Accounts Receivable Team Leader

Select Aust Sydney; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 108,000; Full time

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Job summary

Randstad is seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join a Queensland Government Department on the Gold Coast. This 3-month temporary assignment offers full-time hours, with a hybrid arrangement including one day from home per week.

You will lead a high-volume AR team, oversee reconciliations, ensure controls and compliance, and collaborate with auditors in a large ERP environment. Strong Excel skills and SAP S/4HANA experience are highly regarded; Australian work eligibility

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Accounts Receivable teams.
• Experience with government/public sector financial policies.
• Strong controls and month-end reconciliation experience.
• ERP experience with large ERP platforms (SAP S/4HANA or similar).
• Excellent Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an Accounts Receivable team and manage daily work allocation.
• Oversee complex balance sheet reconciliations and journal adjustments.
• Ensure audit readiness and adherence to government accounting standards.
• Collaborate with internal/external auditors and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in billing and revenue processes.

Skills

AR Leadership

Public sector accounting

Financial controls

ERP systems

Tools

Excel

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Job Type: Temporary position | Full time position

Job Description

Randstad is currently seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join a Queensland Government Department on the Gold Coast. This is an initial 3-month temporary assignment offering full-time hours and an immediate start, with potential for ongoing extension. This role offers an attractive casual hourly rate of $72.50 to $78.66 per hour plus superannuation, with hybrid working arrangements including 1 day work from home per week.

The successful candidate will lead and supervise an operational Accounts Receivable team delivering high-volume financial services within a public sector framework. You will oversee revenue initiatives, manage complex month-end reconciliations, and ensure robust internal controls and legislative compliance across government accounting standards. This opportunity is ideally suited to a proactive finance professional with demonstrated leadership, strong financial control experience, and the ability to operate effectively within large enterprise ERP environments.

Key Responsibilities: Lead, supervise, and mentor an operational Accounts Receivable team, overseeing daily workflow allocation, capability building, and performance management. Complete and review complex balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, month-end ledger adjustments, and accrual reporting.

Ensure strict adherence to government accounting standards, public sector financial policies, and internal control frameworks, liaising directly with internal and external auditors. Manage special purpose ledgers, cash allocations, and receipting processes to ensure full audit readiness. Review, prepare, and approve standard and complex journal adjustments across core financial systems.

Act as an escalation point to resolve complex billing inquiries, outstanding revenue issues, and customer account discrepancies. Provide expert operational advice to departmental stakeholders regarding revenue collection policies, procedures, and internal controls. Champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data collection processes, workflow efficiencies, and billing cycle integrity.

Assist with financial systems data management, testing, and rate schedule maintenance. Key Skills and Experience: Proven experience leading, supervising, or mentoring an Accounts Receivable, ideally within government or large complex organisations.

Strong technical background across accrual accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, ledger maintenance, journal approvals, and year-end/audit compliance. High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience utilising large-scale financial management systems (experience with SAP S/4HANA or similar enterprise ERPs is highly regarded). Prior background navigating structured billing schedules, fee frameworks, or multi-stream revenue environments is advantageous.

Comprehensive understanding of public sector governance, internal control mechanisms, and financial compliance. Exceptional stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and written communication skills with the confidence to drive change and operational excellence. Strong analytical capability, high attention to detail, and the ability to manage priorities autonomously.

Eligibility to work in Australia; applicants must be willing to undergo standard public sector pre-employment screening, including a Criminal History Check.

Undertaking a temporary contract through Randstad will give you exclusive access to our candidate benefits portal. This includes many discounts across health insurance, phone plans, grocery stores, and other retail stores, as well as many other perks. You will be able to access this directly through our easy-to-use timesheet portal upon commencement of your assignment.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.