Accounts Payable Administrator — High-Volume P2P

University-of-Auckland; Auckland; On-site; NZD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance discounts

Five weeks' annual leave

Eye tests and vaccinations

Job summary

The University of Auckland is seeking an Accounts Payable Administrator to join the Shared Transaction Centre. You will support the Accounts Payable Team Leader to maximise automation, improve efficiency and service delivery across the organisation.

Key duties include processing high volumes of invoices, matching Purchase Orders, supplier onboarding, and coordinating weekly payment runs. Strong Excel skills and ERP experience are essential in a large, complex environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and Pay to Purchase within a large complex organisation.
• Experience using PeopleSoft ERP and strong Excel proficiency.
• Ability to handle high-volume processing under time pressure.
• Commitment to policy, control, and compliance in every transaction.

Responsibilities

• Requisition requests.
• High volume invoice processing.
• Match exceptions resolutions.
• Receipting escalations.
• Supplier maintenance, onboarding and set-up.
• Coordination and execution of foreign and domestic pay runs with Treasury and banks.
• Identify technical roadblocks and opportunities, and suggest improvements.
• Financial Delegations/Sensitive Expenditure.
• Processing Travel/expenses and reimbursements.
• Accurately matching invoices to Purchase Orders.
• Escalation of issues to the advisory team for internal/external customers.
• Managing the accounts payable function for your portion of the ledger.
• Weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Other Ad Hoc duties.

Skills

High-volume processing

PeopleSoft ERP

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

PeopleSoft ERP

Excel

Job description

The University of Auckland is seeking an Accounts Payable Administrator to join the Shared Transaction Centre. You will support the Accounts Payable Team Leader to maximise automation, improve efficiency and service delivery across the organisation.

Key duties include processing high volumes of invoices, matching Purchase Orders, supplier onboarding, and coordinating weekly payment runs. Strong Excel skills and ERP experience are essential in a large, complex environment.