Procure-to-Pay Payments Specialist, Automation & Compliance

Standards Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer of Choice Award

People Perks

Job summary

Standards Australia is seeking a Payments Specialist to own end-to-end Procure-to-Pay, ensuring accurate, compliant payments and driving improvements in controls and workflows. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business and contribute to automation initiatives and month-end activities.

You will bring 5+ years in Procure-to-Pay or AP, a tertiary finance qualification, and solid experience with ERP systems (Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle).

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in Procure-to-Pay, Accounts Payable or Payments functions within a medium to large Australian organisation.
• Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end payment cycles and high-volume transaction processing.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues.
• Hands-on experience administering employee expenses and corporate credit card programs.
• Experience working with ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, SAP, Oracle or similar.
• Exposure to OCR, workflow automation or digital finance transformation initiatives will be highly regarded.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills including data analysis and reconciliation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Being the first point of contact for all internal and external accounts payable queries.
• Manage supplier master data, including ABN validation and banking change controls.
• Manage Purchase Orders and work with stakeholders to improve purchasing discipline and compliance.
• Processing of payments ensuring compliance to delegation of authority, coding, and approvals.
• Investigate payment, supplier, invoice and system discrepancies and drive issues through to resolution.
• Monitor outstanding liabilities, aged creditors, and payment exceptions, proactively identifying and escalating risks.
• Administer employee expense reimbursements and corporate credit card programs.
• Support management of bank balances, cash movements and payment controls.
• Prepare month-end journals, reconciliations and reporting relating to accounts payable and employee expenses.
• Contribute to system upgrades, automation initiatives and process improvement projects across Finance.
• Create and maintain process documentation, controls and workflow procedures.
• Provide support to payroll processing and related activities as required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

End-to-end payment processing

Education

Finance/Accounting/Commerce degree

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

SAP

Oracle

OCR

Workflow automation

Job description

Standards Australia is seeking a Payments Specialist to own end-to-end Procure-to-Pay, ensuring accurate, compliant payments and driving improvements in controls and workflows. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business and contribute to automation initiatives and month-end activities.

You will bring 5+ years in Procure-to-Pay or AP, a tertiary finance qualification, and solid experience with ERP systems (Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle).