• Work from home 2 – 3 days / week | Monthly travel to Ballarat required
• Team has direct impact on the timely provision of consumer crisis payments
• Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits

As Manager, Accounts Payable, you will lead a team of seven (7) Accounts Payable Officers through a period of change, establish formal processes and improve engagement with the business. Challenging current ways of working, you will implement process improvements to ensure all vendor and consumer payments are processed in a timely manner and in accordance with policy, procedure, and good governance. A blended role, you will spend your time working across the technical aspects, business partnering, people leadership and projects.

You will focus on:

• Improving the team’s understanding of customer and leading them to improve customer service and engagement
• Supporting the business to understand, monitor, and explain accounts payable spend, anomalies, variances, and investigations
• Understanding, improving, and creating efficiencies with accounts payable processes
• Developing KPIs and SLAs to support business engagement

What’s on offer

Work from home two (2) or three (3) days a week. Our head office is located at the top-end-of-town on Lonsdale Street. The office environment is collaborative and social with hot desking, break out spaces, tech-enabled meeting rooms and large functional kitchen / lunch space.

A tangible connection-to-cause can be seen in the daily operations of the Accounts Payable team.

In addition to receiving an annual salary ranging between $100k - $110k and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits. There is also an option for additional purchased leave to increase your annual leave entitlements.

About you

You are an emerging Accounts Payable leader who takes a curious, innovative, and contemporary approach to the technical requirements of the function. You’re seeking an opportunity that will give you an opportunity to positively impact society and to positively impact the accounts payable function and reputation.

You will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications – Finance, Business, Accounting, etc.
• Demonstrated people and function leadership success gained in a high-volume environment
• Strong knowledge of Accounts Payable management practices
• Demonstrated success in implementing process improvements
• Tech mindset with understanding of and experience with integrations

How to Apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Vikrant Sharma – Senior Manager, Contracts & Procurement at 0417 157 344.

Click here to view the position description.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org 

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.