accounts receivable team leader

HR Partners; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits portal access

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Randstad is seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Leader on the Gold Coast to oversee a high-volume AR function within a Queensland Government department. The role is a 3-month temporary assignment with full-time hours and a hybrid setup including one day work from home per week.

You will mentor a team, manage complex reconciliations, ensure government accounting standards compliance, and support audit readiness across ERP systems such as SAP S/4HANA.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an Accounts Receivable team in government or large complex organisations.
• Strong knowledge of accrual accounting and month-end processes.
• Proficiency with Excel and large ERP systems.
• Ability to liaise with auditors and ensure compliance.
• Eligibility to work in Australia and pre-employment screening.

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 with 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, 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, workflow efficiencies, and billing cycle integrity.
• Assist with financial systems data management, testing, and rate schedule maintenance.

Skills

Team leadership

Accounts receivable

Reconciliations

Excel proficiency

SAP S/4HANA

Public sector governance

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Public sector compliance

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

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.