Accounts Payable Officer

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Accounts Payable Officer . Terms and conditions vacancy

• North Sydney location
• Telecommunications industry
• Immediate start, short term contract

Our Client:
Our client is currently looking for an Accounts Payable Officer to join their Accounts team on a short term contract at their head office based in North Sydney. They are one of the largest Telecommunications organisations in Australia with a very reputable name in the market. 

Job Purpose:
The Accounts Payable Payment Processing Officer will be primarily responsible for payment processing, batch posting and month end activities. Three way matching, invoice processing and vendor inquiry handling will be outsourced and managed by the selected outsourcing vendor. In addition to the primary responsibility of payment processing and related month end activities, this role will also be responsible for supporting the broader Accounts Payable team including responsibility for accounts payable policy, analysis, business support and transactional processing activities.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Validating and posting of 3 way matched invoices batched by the vendor
• Resolving any disputes with vendor
• Management of the Bi-weekly payment runs
• Month end closing activities (AP Closure, I-Procurement, I-expense)
• Quality Audit of invoices – providing the AP team and the business with greater transparency of invoices being processed
• Payment analytics – providing the business with more strategic information about vendor payments and cash forecasting
• Maintaining standardised and consistent policy and internal controls
• Establishing business process excellence by working closely with the business and the vendor

Additional Responsibilities / Activities:

• Payment Processing –Validation and posting the Employee expense claims & BTA processing
• Generating and submitting fund transfer files including Wire Transfer
• Month end closure activities
• Ownership and adherence to accounts payable, travel and expense and accounting policies
• Strategic Vendor invoice processing
• Reconciliations
• Customer Support
• Remediate invoices on hold
• Process Improvement and documentation

If you think this is the right role for you please apply below!