Officer – Accounts Payable

Te Wananga o Aotearoa; Hamilton; Presencial; NZD 55.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free health and life insurance

Extra annual leave days

Wellness programme

Free on-site car parking

Descripción de la vacante

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Hamilton is seeking a Kaiārahi Utu Nama | Officer – Accounts Payable to join our Rangatahua team. You will process invoices and manage payments, ensuring accuracy and timely processing in line with our accounting standards.

You will build strong relationships with kaimahi, suppliers and internal stakeholders, maintain creditor data, support month-end activities and contribute to continuous improvement and service excellence.

Formación

• Certificate Level 3 in Administration, Business, Computing or a related discipline.
• Experience in accounts payable, finance administration or a related specialist area.
• Intermediate proficiency across Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent planning, organisational and task management skills.
• Confidence managing multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Processing invoices accurately and within required timeframes.
• Reconciling creditor statements and ensuring timely supplier payments.
• Maintaining creditor databases and ensuring supplier information remains current.
• Managing payment runs, urgent payments and foreign currency transactions.
• Processing Noho Marae and catering payments in accordance with agreed timelines.
• Monitoring and maintaining hold batches, including following up outstanding approvals and documentation.
• Providing prompt, professional and customer-focused support for finance-related enquiries.
• Maintaining high-quality financial records and supporting accurate month-end processes.
• Building effective relationships with kaimahi, suppliers, contractors and external stakeholders.
• Supporting a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and service excellence.

Conocimientos

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Customer service

Relationship building

Educación

Certificate Level 3 in Administration, Business, Computing or a related discipline

Herramientas

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Descripción del empleo

As a proudly kaupapa Māori tertiary educator, ‘tauirasuccess’ is our mission and ‘whānau transformation through education’ is ourvision, guiding our commitment to delivering quality education programmesunderpinned by Māori culture and values.

Our kaimahi enjoy a whānau-friendly workplace and a greatrange of benefits to support the wellbeing of them and their whānau

• Free health and lifeinsurance for permanent employees
• Four extra annual leavedays to celebrate Matariki and the holiday season
• An awesome wellnessprogramme that offers free events and services to support your physicaland mental wellbeing.
• Free on-site carparking

Mō tēnei mahi | About this job

At Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, our vision is whānautransformation through education. We are guided by our values of Te Aroha, TeWhakapono, Ngā Ture and Kotahitanga, creating an environment where people,culture and learning thrive. We are seeking a motivated and detail-orientedKaiārahi Utu Nama | Officer – Accounts Payable to join our Rangatahua team.

In this role, you will play a vital part in supporting thesuccess of our tauira by ensuring accounts payable processes are deliveredaccurately, efficiently and in line with best-practice accounting standards.Reporting to the Team Lead Financial Transactions, you will manage a wide rangeof accounts payable activities while building positive relationships withinternal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Processing invoicesaccurately and within required timeframes.
• Reconciling creditorstatements and ensuring timely supplier payments.
• Maintaining creditordatabases and ensuring supplier information remains current.
• Managing payment runs,urgent payments and foreign currency transactions.
• Processing Noho Maraeand catering payments in accordance with agreed timelines.
• Monitoring andmaintaining hold batches, including following up outstanding approvals anddocumentation.
• Providing prompt,professional and customer-focused support for finance-related enquiries.
• Maintaining high-qualityfinancial records and supporting accurate month-end processes.
• Building effectiverelationships with kaimahi, suppliers, contractors and externalstakeholders.
• Supporting a culture ofcontinuous improvement, collaboration and service excellence.

This is an opportunity to join an organisation that valuespeople, culture and community while making a meaningful difference througheducation.

You are an organised and customer-focused financeprofessional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride indelivering accurate, timely outcomes. You have strong attention to detail,excellent relationship-building skills and a commitment to quality service.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Certificate Level 3 inAdministration, Business, Computing or a related discipline.
• Experience in accountspayable, finance administration or a related specialist area.
• Intermediate proficiencyacross Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word andPowerPoint.
• Advanced Microsoft Excelskills.
• Excellent planning,organisational and task management skills.
• Confidence managingmultiple priorities while meeting deadlines.