Accounts Payable Manager

**Accounts Payable Manager - Full time Perm leadership role
- Parramatta CBD 3 days in office 2 days WFH**
- Lead accounts payable excellence: Guide and inspire our accounts payable and expense management teams to deliver accurate financial transactions, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration
- Be part of something bigger: Working with one of Australia's leading not-for-profits means you'll be part of a team that's committed to making a positive impact on society.
- **Excellent base Salary + Super and NFP Salary Packaging Benefits (extra $18,550 tax-free) - Take home more pay.**

Are you a game-changer with a passion for process improvement? Do you thrive in fast-paced, high-volume environments? If you’re ready to lead a team, drive innovation, and shake up the status quo, we want you on board as our next Accounts Payable Manager.

At Uniting, we’re not looking for someone to maintain the status quo—we need a visionary leader who’s all about making things better, faster, and smarter. Our team handles up to 220,000 invoices and payments annually, over 13,000 queries from internal, external and vendor stakeholders.

We need an AP Manager who’s not just comfortable with change but who actively seeks it out, turning challenges into opportunities.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Lead, inspire, guide and mentor the Accounts Payable and Expense Management teams, ensuring they have the skills and motivation to excel.
- You love to innovate, improve and identify opportunities for process efficiencies and system improvements, particularly within Microsoft D365 and Power BI.
- Oversee month-end activities, ensuring all financial transactions are accurately accounted for and reported.
- Partner with procurement and other stakeholders to enhance the entire procure-to-pay process.

**Who You Are**:

- A strategic thinker with 6+ years of experience managing large teams in complex, high-volume environments.
- A process improvement enthusiast with strong leadership skills and a proven track record in driving change.
- An expert in accounting principles, ERP software (Microsoft D365 preferred), and analytical tools like Excel and Power BI.
- A natural leader who’s organised, detail-oriented, and always looking to upskill your team, you always have your team's back and are a considerate manager, keeping in mind Uniting's values of Compassionate, Respectful, Imaginative and Bold.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- CA or CPA qualified preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in shared service environments, managing large volumes of transactions.
- Strong business partnering experience with a deep understanding of the procure-to-pay process.
- Proven knowledge of accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations.
- Ability to work effectively in a BAU role whilst also driving and implementing systems and process improvements

To review the role responsibilities in greater detail please review the comprehensive Position Description by clicking on the link below

**How to apply**: Send your CV and a brief cover letter highlighting why this role appeals to you

**What We Offer You**
- A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
- Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
- Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
- Flexible work hours for work-life balance.
- Access to Fitness Passport - Live your best life.
- A supportive and inclusive and collaborative work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth.

**About Uniting**:
**When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.**

**We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.**

**Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.**

**Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.**

**Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.