Assistant Accountant (Projects & AP)
Assistant Accountant
South Yarra | $80,000-$85,000 + super | Full-time in the office
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join a rapidly growing, multi-site organisation undergoing significant transformation. This is a high-volume role suited to someone with strong accounts payable experience who enjoys improving processes, working with systems and supporting a business through growth and change.
The role
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will take ownership of the day-to-day accounts payable function while also supporting accounts receivable, reconciliations and month-end activities. Working across multiple sites and entities, you will manage a high volume of transactions and help strengthen processes as the organisation continues to scale.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Processing approximately 2,500 accounts payable invoices each month
- Managing fortnightly payment runs and employee reimbursements
- Completing bank, credit card, supplier statement and subledger reconciliations
- Supporting accounts receivable, invoicing and collections
- Assisting with journals, accruals and month-end reporting
- Monitoring AP automation metrics and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency
- Supporting finance projects, systems improvements and broader transformation initiatives
About you
You will bring strong accounts payable experience gained within a high-volume, multi-site, multi-entity or subsidiary-based organisation. You will be confident managing competing priorities, working across complex systems and contributing to process improvement and transformation projects.
Ideally, you will have:
- At least two to three years' experience in accounts payable, bookkeeping or an Assistant Accountant role
- Demonstrated experience processing high volumes across multiple sites, entities or subsidiaries
- Strong end-to-end accounts payable knowledge
- Experience with AP automation platforms such as Medius, Coupa or Basware
- Exposure to larger ERP systems such as SAP, Netsuite, D365
- Experience supporting systems implementations, finance projects or transformation initiatives
- Intermediate Excel skills
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organisation where you can take ownership of a key function, contribute to meaningful transformation work and help build processes that will support the business well into the future.
