Ref#: W182024

Department: Finance

City: Bangalore

State/Province: Karnataka

Location: India

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

Own end-to-end AP/PTP operations and transformation agenda for assigned region/tower, ensuring service excellence, controls, stakeholder trust, people development, and scalable process design.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

- Lead AP/PTP service delivery across invoice validation, vendor/GRIR reconciliation, balance confirmations, user/buyer/vendor resolution, employee reimbursements and month-end close support.
- Set operating priorities, service standards, governance routines, and escalation mechanisms across AP teams and process towers.
- Drive best-in-class customer, user,



and supplier experience through transparent communication, root-cause problem solving, and process simplification.
- Own transformation and process improvement projects, including automation, analytics, ERP+ readiness, change management, documentation and stabilization plans.
- Partner with regional/global stakeholders across Procurement, Tax, Treasury, GL, AR, IT, Internal Audit, SOX, Finance leadership, and business teams.
- Ensure internal controls, audit support, SOX requirements, policy compliance, and risk mitigation are embedded into day-to-day operations.
- Build robust AP talent pipeline through goal setting, coaching, succession planning, cross-training, capability building, and performance routines.
- Create meaningful analytics and executive-ready presentations on AP performance, risks, opportunities, and decisions required.
- Manage competing priorities across daily operations, month-end, audits, projects, and business escalations with a balanced strategic and detail-oriented approach.

Stakeholder Management

- Partner with Key stakeholder across functions.
- Manage relationship with business and vendors.

Team Leadership

- Lead, coach and develop high performing team.
- Establish clear goals, performance metrics, and development plans
- Foster culture of Accountability and continuous improvement.

Experience, Skills, and Knowledge

Skills & Competencies

- 13-15 years AP / PTP operations and transformation experience. Deep AP/PTP operational and technical process knowledge
- SAP and Ariba functional understanding; technical awareness an advantage
- Transformation, project management, and change management
- Stakeholder influence across regions/functions
- Analytics, executive presentation, and decision framing
- People leadership, coaching, and operating model design

📌 Accounts Payable Manager (India)
🏢 RALPH LAUREN
📍 India