Accounts Payable Team Lead — Flexible, Growth‑Oriented

Babcock Pty Ltd; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible start times

Office + home working

Wellbeing leave

Parental leave

Defence reservist leave

LinkedIn Learning access

Study leave

Discounts via beRewarded

Novated leasing

Shares plan

recognition program

Job summary

Babcock Australasia is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Team Leader to join the Corporate Finance team in Adelaide, CBD. Reporting to the AP Manager, this newly created role combines hands-on AP work with leadership to drive service excellence and compliance across the organisation.

The successful candidate will mentor the AP team, optimise processes, handle complex processing matters, and partner with procurement and finance to deliver reliable payables operations while upholding

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in an accounts payable role within a medium to large organisation.
• Strong understanding of accounts payable processes, controls and P2P practices.
• Experience processing supplier invoices, employee expenses, payment runs and supplier master data maintenance.
• Experience resolving complex accounts payable transactions, supplier enquiries and invoice exceptions.
• Sound understanding of financial controls, GST requirements and Delegations of Authority.
• Well-developed stakeholder management and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational guidance to the AP team and mentor junior staff.
• Assist with complex processing matters and resolve day-to-day challenges.
• Ensure smooth delivery of AP services across the organisation and maintain compliance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, Procurement and Finance teams to drive service excellence.
• Oversee workflow coordination, team capability development and quality monitoring.
• Contribute to system and process enhancements while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Skills

AP expertise

GST knowledge

Delegations of Authority

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Problem solving

Process improvement

Job description

Babcock Australasia is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Team Leader to join the Corporate Finance team in Adelaide, CBD. Reporting to the AP Manager, this newly created role combines hands-on AP work with leadership to drive service excellence and compliance across the organisation.

The successful candidate will mentor the AP team, optimise processes, handle complex processing matters, and partner with procurement and finance to deliver reliable payables operations while upholding