Accounts Payable Officer

Job Description

Location: Olympic Park (Parking and accessible by public transport)

Salary package: $80,000 + Super

Role highlights: An exceptional opportunity to join a US-listed, global Retail | FMCG giant. Join a well established high performing team within a business that promotes self learning and development.

Role Overview

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Payable professional to join a fast-paced retail and FMCG environment. This role will play a key part in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, reconciliations, and expense claims. The successful candidate will be highly organised, possess strong analytical skills, and be confident using Microsoft Excel to analyse data, reconcile accounts, and investigate discrepancies. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their career within a dynamic finance team.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices
• Process supplier claims
• Review and process supplier credit notes
• Review and process employee benefit/ travel expenses claims
• Review and process Costco warehouse/depot expenses and take necessary action
• Follow up on missing supplier invoices and take necessary action to pay invoices on time
• Perform end to end supplier statement reconciliation monthly to identify and analyse variances, communicate with external and internal stakeholders, and take appropriate action to resolve discrepancies to pay supplier invoices on time
• Analyse freight and duty suppliers’ statements monthly to resolve discrepancies to make on time supplier payments
• Review and analyse AP aged items monthly and take necessary action
• Liaising with suppliers on a regular basis to keep supplier account up to date with no aging items
• Review invoices paid from bank vs amount booked into GL daily to assist with bank reconciliation. Follow up and resolve outstanding items on the bank reconciliations
• Monthly GST review to ensure it is accurate and take necessary action
• Assist in other areas of the Accounts Payable function as required to achieve team's KPI

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be eager to grow their career in Accounts Payable and bring valuable experience in handling complex AP tasks. This includes end-to-end vendor statement reconciliations, vendor claims, bank reconciliations, month-end GL to sub-ledger reconciliations, inter-company account reconciliations, and employee T&E claims. Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse data and investigate discrepancies will be essential for success in this role.

The Company, Culture & Benefits

This fast-paced, large retail and FMCG business maintains well-known brands in the Australian marketplace and offers excellent opportunities for career advancement for the right person.

• Grow your career – broaden your business acumen in a role that offers career growth
• Be rewarded – $80k + Super
• Share a passion – be part of a business that is passionate about what they do

Apply

If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking the “apply” link below. The reference number for this role is JH69975. Please allow for 3 - 5 working days for us to process all the applications. All applicants will receive feedback from us, either via email or a telephone call.