The Accounts Payable Officer plays an
important role processing all creditor invoices,
employee and student reimbursement claims
and ensures the payment of invoices is
managed in a timely manner, ensuring client
service and financial advice to staff of the
University on Accounts Payable matters.
This position reports to the Team Lead,
Accounts Payable for supervision, workload
management and for Performance Planning
and Review (PPR).
**Key responsibilities include**:
- Ensure the timely processing of creditor’s
invoices, claims, associated
credit/adjustment notes and related drafts
and telegraphic transfers for payments,
both domestically and internationally, in
accordance with sectional timeframes.
- Process staff/student reimbursement claims
for related University expenditure.
- Provide high quality client service and
advice to University staff on accounts
payable and expense issues.
- Respond to enquiries from creditors and
cost centres relating to payment of invoices.
- Provision and audit of expenditure claims in
line with QUT policy and procedures and
ensuring compliance with legislative
guidelines such as FBT and GST.
- Investigate and follow up all invoices
redirected or referred to the Accounts
Payable system.
- Undertake and reconcile monthly
reconciliations and prepayments and review
all outstanding amounts on creditor’s
statements of 60 days or longer.
- Assistance and involvement in Accounts
Payable related system developments and
upgrades
- Compliance with health and safety policies,
procedures, hazard reporting and safe work
practices.
To ensure job flexibility the successful
- appointee may be required to:
- perform any other duties as nominated by
the University consistent with the relevant
classification descriptors detailed in the
Enterprise Agreement. Staff undertaking
any new duties will receive training;
- participate in job rotation or multiskilling in
consultation with their supervisor;
- work across campuses
**Type of appointment**
This appointment will be offered on an
ongoing, full-time basis.
**Location**
Kelvin Grove campus.
Selection Criteria
1. Completion of a degree in a related
discipline with relevant work experience in
financial administration or an equivalent
combination of relevant experience,
education and/or training.
2. Demonstrated high level of business
acumen in a complex business financial
environment with experience in accounts
payable, high volume processing
environments and account reconciliations
using complex database and spreadsheet
functionality, while working under pressure.
3. Strong interpersonal and verbal
communication skills with the ability to
establish rapport quickly and manage
collaborative working relationships and
engagement across a diverse client group.
4. Well-developed analytical and problem
solving skills with demonstrated ability to
gather, integrate and implement
information from a number of sources to
enable accurate and strategic decision
making that provides rigorous attention to
detail.
5. Highly developed digital literacy skills
including demonstrated ability to
successfully use spreadsheets and
accounting and card systems including
Oracle financials or similar.
6. Demonstrated understanding of financial
advice on rules, regulations and processes
in accounts payable and how they interact
with the general ledger, accrual
accounting, GST and fringe benefits tax.
7. Demonstrated initiative and the ability to
contribute to a culture that is committed to
the continuous improvement and
innovation of processes and services.
**Remuneration and Benefits**
The classification for this position is Higher
Education Worker Level 5 (HEW5) which has
an annual remuneration range of $83,609 to
$94,271 pa. Which is inclusive of an annual
salary range of $70,650 to $79,660 pa, 17%
superannuation, and leave loading.
Beyond personal and professional fulfilment, a
career at QUT brings a broad range of tangible
perks. With competitive remuneration
including superannuation, the University offers
real and generous benefits.
QUT is a high quality and flexible organisation
- that is proud of its excellent employment
- conditions which include but are not limited to:
- Reduced working year scheme
- Parental leave provisions
- Study support encompassing leave and
- financial assistance- Comprehensive professional development
- Salary Packaging
Further benefits can be found at the Life at
QUT page.
**Information for applicants**
The position is open to applicants who have
ongoing full-time work rights in Australia. In
support of our strategic priority of Indigenous
Australian success, Aboriginal Australians and
Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged
to apply.
Applicants who reach the final stage of the
selection process will be expected to undergo
a check of their criminal history. Those matters
which do not have an impact on the inherent
requirements of the position will not be taken
into consideration. Applicants wi
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