Accounts Payable Team Leader

Full job description
Title: Accounts Payable Team Leader
Location: Chadstone, Victoria, AU
About us
At Officeworks we make bigger things happen. Our customers, our team, and our community are our heart and soul. And if our brilliant people have taught us anything, it is that we can do all kinds of incredible things, each and every day.


Fast paced. Innovative. Inspiring. With close to 10000 team members and a national footprint of more than 172 retail stores Australia wide – we’re focused on delivering a wide range, low price and great service. We’re about inspiring new ideas and thinking outside the box. We’re about kicking goals, having a laugh and pushing each other. We are about being rewarded and supported. We’re about teaching a customer something new and supporting the community. We’re about making a difference.

About the role
Are your passionate about creating an engaging team culture?

We have an exciting opportunity for a driven and people centric leader to join our Finance team as an Accounts Payable Team Leader.

Reporting to the Accounts Receivable Payable Manager, you and your team will be responsible for all payments across Officeworks. You will look after supplier payments, goods not for resale, stock purchases and investigations, international payments, cash flow forecasts, expense reimbursements and the entire end to end payments process.


In this pivotal finance role, you’ll bring together a team of four across different locations building relationships with suppliers and stakeholders alike, supporting smooth and efficient financial processes.
You are an inquisitive people leader, who thrives on finding out the differences in your people to coach, develop, mentor and grow the capability of your team members driving towards key deliverables and business objectives. Building a great culture and engaging team environment is your passion and accounts payable is your specialisation.

As our Accounts Payable Team Leader, you will:


Lead the Accounts Payable team to ensure business outcomes are achieved and that the Officeworks values become part of all team members daily business as usual principles
Ensure that all payments (daily, weekly, international, and monthly) runs are carried out on time
Provide daily cashflow forecast to Wesfarmers banking team, or as requested
Provide a high level of customer service to both internal external stakeholders
Drive timely, high-quality vendor reconciliations that meet or exceed SLA expectations, ensuring accuracy and accountability at every step
Run payment times reporting
Develop and build relationships with our suppliers ensuring all queries and issues relating to invoives are resolved in a timely manner
About you
You will be an accounts payable and SAP expert. You have developed strong people leadership skills with a key focus on driving performance and creating a positive and engaging team environment. You thrive on continuous improvement opportunities and have worked similar and Accounts Payable Team Leader role with a background in retail a bonus. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate:

Strong experience in Accounts payable (3+ years) ideally from a retail or FMCG environment
Experience using SAP is essential Zeno (Expense Management System) desirable
Experience with stock management and purchase orders
Demonstrated people leadership experience
Be solutions driven, decisive, motivated and a self-starter with the ability to multitask.
Excellent stakeholder management skills (internal and external)
Able to work in and adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment
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