Team Leader, Accounts Receivable

Oversee AR function and lead a high performing team to deliver accurate financial reporting
- Full time continuing opportunity based at our Callaghan Campus with hybrid arrangements
- 17% super, generous annual, personal, and life leave, wellbeing programs, health and fitness discounts

**Be challenged and imagine with us**:
As Team Leader, Accounts Receivable, you’ll drive service excellence and build trusted partnerships across the University to support financial success. In this role you will:

- Lead and support a team of Accounts Receivable professionals to deliver timely and accurate invoicing, receipting, debt recovery, and reconciliations.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the University to provide expert advice, resolve issues, and ensure smooth financial operations.
- Support the Manager Financial Accounting (Treasury and Revenue) to ensure high-quality service delivery and continuous improvement.
- Monitor outstanding debts, implement recovery strategies, and escalate high-risk accounts in line with policy and compliance requirements.
- This continuing position is full time and will be located at the Callaghan Campus (Awabakal land)._

**How will you inspire us?**:
You will have:

- Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to motivate and support a high-performing team.
- Strong understanding of financial operations in large, complex environments.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and customer service skills, with a proven ability to build effective relationships and deliver outcomes across diverse teams.

**What we offer**:
The remuneration for this position is from $93,929 to $103,641 + 17% superannuation and is commensurate with skills and experience.

In addition to working for a university that is breaking boundaries, discovering new ways of thinking and cementing a place as a global leader, we offer a range of benefits to our employees to ensure you balance your commitments, stay healthy and work effectively.

These include:

- 17% super and salary packaging.
- Additional University Holiday days, generous personal, life, and parental leave, including annual leave loading.
- Discounts on private health insurance, gym memberships, software, travel and more.
- A range of support and wellbeing programs.

For more information on benefits and conditions, please follow this link.

**About our University**:
The University of Newcastle stands as a global leader distinguished by a commitment to equity and excellence. Our vision is to be a world-leading University for our regions and creating a better future for our regions and the globe. Underpinned by this vision are our values of excellence, equity, engagement and sustainability.

**Your next steps**:

- Important information before you apply:_
- Applications for this position will only be accepted from those with Australian residency or a valid work permit.
- Your resume.
- Extensive experience and broad knowledge in accounts receivable fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training; or completion of a degree in business, accounting, or other relevant discipline with subsequent relevant experience.
- Demonstrated team leadership capability including the ability to supervise a team of professional staff.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements that add value to an organisation.
- Experience using corporate accounting systems/software (e.g. TechnologyOne), including Microsoft Office 365 including Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to deliver innovative solutions.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills including the capacity to build relationships.

**Please upload your Cover Letter**and** response to the requested Criteria as**one** PDF document**. This document should not exceed 3 pages.
- We also seek to provide a fair chance to all applicants by providing reasonable adjustments where required during the assessment and interview phases of the recruitment process._

**Contact Us**:
**Closing date: Thursday 23 October 2025 at 11.59pm AEDT**

**We are excited to be Looking Ahead with you**
- We provide opportunities for all people regardless of their background and experience, and this philosophy is reflected across all that we do._

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