experience working in a month-end close environment.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations).
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite, Exact Globe).
What We Offer
- Competitive salary plus 8% holiday pay based on your annual salary.
- 26 days holiday (based on full-time employment).
- Pension plan to support your future.
- Swap public holidays to suit your lifestyle.
- Join our Work in Club Programme and experience life on the gym floor.
- One day a year for charity work – give back and make an impact.
- Unlimited access to all our first-class clubs for you and a +1.
- Well-being matters: you and your family get unlimited access to OpenUp, our mental health and well-being partner.
- Remote working options for up to 10 days a year.
- 750 amazing colleagues who push boundaries and inspire each other every day.
How We Work
To foster collaboration, coaching, and team energy, we expect our colleagues to work on-site (head office or clubs) at least 4 days per week (and up to 5 days depending on the role).
About Urban Gym Group
A world leading fitness group
We’ve been pushing the boundaries of what we can do to empower our community to get the most out of themselves.
In doing so we create places in communities with a purpose, where people come to transform their lives from good to great.
We place our community left, right and centre in everything we do. By tailoring our future facing and innovative urban gym concepts to their specific needs, we offer them the care, the energy and the challenge they need to create an ever-healthier lifestyle.
Application proces
Let us know who you are
Send your resume and motivation letter to work@urbangymgroup.com. After assessing your application, we will contact you.We meet
After a brief meeting online we plan a face to face meeting at one of our clubs or at HQ. When applying for an audition as trainer or performer, you will be invited for the next planned audition.Culture fit
Fitting our culture is the most important part of the application proces. We believe character, ambitions and expectations are more important than skills. Together we find out if there is a mutual match and if we meet each others expectations.A day in our club
Sometimes we skip step 4, but depending on the vacancy, we ask you to step in our club and experience real life a day in our club. This way you know for sure the UGG family suits you.Conditions
We expect to offer you a contract within 10 working days after your application. The proposal will inform you on all primary and secondary conditions (including unlimited training at all of our labels!).