Accounts Payable Officer

We’re looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Officer to join our Finance team in Sydney.
You’ll manage the end-to-end accounts payable process for operating expenditure across a multi-entity, multi-currency environment. From invoice processing and payment runs to supplier relationships and month-end close, you’ll help ensure our financial operations remain accurate, timely and well controlled.
The role will also provide some support to the Finance team as we continue our Oracle NetSuite implementation, including testing and process documentation.
What you’ll do:
Process supplier invoices accurately and within agreed turnaround times, including entity, GL account, department and cost centre coding
Complete three-way matching between purchase orders, receipts and invoices
Support purchase order creation, approvals and invoice workflows in line with delegation of authority requirements
Run regular payments across multiple entities and currencies, including urgent and off-cycle payments
Load payments to banking platforms and issue remittance advice to suppliers
Maintain supplier master data, including bank detail changes and verification checks
Respond to supplier and budget owner queries promptly and professionally
Reconcile supplier statements and resolve invoice discrepancies through to completion
Monitor the accounts payable inbox and ageing daily, prioritising work to prevent overdue invoices
Support month-end close through accurate cut-off, accruals, ageing and open-item reporting
Provide documentation for internal and external audit requests
Provide practical support for Oracle NetSuite testing and process documentation
Help improve purchase order, matching and approval workflows
What you'll bring:
Commercial experience of accounts payable in a high-volume, multi-entity environment
Hands-on Oracle NetSuite experience across accounts payable, purchase orders and approval workflows
Strong experience with three-way matching, purchase order-based procurement and GL coding
A working understanding of accruals and month-end cut-off
Experience managing payment runs across multiple entities and currencies
The confidence to investigate discrepancies and take ownership through to resolution
Intermediate Excel skills and the ability to work accurately with high volumes of data
Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with suppliers, budget owners and senior stakeholders
High attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines independently
Experience supporting an ERP implementation or finance systems transformation will be highly regarded.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No