Accounts Payable Officer | KU Children's Services

Accounts Payable Officer | KU Children’s Services

Who We Are:

KU Children’s Services (KU) is a leading NFP provider of early childhood education and care. We have been delivering high-quality and inclusive services for children, families, and communities since 1895. We are passionate about creating a positive impact on the lives of young children and supporting their development and wellbeing. We strive for excellence, innovation, and inclusion, and we celebrate diversity and respect in our workplaces.

For the 9th consecutive year, we have been recognised as a Sector Employer of Choice! We are so proud of this continued acknowledgement reflecting our workplace culture that allows for people to thrive, innovate, and develop lifelong careers by investing in their future.

The Role:

We are seeking an detail orientated Accounts Payable Officer to join our team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the smooth processing of invoices and payments, contributing to the financial health of KU Children’s Services.

This is an engaging full-time permanent opportunity to join our finance team. You will be based in our sunlit support office in the Sydney CBD, right next to Town Hall and the QVB in the heart of the city. This role will see you join the team, Monday to Friday, with the benefit of accruing a Monthly Paid Rostered Day Off (RDO). Hybrid working arrangements are part of our culture and to be discussed post successful completion of the probation period.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collate and process approved invoices, ensuring these invoices have been approved in accordance with the KU Delegations Manual and/or Oracle Workflow Process
• Inspect invoices to ensure that they are valid tax invoices, ensuring correct treatment of GST when processing invoices
• Collection and sorting of daily Finance mail
• Check and Process staff expenses
• Assist with Supplier Onboarding/set up
• Assist with preparing payment runs of invoices
• Check and prepare parent refunds as per spreadsheets
• Reconcile creditor statements and follow up on discrepancies
• Follow up on issues with invoices in a timely fashion
• Assist with the Accounts Payable email inboxes, save all invoices and parent refunds and follow up on enquiries
• Assist with Direct Debit processing
• Assist the Finance team with accruals for year end
• Assist the Finance team responding to Audit requests
• Provide Assistance with ad-hoc projects and reporting as required

About You:

• Collaborative working style with strong communication skills.
• Self-motivated, highly organised, and able to work independently.
• Initiative-driven with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation with passion for detail

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Understanding, experience and involvement in end- to-end Accounts Payable environment.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Finance Payables, AP invoice (non-PO), Oracle IDR exp. Preferred.
• Customer Service and Time Management skills.
• Accurate and Efficient Data Entry skills, with attention to detail along with basic understanding of expense prepayments, and expense accruals.
• Positive, can-do attitude, strong work ethic, including ability to work to month end tight deadlines.
• Engaged and committed to achieve excellence and outcome oriented
• Flexible – ability to adapt prior learning and experience to a new business context
• High level of personal enthusiasm, initiative and drive
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and ability to work autonomously and within a team.

The KU Difference

KU offers more benefits than any other employer in the early years sector, including:

• Monthly pai rostered days off,
• Generous annual pay increases,
• Access to vehicle salary sacrificing,
• 94% of staff say we live our values,
• KU Plus an extensive Employee benefits program with access to discounts/cashback from 400+ retailers,
• KU focuses on wholistic staff wellness through its Health & Wellbeing portal,
• An inclusive culture with a shared vision,
• Well-resourced and environmentally responsible workplaces,
• Coaching and mentoring from experienced colleagues.

How to apply:

Please submit your updated Cover Letter and CV via the 'APPLY NOW' button.

Want to know more?

For inquiries, please contact Anthony, HR Partner on 02 9268 3930 or via [email protected] (please note: applications are not accepted via this email).

KU is committed to social justice and human rights, inclusion and diversity, and equal employment opportunity. We recognise the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and promote their participation at KU.

KU Children’s Services is committed to being a child safe organisation. We put children’s safety and wellbeing at the centre of our practices. Child safety is a shared responsibility across the organisation. All KU staff contribute to maintaining our child safe culture and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in our services and programs. KU has a zero tolerance of harm or abuse of children.