Accounts Payables Coordinator

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

Our Finance team are a vital partner in every aspect of our business, providing commercial insights to drive our success and influence everything we do. With presence in every department, we analyse performance, and deliver actionable insights that shape our strategic decisions.

About the role

As Accounts Payable Coordinator, you will support accurate supplier payments, strengthen financial controls and coordinate offshore operations across the Liquor business. Your key responsibilities will include:

Please note: This is a fixed term contract.

• Coordinate offshore accounts payable activities, supplier queries and team performance
• Resolve complex payment escalations across suppliers, stores, distribution centres and internal team
• Review financial reports, identify trends and provide commercially focused recommendations
• Oversee period end processes, journals and reporting to ensure accuracy and timelines
• Partner with suppliers and stakeholders to resolve issues across the end to end supply chain
• Support business and technology initiatives, including ERP and process improvement projects
• Maintain strong governance, documented procedures and compliance across accounts payable operations

About you and your skills

You are an experienced accounts payable professional who combines strong technical knowledge with practical judgement, confident stakeholder engagement and a passion for improving how work gets done. You will also bring:

• Clear communication, problem solving and the ability to influence stakeholders
• Experience across accounts payable processing and supplier query management
• Experience delivering accurate outcomes within a retail or high volume environment
• Strong ERP capability, ideally across SAP, MAX or similar ERP
• Proven experience coordinating and supporting offshore or shared service teams
• Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills with confidence analysing financial information

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email ***************@coles.com.au

Job ID: 194760

Employment Type: Fixed Term

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