Team Leader, Accounts Payable

Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 116,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC is seeking a Team Leader, Accounts Payable to lead the AP team and ensure timely, accurate payments in a complex public sector environment. The role requires strong leadership, governance and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

Based in Melbourne, the ongoing full-time position offers a salaried package with superannuation. Usual hours are full-time with flexibility potentially available; location is Melbourne VIC 3000 with

Qualifications

• Experience leading Accounts Payable teams.
• Strong financial controls and process improvement.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders across the department.
• Sound judgment and problem-solving in a public sector context.
• Experience with procurement-to-pay processes is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Accounts Payable team, ensuring accurate, timely invoicing and payments.
• Oversee processing of invoices and payments in line with policies, delegations and PSA requirements.
• Coordinate supplier management, reconciliations, payment queries and exception handling.
• Maintain robust financial controls and support audit, reporting and year-end activities.
• Provide authoritative advice on accounts payable processes, risks and service delivery.

Job description

Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC – Melbourne VIC

The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions is focused on growing Victoria’s prosperity, building the productive capacity of our economy and increasing participation by creating more opportunities for people through skills and jobs; helping businesses and industries to thrive; and building vibrant communities and regions. For more information, see the DJSIR Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

Our work spans numerous portfolios, supporting departmental ministers and operating across metropolitan, regional and international offices.

The Department welcomes and encourages applications from diverse applicants, including First Peoples, refugees or asylum seekers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ people and people with disability. All roles at DJSIR can be worked flexibly and we offer reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities.

Team Leader, Accounts Payable

• Salary: $116,413 - $140,849 (plus Superannuation)
• Ongoing position
• Usual hours of work: Full-time (flexibility may be available)
• Usual work location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (flexibility may be available)

The Role

The Team Leader, Accounts Payable leads the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant accounts payable services for the department and its associated entities. The position provides day-to-day leadership to the Accounts Payable team, supporting the Manager, Financial Operations and works collaboratively with stakeholders across the department to support an efficient end-to-end procure-to-pay process.

This role may involve:

• Monitoring performance and building team capability.
• Overseeing the timely and accurate processing of invoices and payments in accordance with departmental policies, financial delegations and applicable Victorian public sector requirements.
• Coordinating supplier management, account reconciliations, payment enquiries, exception management and the resolution of complex accounts payable matters.
• Maintaining effective financial controls and supporting compliance, audit, reporting and financial year-end activities.
• Providing authoritative advice to the Manager, Financial Operations and departmental stakeholders on accounts payable processes, risks, controls and service delivery.

Main accountabilities

• Accountable for work organisation, the allocation of resources within and the outputs required of the work area.
• Provides high level expertise dealing with more complex issues in a specialised corporate support function.
• Manages cross-functional delivery within a defined service.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with peer and senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Negotiates with stakeholders and peers with the object of gaining co-operation and meeting timelines for delivery of project, service or advice.

The Team

The position of Team Leader, Accounts Payable forms part of the Finance, Investment and Procurement Branch, which sits within Corporate Services Group.

Finance, Investment and Procurement Branch supports best practice resource allocation, budget and financial management and procurement across the department. It does this through the provision of strategic advice to the senior Executive and Ministers and the development and implementation of frameworks, policies, systems and internal controls in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, other relevant legislation, accounting standards and Department of Treasury and Finance and Victorian Government Purchasing Board requirements.

The branch includes the Procurement Centre, Partnering and Reporting Team, Budget Strategy and Investment Team, Financial Services Team and the Group Reporting and Operations Team.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have the following main skills and experience:

• Managing People: Holds self and team accountable to public sector values and agreed performance standards; Supports achievement of outcomes by anticipating and resolving issues.
• Develop Capability: Develops and applies frameworks to develop capability at organisation level; Clearly defines role expectations, monitors performance, provides timely and constructive feedback and facilitates employee development.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Uses understanding of clients or stakeholders' context to design and implement systems for continuous improvement within team or organisation.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues. Identifies recurring problems and prevents future recurrence by integrating solutions into work process.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Identifies and responds to stakeholder's underlying needs; Uses understanding of the stakeholder's organisational context to ensure outcomes are achieved.

Further formation

For a confidential discussion, please contact Vince Iaria, Senior Manager - Financial Operations & Assurance on 0459 911 ***.

The Department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with theChild Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. To be eligible for this position you must hold the mandatory qualification as outlined in the position description. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

For Finance Roles:

The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry, and Regions is an accredited CPA Australia Recognised Employer Partner

Please note: We are committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Talent Acquisition Team on 0472 875 ***, or via email at***********@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line.

Applications close at 23:59pm on Wednesday, 25 November 2026.