Accounts and Payroll Officer

The Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer will aid the Finance team in providing accounts administration solutions across the portfolios. This role will be responsible for the financial, administrative, and clerical support of Good Cycles.

**Objectives**
- Fortnightly payroll is completed accurately_
- Collect and verify timesheets through numerous technology environments
- Liaise with various external stakeholders for variations or confirmations
- Process end-to-end fortnightly payroll runs within agreed timelines
- Process payments to ATO and salary packaging partners
- Accounts Receivable and Payable_
- Receive, verify, and accurately input supplier invoices into Xero
- Match invoices with purchase orders and receiving reports to ensure proper authorisation and accuracy
- Ensure invoices are appropriately coded to the General Ledger
- Prepare and generate accurate customer invoices
- Process and accurately post incoming customer payments
- Monitor accounts receivable aging report and proactively follow up on overdue accounts, escalating when required
- Data Accuracy and completeness_
- Minimal error rate
- Payments issued on time or prior to the due date
- Develop automated procedures and monitoring
- General administrative and clerical duties undertaken_
- Various administrative tasks are completed as requested

**Key stakeholders**
- Chief Financial Officer
- Finance Manager
- Finance Business Partner
- General Managers and Executives
- General staff members

**Example regular responsibilities and tasks**
- Accounts payable, processing creditors, ensuring on-time payment to suppliers
- Accounts Receivable, preparing the information, processing invoices, debt collection
- Assist Finance Manager with weekly/monthly cash, bank and account reconciliations
- Assist with the preparation and reconciliation of financial accounts
- Assisting Finance Manager to compile all data to satisfy audit requests
- Chasing operational staff for timesheets
- Assist with and support the payroll function
- Supporting month-end/year-end close
- Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Support the broader finance team
- Any other reasonable tasks as requested

**Education and Experience**
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- (preferred) 2+ years accounting and bookkeeping experience in a medium to large company
- Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping or higher required.
- (preferred) Prior experience using Xero Accounting software and Employment Hero
- Proficiency with administrative processes and tools including Google suite, MS Office and/or comparable software packages
- Attention to detail, problem-solving skills and a creative mind with an ability to suggest improvements
- Experience in Indigenous and/or multicultural contexts, youth services and/or social enterprise and skills in languages other than English are valued

**About Good Cycles**

We are on a mission to create safe and meaningful jobs through innovation and demonstrate how social enterprise can play a pivotal role in a sustainable future.
For over 10 years Good Cycles have been leaders in social enterprise, using the bike and innovation to positively impact the lives of young people, by reducing barriers to employment and improving the community we work in. Good Cycles is an independent not-for-profit that empowers young people by creating a safe and inclusive workplace, offering employment in a range of bike-based services, as well as in horticulture and infrastructure/asset maintenance.

Our profits go towards supporting young people who face barriers to employment through our Youth Employment Program and by creating jobs of the future that deliver social and sustainable outcomes.

We encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people identifying as LGBTQI+ and all cultural and linguistic backgrounds to join our team. People of all abilities should apply.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Salary packaging

Application Question(s):

- Do you have experience of working within a Not For Profit organisation?

**Education**:

- Certificate I - IV (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounts receivable: 1 year (preferred)
- Accounts payable: 1 year (preferred)
- Payroll: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person