Payables Specialist - Global P2P & Supplier Payments

Electro Optic Systems; Canberra; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro Optic Systems is seeking an Accounts Payable professional to join our Canberra finance team. You will be responsible for processing supplier invoices, validating against POs and receipts, coding to GL accounts, and ensuring compliance with company policies and tax requirements.

In addition to invoice processing, you will support PO administration, supplier data governance, payment runs, and employee expense reimbursements across multiple currencies.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years experience in Accounts Payable in a medium/large organisation.
• Experience processing high-volume transactions and ensuring accuracy.
• Strong understanding of procure-to-pay processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Process high volumes of supplier invoices accurately and within service levels.
• Validate invoices against purchase orders, contracts, receipts and approval workflows.
• Ensure correct coding of invoices to GL accounts, cost centres, projects and business units.
• Review invoices for compliance with company policy, delegation of authority requirements and local tax regulations.
• Resolve invoice to PO 3-way match discrepancies and exceptions.
• Investigate and resolve matching discrepancies with procurement teams, budget holders, receiving departments, and suppliers.
• Contribute to maintenance of internal controls to mitigate risks.
• Support administration of purchase orders within the ERP system.
• Flag discrepancies in price or quantity between PO and invoice to facilitate resolution.
• Maintain supplier master data and verify banking details.
• Process payment runs and monitor payment status across currencies and jurisdictions.
• Review employee expense claims and ensure policy compliance.
• Assist with month-end close procedures and reconciling aged creditors.
• Assist in corporate credit card program administration across countries.

Skills

High attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Integrity

Tools

ERP systems

OCR technology

Invoice/workflow systems

Job description

Electro Optic Systems is seeking an Accounts Payable professional to join our Canberra finance team. You will be responsible for processing supplier invoices, validating against POs and receipts, coding to GL accounts, and ensuring compliance with company policies and tax requirements.

In addition to invoice processing, you will support PO administration, supplier data governance, payment runs, and employee expense reimbursements across multiple currencies.