Accounts Payable Officer x2 Employment Type: Full time (35 hours per week) Duration: Continuing contract and a 9-month fixed term contract Remuneration: Level 5 $82,818 – $93,711 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading Location: Kensington (flexible hybrid work) About UNSW: UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place. Why Your Role Matters: The Operational Finance function has accountability for providing end-to-end finance services and support to Faculties and Divisions, including financial management, financial analysis and decision support, general accounting and transactional services across all funding sources and encompassing the Finance Business Partnering, Procure to Pay and Financial Systems teams. Accounts Payable Officers engage in day-to-day Accounts Payable activities such as data entry for internal and external customers, review and assessment of Purchase Orders to Invoice, supplier setup. The role also assists with account code & supplier ABN and Bank review under the supervision of the Team Leader, Accounts Payable, to ensure the efficient and effective completion of Accounts Payable operational functions in accordance with policy. The role of Accounts Payable Officer reports to Accounts Payable Team Leader and has no direct reports. Responsibilities: Complete day-to-day financial tasks and transactions including; data entry, the timely and accurate processing of invoices and credits; verifying, classifying, computing, reporting, payment runs and recording accounts payable data; and the reconciliation of supplier accounts; to ensure the key functions of the team are being performed. Respond to complex enquiries that require a more detailed assessment of the situation and analysis of policy and procedure. Support the implementation of process enhancements driven out the finance improvement review. Identify areas in process of improvements and support the team leader implementing any potential enhancements and/or automation. Create vendors and customers on the system, with the approval of the Accounts Payable Team Leader, whilst ensuring that all information is verified and checked, to ensure adherence to sound data management practices. Review and authorise payments in accordance with policy in a timely manner to ensure the accurate, yet efficient processing of payments. Liaise and collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders, to obtain expense information at the end of each year, resolve purchasing and payment system problems reported by users, obtain credit card approvals, and provide technical and troubleshooting assistance (e.g. with the operation of PeopleSoft) to ensure that Accounts Payable processes are able to proceed smoothly. Provide prompt and professional advice and service to University customers to ensure that queries are resolved in a timely manner and that budget units can successfully complete purchasing and accounts payable procedures. Reconcile accounts payable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for in a timely manner.

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