Accounts Payable Officer

Your Role as Accounts Payable Officer

As an Accounts Payable Officer, you'll be at the heart of our finance operations, ensuring suppliers are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance with organisational policies and procedures. Beyond transaction processing, you'll provide outstanding support to stakeholders, contribute to month-end reporting activities, resolve complex enquiries, and champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen our financial processes and service delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Processing supplier invoices accurately and efficiently, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, procedures, and relevant financial regulations.
• Managing supplier and stakeholder enquiries, investigating and resolving invoice discrepancies, payment issues, and other accounts payable queries in a timely manner.
• Maintaining supplier records and support vendor onboarding, ensuring accurate data management, appropriate approvals, and due diligence requirements are met.
• Preparing and process payment runs, including electronic, manual, and cheque payments, in line with payment schedules and supplier terms.
• Supporting month-end financial activities, including reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, and reporting requirements to ensure timely close processes.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing accounts payable processes, systems, reporting, and data quality while maintaining compliance with relevant legislation and taxation requirements.

This is a Full-Time Fixed-Term position for 12 months.

What We Offer

• Salary Packaging: You can package up to $15,900 each year on everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 on meals and entertainment reducing your taxable income and giving you more in your pocket.
• Wellbeing Support: Access to discounts on private health insurance and gym memberships, and free, confidential counselling through our employee assistance program.
• Free and Secure Car Parking: Employees enjoy complimentary access to secure parking, ensuring the safety of their vehicles while at work.
• Career Advancement Opportunities: We provide ample career advancement opportunities at WMQ, offering diverse pathways for growth and professional development

What We’re Looking For

• Accounts payable experience in a high-volume environment.
• Strong knowledge of accounts payable processes and compliance.
• Proficiency with ERP/accounts payable systems and document workflows.
• High level of attention to detail, organisation and time management skills to meet deadlines.

A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!

• Experience with TechnologyOne or similar accounting systems.

Essential Requirements

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy)
• Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy.
• Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel for work

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About Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ)

Wesley Mission Queensland is a leading not-for-profit provider of health and community services. With over a century of service, we support people across all life stages with aged care, disability support, mental health services, and community outreach. Our values, Innovation, Hope, Integrity, Compassion, Justice, Empowerment, and Respect, guide everything we do.

WMQ's vision for reconciliation is for all people to stand unified in an equal and inclusive future. We commit to enhancing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People and celebrating diversity. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.