AddressOur client is seeking an Accounts Payable Coordinator to join their Strategy & Operations team in Perth. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a high-performing team, facilitating and coordinating a range of critical tasks and projects. The organisation is forward-thinking, independent, and committed to tackling persistent issues with the potential to drive massive change. They value courage, enthusiasm, integrity, and humility among other qualities. As an Accounts Payable Coordinator, you will play a key role in providing Accounts Payable support from onboarding through to seamless weekly pay runs.
- Join a forward-thinking, independent organisation that values courage, enthusiasm, integrity, and humility
- Contribute to a high-performing team in the Strategy & Operations department
- Play a key role in providing Accounts Payable support from onboarding through to seamless weekly pay runs
What you'll do:
As an Accounts Payable Coordinator, your role will be pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of the finance function within the organisation. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate vendor information, reconciling vendor statements, performing bank verification procedures for new vendors, processing invoices, collaborating with internal departments to resolve discrepancies, monitoring outstanding invoices, reviewing aged payables regularly, performing various reconciliations and providing training for new starters. Your ability to work efficiently and collaboratively will be crucial in this role.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date vendor information in Finance systems including contact details and payment terms
- Reconcile vendor statements to ensure accurate account balances and resolve any discrepancies
- Perform bank verification procedures for all new vendors
- Process and review invoices details, coding and approvals for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to company policies and procedures
- Collaborate with internal departments to resolve discrepancies, obtain necessary approvals, and clarify invoice details
- Ensure invoices and expense reimbursements are supported with adequate documentation
- Monitor and manage outstanding invoices, communicate with vendors regarding payment status, and respond to inquiries promptly
- Review and action aged payables on a monthly basis
- Perform reconciliations including supplier statement reconciliations, credit card reconciliations and more
- Provide monthly training for new starters relating to Finance processes
What you bring:
- The ideal candidate for the Accounts Payable Coordinator role will bring a wealth of experience in a dynamic Accounts Payable environment within a high volume, multi-currency group. You will have practical knowledge of GST rules, accounting principles, practices and procedures. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external contacts. You will be comfortable working in an agile, complex environment and have a proven track record of resolving operational issues and improving efficiencies. Your technical proficiency will be demonstrated through your experience with accounting, invoicing and banking software packages.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams to accomplish work objectives
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to adjust to a wide variety of working styles
- Experience balancing quality of work with meeting deadlines while making the best use of available resources
- Experience in an agile, complex environment resolving operational issues and improving efficiencies
- Technical proficiency with experience in a dynamic Accounts Payable environment within a high volume, multi-currency group
- Practical knowledge of GST rules, accounting principles, practices and procedures
- Significant experience utilising accounting, invoicing and banking software packages (Microsoft FinOps and Exflow experience highly valued)
- Intermediate skills in MS Office Suite including - Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams
What sets this company apart:
Our client is an Australian organisation that takes on tough, persistent issues with the potential to drive massive change. They incubate ideas, advocate for systems change and accelerate impact. They push the limits of what is believed possible. The organisation is proudly independent and forward-thinking, seeking effective, scalable solutions. Through bold, collaborative action, they seek to dismantle the systems that entrench inequality and advocate for a fairer future.
What's next:
If you're ready to contribute to a high-performing team and make a significant impact on society, we want to hear from you!
Apply today by clicking on the link!
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are encouraged to apply.
To apply please click apply or call Maris Colton on 08 9266 09***for a confidential discussion.
